{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-20.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/20",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "COUNTERCLAIMS AND OTHER ADDITIONAL CLAIMS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nPurpose of this Part\nRule 20.1\nScope and interpretation\nRule 20.2\nApplication of these Rules to additional claims\nRule 20.3\nDefendant’s counterclaim against the claimant\nRule 20.4\nCounterclaim against a person other than the claimant\nRule 20.5\nDefendant’s additional claim for contribution or indemnity from another party\nRule 20.6\nProcedure for making any other additional claim\nRule 20.7\nService of claim form\nRule 20.8\nMatters relevant to question of whether an additional claim should be separate from the claim\nRule 20.9\nEffect of service of an additional claim\nRule 20.10\nSpecial provisions relating to default judgment on an additional claim other than a counterclaim or a contribution or indemnity notice\nRule 20.11\nProcedural steps on service of an additional claim form on a non-party\nRule 20.12\nCase management where a defence to an additional claim is filed\nRule 20.13",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 20 substituted (6.4.2006) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3515), rule 1, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}