Court Procedures Rules 2006

A defendant to a proceeding who files a third-party notice must serve a sealed copy of the notice and accompanying statement of claim on the third party as if—

the notice were an originating claim in a proceeding; and

the defendant were a plaintiff and the third party were a defendant in the proceeding.

Rule 54 (Originating claim—filing and service) deals with service of an originating claim.

The defendant must serve the following documents with the third‑party notice:

a sealed copy of any order giving leave to file the notice;

a sealed copy of any directions about filing and serving the notice;

a copy of a sealed copy of any other relevant order made in relation to the proceeding;

a copy of a sealed copy of the originating claim and accompanying statement of claim;

a copy of a stamped copy of all other pleadings filed in the proceeding;

a copy of a stamped copy of all applications in the proceeding not finally disposed of;

Application in a proceeding is defined in r 6006.

a copy of all affidavits filed in the proceeding, other than affidavits that are not relevant to the issues arising on the third‑party notice;

a copy of all other documents that have been served by the plaintiff on the defendant, or by the defendant on the plaintiff, and are intended to be relied on;

a copy of all amendments of any document mentioned in paragraphs (d) to (h) or details of the amendments.