B6
CAP. 282] Employees' Compensation (Rules of
Court) Rules
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Form 5.
Request for further particulars.
Form 6.
Amendments.
municated to the registrar of the court, not less than 1 month shall elapse between the date of the service of the notice upon the respondent and the date fixed for hearing the application.
(2) If the respondent intends to oppose an application he shall, within 21 days after service of the notice, or within such extended period as the court may upon special request allow, lodge with the registrar a written answer in Form 5 in the Schedule containing a concise statement of the extent and grounds of his opposition.
(3) The court may, at any time before the determination of the question in dispute and upon such terms as to adjournment or as to costs as may be deemed just, allow an application, or any particulars or statement accompanying the same, or any answer thereto, to be amended. Any such amendment shall be lodged with the registrar of the court who shall forthwith cause it to be served upon the opposite party.
18. (1) The respondent may, not later than 14 days after he has received notice of application, serve on the applicant a request in writing in Form 6 in the Schedule for further particulars of the grounds upon which the application is made, specifying in such request the questions as to which he desires to have information; and the applicant may, not later than 14 days after he has received the answer to the application, serve on the respondent a request in writing for similar particulars of the grounds upon which the application is opposed.
(2) A copy of any such request shall forthwith be lodged with the registrar of the court by the party making the request, and a copy of a reply thereto shall forthwith be lodged with the registrar of the court by the party making the reply.
(3) If the party so requested to furnish particulars fails to do within 14 days from the date of service of the request aforesaid and in consequence of such failure it is necessary to adjourn the hearing of the application, the court may order that the costs occasioned by such adjournment shall be paid by the party so in default. The court may disallow, with costs, any request for particulars which appears to the court to be unnecessary or vexatious. The court may award against the party making a request for particulars the costs of the replies thereto.
19. Where an applicant wishes to amend his application or any particulars or statement accompanying it, or where a respondent wishes to amend his answer to an application, the party wishing to make such amendment shall forthwith lodge with the registrar of the court a statement in writing of such amendment, and shall at the same time serve a copy thereof upon the other party or parties to the proceedings.