Rule 17 ResponseI1

A respondent must present a response form to the Tribunal in accordance with any practice direction. Subject to paragraph (2) and to any direction given under rule 16(2) or (3) (sending claim form to respondents), the Tribunal must receive the response within 28 days of the date that the copy of the claim form was sent by the Tribunal.

Two or more respondents may include their responses on the same response form if the responses give rise to common or related issues of fact or law or if it is otherwise reasonable for the responses to be made on the same response form.

A respondent may include the response to more than one claim on the same response form if the claims give rise to common or related issues of fact or law or if it is otherwise reasonable for the responses to be made on the same response form.

Where two or more respondents wrongly include responses on the same response form, this must be treated as an irregularity falling under rule 6 (irregularities and non-compliance).