311
In forceThird-party notice—notice of intention to respond and defence
Chapter 2Civil proceedings generally
Part 2.5Third-party and similar proceedings
311 Third-party notice—notice of intention to respond and defence
(1)
Part 2.3 (Notice of intention to respond and defence) applies, with necessary changes, to a proceeding started by a third-party notice as if—
(a)
the proceeding were a proceeding started by an originating process; and
(b)
the third-party notice were the originating claim in the proceeding; and
(c)
the defendant were a plaintiff and the third party were a defendant in the proceeding.
(2)
The third party may, in the defence to the third-party notice, deny a plaintiff’s claims against a defendant and claim a matter showing a plaintiff’s claim against a defendant is not maintainable.
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