Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), a person who commences a proceeding shall be called a plaintiff and a person against whom a proceeding is commenced shall be called a defendant.
(2) A person who commences a proceeding under Rule 32.03, 32.05, 37.02 or 75.06(3) shall be called an applicant and the person against whom the proceeding is commenced shall be called a respondent.
(3) A person who appeals shall be called an appellant and any other party to the appeal shall be called a respondent.
(4) Where any appellant or respondent is a party, the appellant or respondent shall be so identified in any document in the proceeding in relation to the appeal by the expression "(Plaintiff)", "(Defendant)", "(Applicant)" or other description of party after the word "Appellant" or "Respondent" in the title of the document.