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App. A. Form 14.
App. A. Form 17.
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respect of the subject-matter of the counterclaim, or claims against such other person any relief relating to or connected with the original subject-matter of the action, then, subject to rule 5(2), he may join that other person as a party against whom the counter-claim is made.
(2) Where a defendant joins a person as a party against whom he makes a counterclaim, he must add that person's name to the title of the action and serve on him a copy of the counterclaim and, in the case of a person who is not already a party to the action, a form of acknowledgment of service in Form No. 14 in Appendix A with such modifications as the circumstances may require; and a person on whom a copy of a counterclaim is served under this paragraph shall, if he is not already a party to the action, become a party to it as from the time of service with the same rights in respect of his defence to the counterclaim and otherwise as if he had been duly sued in the ordinary way by the party making the counterclaim.
(3) A defendant who is required by paragraph (2) to serve a copy of the counterclaim made by him on any person who before service is already a party to the action must do so within the period within which, by virtue of Order 18, rule 2, he must serve on the plaintiff the defence to which the counterclaim is added.
(4) The appropriate office for acknowledging service of a counterclaim by a person who is not already a party to the action is the Registry.
(5) Where by virtue of paragraph (2) a copy of a counterclaim is required to be served on a person who is not already a party to the action, the following provisions of these rules, namely, Order 10, Order 11, Orders 12 and 13 and Order 75, rule 4, shall, subject to the last foregoing paragraph, apply in relation to the counterclaim and the proceedings arising from it as if
(a) the counterclaim were a writ and the proceedings arising from it in an action; and
(b) the party making the counterclaim were a plaintiff and the party against whom it is made a defendant in that action.
(6) A copy of a counterclaim required to be served on a person who is not already a party to the action must be indorsed with a notice, in Form No. 17 in Appendix A, addressed to that person.
Joinder of parties (O. 15, r. 4)
4. (1) Subject to rule 5(1), two or more persons may be joined together in one action as plaintiffs or as defendants with the leave of the Court or where
(a) if separate actions were brought by or against each of them, as the case may be, some common question of law or fact would arise in all the actions, and
A 42
[Subsidiary]
App. A. Form 14.
App. A. Form 17.
CAP. 4
The Rules of the Supreme Court Order 15 [1988 Ed.
respect of the subject-matter of the counterclaim, or claims against such other person any relief relating to or connected with the original subject-matter of the action, then, subject to rule 5(2), he may join that other person as a party against whom the counter- claim is made.
(2) Where a defendant joins a person as a party against whom he makes a counterclaim, he must add that person's name to the title of the action and serve on him a copy of the counterclaim and, in the case of a person who is not already a party to the action, a form of acknowledgment of service in Form No. 14 in Appendix A with such modifications as the circumstances may require; and a person on whom a copy of a counterclaim is served under this paragraph shall, if he is not already a party to the action, become a party to it as from the time of service with the same rights in respect of his defence to the counterclaim and otherwise as if he had been duly sued in the ordinary way by the party making the counterclaim.
(3) A defendant who is required by paragraph (2) to serve a copy of the counterclaim made by him on any person who before service is already a party to the action must do so within the period within which, by virtue of Order 18, rule 2, he must serve on the plaintiff the defence to which the counterclaim is added.
(4) The appropriate office for acknowledging service of a counterclaim by a person who is not already a party to the action is the Registry.
(5) Where by virtue of paragraph (2) a copy of a counterclaim is required to be served on a person who is not already a party to the action, the following provisions of these rules, namely, Order 10, Order 11, Orders 12 and 13 and Order 75, rule 4, shall, subject to the last foregoing paragraph, apply in relation to the counterclaim and the proceedings arising from it as if
(a) the counterclaim were a writ and the proceedings arising
from it in an action; and
(b) the party making the counterclaim were a plaintiff and the
party against whom it is made a defendant in that action.
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(6) A copy of a counterclaim required to be served on a person who is not already a party to the action must be indorsed with a notice, in Form No. 17 in Appendix A, addressed to that person.
Joinder of parties (O. 15, r. 4)
4. (1) Subject to rule 5(1), two or more persons may be joined together in one action as plaintiffs or as defendants with the leave of the Court or where
(a) if separate actions were brought by or against each of
them, as the case may be, some common question of law or fact would arise in all the actions, and
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