When is the deadline for service of reply and of defence to counterclaim?
The catalogue records a 14 days period from Service on the plaintiff of the defence (for a reply) or of the counterclaim (for a defence to counterclaim). This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 14 days
- Trigger
- Service on the plaintiff of the defence (for a reply) or of the counterclaim (for a defence to counterclaim)
- Counting
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- By O.18 r.3(3), where both a reply and a defence to counterclaim are served they must be in the same document, so in practice a single 14-day date is diarised. By O.18 r.4, no pleading after a reply or defence to counterclaim may be served without leave. Mirrors old English RSC O.18 r.3.