{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-12A/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-12A/rule-8.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/12A/rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Leave to defend",
  "text": "(1) A defendant may show cause against an application at any time by affidavit or otherwise to the satisfaction of the judge.\n(2) Any affidavit made under this rule shall be lodged with the chief clerk and a copy shall be served on the plaintiff by the defendant.\n(3) Where the application is listed for substantive hearing, any affidavit made under this rule shall be lodged and served no later than three days before the hearing date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order 12A inserted (6.1.2023) by The County Court (Amendment No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R 2022/252), rule 1, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/12A/rule/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}