{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/59.9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "59.9",
  "heading": "Defence and Reply",
  "text": "(1) Part 15 (Defence and Reply) applies to Circuit Commercial claims with the modification to rule 15.8(a) that the claimant must—\n(a) file any reply to a defence; and\n(b) serve it on all other parties,\nwithin 21 days after service of the defence.\n(2) Rule 6.35 (in relation to the period for filing a defence where the claim form is served out of the jurisdiction) applies to Circuit Commercial claims, except that if the particulars of claim are served after the defendant has filed an acknowledgment of service the period for filing a defence is 28 days from service of the particulars of claim.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 59 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 59 substituted (1.10.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/889), rules 1(1), 7(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in rule 59.9(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 32"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 59.9(2) substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 32(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/59.9",
    "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."
}