Admiralty Rules 1988

If a provision of these Rules requires or provides for an Australian legal practitioner to give an undertaking, the court or the Registrar may instead accept an undertaking given by a law practice if the undertaking is signed by a principal authorised by the law practice to give such an undertaking.

If, under a provision of these Rules, the making of an application by an Australian legal practitioner on behalf of an applicant constitutes an undertaking given by the Australian legal practitioner, the undertaking is taken to be given by the law practice for which the Australian legal practitioner works if a principal authorised by the law practice to give such an undertaking gives to the court a written undertaking to that effect.

If an undertaking is given, or taken to be given, by a law practice in accordance with subrule (1) or (2), any personal undertaking to the court (in accordance with these Rules or otherwise) by a principal is taken to be an undertaking by the principals of the law practice at the time the undertaking is given or taken to be given.

On application by one or more principals or former principals of the law practice referred to in subrule (1) or (2), the court may add the name of a principal to, or delete the name of a principal or former principal from, the list of principals of the law practice that is subject to the undertaking.

The court may add or delete the name of a principal or former principal on such terms, and with effect from a date, that the court considers appropriate.