New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 2005 - REG 29.1

29.1 Beginning and opposite parties

(cf SCR Part 34, rule 1; DCR Part 26, rule 1A; LCR Part 21, rule 1A)
Subject to any directions given by the court, for the purposes of this Part--

(a) if the burden of proof on any issue lies on the plaintiff, the plaintiff is to be the beginning party and the defendant the opposite party, and

(b) if the burden of proof on all the issues lies on the defendant, the defendant is to be the beginning party and the plaintiff the opposite party.