Authorised Version Supreme Court (General Civil Procedure) Rules 2015 S.R. No. 103/2015 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Rule Page Order 1—Preliminary 1 Part 1—Citation, commencement and revocation 1 1.01 Title and object 1 1.02 Authorising provisions 1 1.03 Commencement and revocation 1 Part 2—Application of Rules 2 1.04 Definitions 2 1.05 Application 2 1.06 Jurisdiction not affected 2 1.12 Order to review 3 Part 3—Interpretation 3 1.13 Definitions 3 Part 4—Miscellaneous 6 1.14 Exercise of power 6 1.14.1 Exercise of powers of Registrar by Associate Judge 6 1.15 Procedure wanting or in doubt 7 1.16 Act by corporation 7 1.17 Corporation a party 7 1.18 Power to act by solicitor 8 1.19 Continuation of address for service 8 Order 2—Non-compliance with the Rules 9 2.01 Effect of non-compliance 9 2.02 Originating process 9 2.03 Application to set aside for irregularity 9 2.04 Dispensing with compliance 10 Order 3—Time, sittings and Court office 11 3.01 Calculating time 11 3.02 Extension and abridgement 11 3.03 Fixing time 12 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel i Rule Page 3.04 Process in vacation 12 3.05 Time for service 12 3.06 Proceedings after a year 12 3.07 Sittings and vacation 13 3.08 Office 13 3.09 Office hours 13 Order 4—Process in the Court 14 Part 1—General 14 4.01 How proceeding commenced 14 4.02 Interlocutory application 14 4.03 Names of parties 14 4.04 When writ required 15 4.05 When originating motion required 15 4.06 Optional commencement by originating motion 15 4.07 Continuance as writ of proceeding by originating motion 16 4.08 Urgent case 16 Part 2—Certification requirements for proceedings 17 4.09 Overarching obligations certification 17 4.09.1 Certification of prior overarching obligations certification 17 4.10 Proper basis certification 17 Order 5—Content, filing and duration of originating process 18 5.01 Definitions 18 5.02 Form of originating process 18 5.03 Appearance 18 5.04 Indorsement of claim on writ 19 5.05 Indorsement of claim on motion 19 5.06 Indorsement as to capacity 19 5.07 Address of parties 19 5.08 Place and mode of trial 20 5.09 Stay on payment of costs 20 5.10 Petition 21 5.11 Filing of originating process 21 5.12 Duration and renewal of originating process 23 Order 6—Service 25 6.01 When personal service necessary 25 6.02 Personal service of originating process 25 6.03 How personal service effected 25 6.04 Service on particular defendants 26 6.05 Motor car death or bodily injury 27 6.06 Address for service 27 6.06.1 Solicitor changing address 28 6.07 How ordinary service effected 28 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel ii Rule Page 6.08 Identity of person served 31 6.09 Acceptance of service by solicitor 31 6.10 Substituted service 31 6.11 Confirmation of informal service 32 6.12 Service by filing 32 6.13 Service on agent 32 6.14 Service under contract 33 6.15 Recovery of vacant land 33 6.16 Service of notice by the Court 34 6.17 Affidavit of service 34 Order 7—Service out of Australia 36 Part 1—When service out is allowed 36 7.01 For what claims 36 7.02 Indorsement on originating process 38 7.03 Mode of service out of Australia 39 7.04 Leave to proceed where no appearance 39 7.05 Stay, setting aside service etc. 40 7.06 Service of other process by leave 40 7.07 Service of counterclaim or third party notice 41 7.08 Application for leave 41 Part 2—Service in foreign country 42 7.09 Application 42 7.10 Documents required 42 7.11 Translation 43 7.12 Request and undertaking 43 7.13 Procedure on lodgment and filing 44 7.14 Evidence of service 44 7.15 Order for payment of expenses 45 Order 7A—Trans-Tasman proceedings 46 7A.01 Definitions 46 7A.02 Application of Order 46 7A.03 Commencement of proceeding for order under Trans- Tasman Proceedings Act 47 7A.04 Interlocutory application under Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 47 7A.05 Application for interim relief 47 7A.06 Application for leave to serve subpoena in New Zealand 48 7A.07 Form of subpoena 49 7A.08 Application to set aside subpoena 50 7A.09 Application for issue of certificate of non-compliance with subpoena 50 7A.10 Form of certificate of non-compliance 51 7A.11 Notice of registration of NZ judgment 51 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel iii Rule Page 7A.12 Application for extension of time to give notice of registration of NZ judgment 51 7A.13 Application to set aside registration of NZ judgment 52 7A.14 Application for stay of enforcement of registered NZ judgment to enable liable person to appeal 52 7A.15 Application for extension of time to apply for stay of enforcement of registered NZ judgment to enable liable person to appeal 53 7A.16 Application for order for use of audio link or audiovisual link 53 Order 8—Appearance 54 8.01 Application 54 8.02 Appearance before taking step 54 