AGLC4 Rule 2.1.10: ex rel

In a relator action, always name the first relator, introduced by ex rel, after the Attorney-General party. The relator is the private person at whose request the Attorney-General sues.

AGLC4 page 44

Formatting

  • ex rel is italic as part of the case name, lower case, with no full stops.
  • ex rel stands between the Attorney-General party and the relator's name.
  • The defendant follows the relator after an italic v.
  • Only the first relator is named; no and Others is added.
  • The long phrase at the relation of is not used.

Example

Quoted from the Guide, page 44
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    A-G (Vic) ex rel Dale v Commonwealth (1945) 71 CLR 237. [Not: A-G (Vic) (at the relation of Dale and Others) …]

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 44
  • [Not: A-G (Vic) (at the relation of Dale and Others) …]
    the relation is written out in long form and further relators are signalled

Forms in the rule

Quoted from the Guide, page 44
  • ‘ex rel’ stands for ‘ex relatione’

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.