{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-15.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-15.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/15.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "15.4",
  "heading": "The period for filing a defence",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that the period for filing a defence is—\n(a) 14 days after service of the particulars of claim; or\n(b) if the defendant files an acknowledgment of service under Part 10, 28 days after service of the particulars of claim.\n(2) The general rule is subject to rules 3.4(7), 6.12(3), 6.35, 11 and 24.4(4).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 15 substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rule 1(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in rule 15.4(2) substituted (6.4.2024) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 (S.I. 2024/106), rules 1(1), 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/15.4",
    "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."
}