# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 2) 1999, Article 5: Third party directions


Order 16, rule 4 shall be amended by substituting for paragraphs (1) and (2) the following paragraphs—
“(1) Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (2), if the third party enters an appearance the following provisions of this paragraph shall apply in relation to the conduct of the third party proceedings—
(a) the defendant who issued the third party notice shall within 14 days of the entry of the third party’s appearance deliver a statement of claim to the third party;
(b) the third party shall enter a defence to the statement of claim delivered by the defendent within 14 days of its delivery;
(c) the defendent and the third party shall furnish to each other their respective lists of documents within 14 days of the third party serving his defence; and
(d) the third party may appear in the trial of the action between the plaintiff and the defendant and shall be bound by any judgment or decision in the action in respect of liability, damages or costs.
(1A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where the defendant who issued the third party notice at the same time—
(a) applies to the Court by summons (to be served on all the other parties to the action) for directions; or
(b) applies to the Court ex parte to receive and make a rule of Court (having the effect of an order) a consent of all parties providing for the conduct or disposal of the third party proceedings.
(2) If no summons is served on the third party and no ex parte application is made under paragraph (1A), the third party may, not earlier than 7 days after entering an appearance, apply to the Court by summons (to be served on all the other parties to the action) for directions or for an order to set aside the third party notice in place of the directions set out in paragraph (1).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/333/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-2-1999/article-5
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