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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no4-rules-2005/schedule-1/paragraph-20.4",
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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/20.4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20.4",
  "heading": "Defendant’s counterclaim against the claimant",
  "text": "(1) A defendant may make a counterclaim against a claimant by filing particulars of the counterclaim.\n(2) A defendant may make a counterclaim against a claimant—\n(a) without the court’s permission if he files it with his defence; or\n(b) at any other time with the court’s permission.\n(Part 15 makes provision for a defence to a claim and applies to a defence to a counterclaim by virtue of rule 20.3).\n(3) Part 10 (acknowledgment of service) does not apply to a claimant who wishes to defend a counterclaim.",
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  "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/20.4",
    "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."
}