8.03 Who to file appearance 54 8.04 Time for appearance 54 8.05 Mode of filing appearance 55 8.06 Address for service of defendant 55 8.07 Late appearance 56 8.08 Conditional appearance 57 8.09 Setting aside writ or originating motion 57 Order 9—Joinder of claims and parties 58 9.01 Joinder of claims 58 9.02 Permissive joinder of parties 58 9.03 Joinder of necessary parties 58 9.04 Joinder inconvenient 59 9.05 Effect of misjoinder or non-joinder of party 60 9.06 Addition, removal, substitution of party 60 9.07 Procedure for addition of party 60 9.08 Defendant dead at commencement of proceeding 61 9.09 Change of party on death, bankruptcy 63 9.10 Failure to proceed after death of party 64 9.11 Amendment of proceedings after change of party 65 9.12 Consolidation or trial together 66 9.13 Conduct of proceeding 67 Order 10—Counterclaim 68 10.01 Application of Order 68 10.02 When counterclaim allowed 68 10.03 Counterclaim against plaintiff and another person 68 10.04 Procedure after counterclaim against another person 68 10.05 Trial of counterclaim 70 10.06 Counterclaim inconvenient 70 10.07 Stay of claim 70 10.08 Counterclaim on stay etc., of original proceeding 70 10.09 Judgment for balance 71 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel iv Rule Page Order 11—Third party procedure 72 11.01 Claim by third party notice 72 11.02 Statement of claim on third party notice 72 11.03 Time for appearance 72 11.04 Filing and service of third party notice 73 11.05 Time for third party notice 73 11.06 Leave to file third party notice 74 11.07 Other requirements for service 74 11.08 Appearance by third party 75 11.09 Defence of third party 75 11.10 Counterclaim by third party 76 11.11 Default by third party 76 11.12 Discovery and trial 77 11.13 Third party directions 78 11.14 Judgment between defendant and third party 79 11.15 Claim against another party 79 11.16 Fourth and subsequent parties 80 11.17 Counterclaim 80 Order 12—Interpleader 81 12.01 Definitions 81 12.02 Stakeholder's interpleader 81 12.03 Sheriff's interpleader 82 12.04 Sheriff's summons to state claim 82 12.05 Notice to execution creditor 83 12.06 Admission of claim 83 12.07 Interpleader summons 84 12.08 Powers of Court 84 12.09 Default by claimant 85 12.10 Neutrality of applicant 86 12.11 Order in several proceedings 86 12.12 Trial of interpleader question 87 Order 13—Pleadings 88 13.01 Formal requirements 88 13.02 Content of pleading 88 13.03 Document or conversation 89 13.04 Fact presumed true 89 13.05 Condition precedent 89 13.06 Implied contract or relation 89 13.07 Matter which must be pleaded 89 13.08 Subsequent fact 90 13.09 Inconsistent pleading 90 13.10 Particulars of pleading 90 13.11 Order for particulars 92 13.12 Admission and denials 92 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel v Rule Page 13.13 Denial by joinder of issue 93 13.14 Money claim as defence 93 13.15 Counterclaim 94 Order 14—Service of pleadings 95 14.01 Statement of claim indorsed on writ 95 14.02 Statement of claim not indorsed on writ 95 14.03 Alteration of claim as indorsed on writ 95 14.04 Service of defence 95 14.05 Reply 96 14.06 Pleading after reply 96 14.07 Defence to counterclaim 96 14.08 Close of pleadings 96 14.09 Order as to pleadings 97 14.10 Filing of pleadings 97 Order 15—Persons under disability 98 15.01 Definitions 98 15.02 Litigation guardian of person under disability 98 15.03 Appointment of litigation guardian 98 15.04 No appearance by person under disability 100 15.05 Application to discharge or vary certain orders 100 15.06 Pleading admission by person under disability 100 15.07 Discovery 100 15.08 Compromise of claim by a person under disability 101 15.09 Execution against money in court 102 15.10 Counterclaim and claim by third party notice 103 Order 16—Executors, administrators and trustees 104 16.01 Representation of unascertained persons 104 16.02 Beneficiaries 105 16.03 Deceased person 106 Order 17—Partners and sole proprietors 107 17.01 Partners 107 17.02 Disclosure of partners 107 17.03 Service of originating process 108 17.04 Appearance by partners 108 17.05 No appearance except by partners 109 17.06 Appearance under objection of person sued as partner 109 17.07 Enforcement of judgment 110 17.08 Enforcement between partners 111 17.09 Attachment of debts 111 17.10 Person using the business name 111 17.11 Charge on partner's interest 112 Order 18—Representative proceeding 113 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel vi Rule Page 18.01 Application 113 18.02 Proceeding by or against representative 113 18.03 Order for representation by defendant 113 18.04 Effect of judgment 113 Order 18A—Group proceeding 115 18A.01 Application 115 18A.02 Consent to be group member 115 18A.04 Opting out 115 18A.05 Order involving notice 115 Order 19—Notice of constitutional matter 116 19.01 Definitions