{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-16.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-16.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/16.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "16.6",
  "heading": "Defence of set-off",
  "text": "Where a defendant—\n(a) contends that they are entitled to money from the claimant; and\n(b) relies on this as a defence to the whole or part of the claim,\nthe contention may be included in the defence and set off against the claim, whether or not it is also an additional claim.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rules 16.4-16.7 substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 12(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/16.6",
    "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."
}