Responding to a Claim — SQE1 FLK1 Dispute Resolution

A managing director opens the post on 20 May to find a claim form that was served on his company's solicitors on 1 May, and by then he has already run out of time.
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In this episode:
• Both defence deadlines run from service of the particulars
• 14 days to acknowledge, 28 days to defend if you do
• A bare denial is not a defence
• A counterclaim filed with the defence needs no permission
• A late defence filed before judgment defeats a default request
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