Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 17

17 Contact details and address for service

(1) A plaintiff or applicant must ensure—

(a) if the plaintiff or applicant intends to act personally, the following details are on the originating process before it is issued—

(i) the residential or business address of the plaintiff or applicant;

(ii) for a proceeding in the Supreme Court or the District Court—if the address specified under subparagraph (i) is not in Queensland, an address in Queensland where documents may be served on the plaintiff or applicant;

(iii) the telephone number (if any) of the plaintiff or applicant;

(iv) if the plaintiff or applicant does not have a telephone number—a way of contacting the person by telephone;

(v) the fax number (if any) of the plaintiff or applicant; or

Note—

The fax number may be relevant for ordinary service—see chapter 4 (Service), part 4 (Ordinary service).

(vi) the email address (if any) of the plaintiff or applicant; or

Notes—

1 The email address may be relevant for ordinary service.

2 See also chapter 4 , part 4 .

(b) if a solicitor is appointed to act for the plaintiff or applicant, the following details are on the originating process before it is issued—

(i) the residential or business address of the plaintiff or applicant;

(ii) the name of the solicitor and, if the solicitor practises in a firm of solicitors, the name of the firm;

(iii) the address of the solicitor’s place of business;

(iv) if the address specified under subparagraph (iii) is not the plaintiff’s or applicant’s address for service or is not a Queensland address—an address for service in Queensland including, for example, an address approved by the court as the address for service;

(v) the solicitor’s telephone number;

(vi) the solicitor’s fax number;

(vii) the email address of the solicitor and, if the solicitor practises in a firm of solicitors, the email address of the firm.

(2) If the solicitor, or the solicitor’s firm, is a member of an approved document exchange, the solicitor may include the document exchange address with the details required under subrule (1) (b) .

(3) Notice of any change in a party’s address for service must be filed and served on all other parties.

(4) The
"address for service" of a plaintiff or applicant is—

(a) for a party acting personally—

(i) if the party is required to specify an address under subrule (1) (a) (ii) —that address; or

(ii) otherwise—the address specified under subrule (1) (a) (i) ; and

(b) for a party for whom a solicitor acts—

(i) if an address is specified under subrule (1) (b) (iv) —that address; or

(ii) otherwise—the address specified under subrule (1) (b) (iii) .