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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-20.3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3515",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2005",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/20.3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20.3",
  "heading": "Application of these Rules to additional claims",
  "text": "(1) An additional claim shall be treated as if it were a claim for the purposes of these Rules, except as provided by this Part.\n(2) The following rules do not apply to additional claims—\n(a) rules 7.5 and 7.6 (time within which a claim form may be served);\n(b) rule 16.3(5) (statement of value where claim to be issued in the High Court); and\n(c) Part 26 (case management - preliminary stage).\n(3) Part 12 (default judgment) applies to a counterclaim but not to other additional claims.\n(4) Part 14 (admissions) applies to a counterclaim, but only—\n(a) rules 14.1(1) and 14.1(2) (which provide that a party may admit the truth of another party’s case in writing); and\n(b) rule 14.3 (admission by notice in writing - application for judgment),\napply to other additional claims.\n(Rule 12.3(2) sets out how to obtain judgment in default of defence for a counterclaim against the claimant, and rule 20.11 makes special provision for default judgment for some additional claims).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3515/schedule/1/paragraph/20.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:53.426190+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}