No disclosure of payment into court
20.19 No disclosure of payment into court
(1) Subject to subrules (2) and (3), the fact that money has been paid into the Court is not to be:
pleaded or disclosed in an affidavit; or
disclosed to the Court at:
the hearing of a proceedings; or
(ii) the hearing of a question of liability or the amount of debt or damages,
until all questions of liability or amount of debt or damages have been decided.
(2) Subrule (1) does not apply where the money has been paid into the Court in answer to a claim to which the defendant pleads or otherwise properly raises a defence of tender before commencement of the proceedings.
Subrule (1)(b) does not apply:
(a) where the plaintiff accepts the money in accordance with rule 20.15; or
(b) where the disclosure is necessary for the purpose of an application under this Division.
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