Victorian Numbered Regulations

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Regulation] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 (SR NO 103 OF 2015) - REG 30.07

Ground of objection to answer

    (1)     A party interrogated shall answer each interrogatory except to the extent that it may be objected to on any of the following grounds—

        (a)     the interrogatory does not relate to any question between the party and the interrogating party;

        (b)     the interrogatory is unclear or vague or is too wide;

        (c)     the interrogatory is oppressive;

        (d)     the interrogatory requires the party to express an opinion which the party is not qualified to give;

        (e)     privilege.

    (2)     Without limiting paragraph (1)(a), an interrogatory that does not relate to any question includes an interrogatory the sole purpose of which is to—

        (a)     impeach the credit of the party interrogated;

        (b)     enable the interrogating party to ascertain whether the party has a claim or defence other than that which the party has raised in the proceeding;

        (c)     enable the interrogating party to ascertain the evidence by which the party interrogated intends to prove the person's case, including the identity of witnesses.

    (3)     A party may not object to answer an interrogatory on the ground that the party cannot answer without going to a place which is not the party's usual place of residence or business if the interrogating party undertakes to pay the reasonable cost of the person going there, unless the Court otherwise orders.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback