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r 29.06

Co-defendants and third party

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Part 2Offers of compromise

29.06 Co-defendants and third party

(1)

A defendant who has pleaded shall be entitled to obtain from the party making discovery a copy of any affidavit of documents served on—

(a)

the plaintiff by any other defendant to the proceeding;

(b)

any other defendant by the plaintiff.

(2)

Where the defendant has served a counterclaim joining another person with the plaintiff as defendant to the counterclaim in accordance with Rule 10.03, paragraph (1), with any necessary modification, applies as if—

(a)

the defendant were the plaintiff; and

(b)

the plaintiff and the other person were the defendants.

(3)

A third party who has pleaded shall be entitled to obtain from the party making discovery a copy of any affidavit of documents served—

(a)

by the plaintiff on the defendant by whom the third party was joined;

(b)

on the plaintiff by that defendant.

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