Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) Without limiting Rule 24.02, a party who does not within the time limited comply with an order under Rule 29.08(2) or 29.11, or an order under Rule 29.12(1) giving directions shall be liable to committal.
(2) Service on the solicitor for a party of an order for discovery or production of documents made against that party shall be sufficient service to found an application for committal of the party disobeying the order but the party may show in answer to the application that that party had no notice or knowledge of the order.
(3) A solicitor on whom such an order made against the solicitor's client is served and who fails without reasonable excuse to give notice of the order to the solicitor's client shall be liable to committal.