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If you are not able (or do not want) to settle the counterclaim, you do not need to file anything with the court if you have been served with a counterclaim. You simply attend the scheduled court date to defend yourself. The date and time of the mediation or hearing should be stated on the counterclaim you received.
Your options are: negotiate with the plaintiff. agree to pay the entire debt. agree to pay the debt in instalments. file a defence (asserting that you deny the entire claim or part of the claim) file a statement of cross-claim (asserting that you have a counter-claim against the plaintiff or a third party.
You should respond to the counterclaim as though it were a Statement of Claim and you were drafting a Defence: respond to every paragraph ? you can do this paragraph by paragraph if necessary; deny any allegations of fact that you do not admit ? you will be deemed to admit facts that you forget to plead to; and.
Affirmative defense?Examples On [Date], after making the contract and the alleged breach, and before this action was commenced, defendant paid to the plaintiff the sum of [specify amount], which was accepted by the plaintiff in full satisfaction and discharge of the damages claimed in the petition.
If a counterclaim is filed, the plaintiff must be given the opportunity to respond by filing a reply.
If a counterclaim is filed, the plaintiff must be given the opportunity to respond by filing a reply.
The plaintiff shall serve his reply to a counterclaim in the answer within twenty-eight days after service of the answer or, if a reply is ordered by the court, within twenty-eight days after service of the order, unless the order otherwise directs.
The defence to a counterclaim must deal with every allegation made by the defendant in the counterclaim by either admission, denial or making no admission. The counterclaim is drafted following the same rules as the defence, for details on drafting the defence - please see our previous Article in this series.