Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) This Rule applies to where two or more persons carry on business as partners or a joint venture within Victoria (including a business registered in the name of one person).
(2) A proceeding may be commenced by or against a person in the name of the firm (if any) of which the person was a partner, or the joint venture in which the person was carrying on business, when the cause of action accrued.
(3) Subrule (2) applies to a person who sues or is sued by—
(a) a partner of the same firm or another person carrying on business in the same joint venture; or
(b) a partner of another firm that is also a partner of the same firm or person carrying on business in the same joint venture.