Proper venue
5.01 Proper venue
Proceedings are to be commenced in a proper venue of the Court.
(2) A proper venue for the proceedings, is the Court venue that is nearest to:
(a) the defendant's residence immediately before the proceedings are commenced; or
the defendant's residence at the time the claim arose; or
(c) the defendant's place of business immediately before the proceedings are commenced; or
the defendant's place of business at the time the claim arose; or
(e) the defendant's place of employment immediately before the proceeding is commenced; or
(f) the defendant's place of employment at the time the claim arose; or
the place where the claim arose.
(3) Despite proceedings being commenced in a Court venue that is not a proper venue, the Court may hear and determine the proceedings at the venue at which the proceedings were commenced or at another venue the Court considers appropriate.
(4) Proceedings are not void or in any other way affected by reason only that the proceedings were heard and determined at a venue other than a proper venue.
(5) In subrule (2), defendant, in relation to proceedings where there are 2 or more defendants, means any one of the defendants.
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