When is the deadline for defence to a s.47a claim?
The catalogue records a 28 days period from Service of the copy of the claim form. This draft page remains free only until its source, worked example and limits are reviewed.
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- 28 days
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- Service of the copy of the claim form
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- Extendable under rule 19(2)(m), and in practice commonly extended by agreement or at the first CMC in substantial follow-on damages litigation. But do not treat it as consequence-free: see the default judgment exposure below.
- Note that the period runs from SERVICE, not from receipt (contrast rule 33(4), which runs from receipt). Rule 35(7) varies the period to accord with CPR Part 6 where the claim form is served on a foreign defendant. Consequence of default: rule 42(1)(b) allows the Tribunal, of its own initiative or on application, to give default judgment without a hearing where the defendant ha