Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HIGH COURT RULES 2004 - RULE 25.04

25.04.1     A party who makes an application is a plaintiff, and each other party is a defendant.

25.04.2     A defendant must be referred to in the title of the proceeding:

  (a)   if the defendant is an officer of the Commonwealth, and a writ of mandamus or prohibition is sought against the officer--by the name of the office held; or

  (b)   in any other case--by name, or by the name of the office held by the defendant, or both.