When is the deadline for small claim - filing a defence disputing the claim?
The catalogue records a 20 days period from Service of the small claim on the defendant. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- Period
- 20 days
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- Service of the small claim on the defendant
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- A defendant may file a defence at any time before default is noted (s 8.0.1(4)). Extendable under r 3.02(1).
- The defendant must then serve a copy of the defence on the claimant not later than 30 days after the defence was filed (r 76.05(2) and s 8.0.1(3)). Failure to file by the deadline permits the claimant to have a court officer note default (s 8.0.2(1)).