Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 83

83 Proceeding in partnership name

(1) Two or more partners may start a proceeding in the partnership name.

(2) A proceeding against persons alleged to be partners may be brought against the alleged partnership in the partnership name.

(3) The partnership name used in a partnership proceeding must be the name of the partnership when the cause of action arose.

(4) For a partnership registered under the Partnership Act 1891 , the name of the partnership when the cause of action arose is the name in which the partnership was registered when the cause of action arose.

(5) Unless the court orders otherwise, a partnership proceeding must continue in the partnership name and not in the name of the individual partners.