When is the deadline for statement of defence and counterclaim against existing parties?
The catalogue records a 20 days period from Service of the statement of claim, where the counterclaim is only against the plaintiff or against the plaintiff and an existing party. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 20 days
- Trigger
- Service of the statement of claim, where the counterclaim is only against the plaintiff or against the plaintiff and an existing party
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- The rule itself supplies relief: delivery is permitted 'at any time before the defendant is noted in default'. r 3.02(1) and r 3.02(4) also apply.
- The period tracks r 18.01, so it is 20, 40 or 60 days according to where the defendant was served. The catalogue value of 20 assumes service in Ontario. Corrected on verification: the entry carried a hard periodValue of 20 with only a note that the period tracks r 18.01; it is now flagged needsVerification because r 27.04(1), as published on Ontario e-Laws (R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, text current to 1 February 2026), fixes no period of its own and varies by place of service.