Part 9 RESPONDING TO PARTICULARS OF CLAIM – GENERAL

Contents of this part
Title	Number
Scope of this Part	Rule 9.1
Defence, admission or acknowledgment of service	Rule 9.2

Scope of this Part

9.1


(1)	This Part sets out how a defendant may respond to particulars of claim.


(2)	Where the defendant receives a claim form which states that particulars of claim are to follow, he need not respond to the claim until the particulars of claim have been served on him.

This Rule is referred to in: Comm Ct Guide - Pt B (B8.1), Godwin v Swindon BC [25], Wragg v Partco Group Ltd [9], [9], [9], [9].

Defence, admission or acknowledgment of service

9.2

When particulars of claim are served on a defendant, the defendant may –


(a)	file or serve an admission in accordance with Part 14;


(b)	file a defence in accordance with Part 15,

(or do both, if he admits only part of the claim); or


(c)	file an acknowledgment of service in accordance with Part 10.

(Paragraph 10.6 of the Practice Direction^pdp-16to Part 16 contains provision about the content of the admission, defence or acknowledgment of service).

This Rule is referred to in: Part 06_old (6.16), Godwin v Swindon BC [25], Wragg v Partco Group Ltd [9].

This Rule is referred to in the following SIs: Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2005 (16), (Notes), (Notes), (Notes).

Cross reference in Rule 9.2 removed w/e from 3 December 2001.,
Reference after 9.2 to para 10.6 of PD16 added w/e frpm 6 April 2006..

Part 9 RESPONDING TO PARTICULARS OF CLAIM – GENERAL

Contents of this part