{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-3-1992/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-3-1992/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1992/399",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment No. 3) 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-no-3-1992",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Counterclaim and parties",
  "text": "Order 15 shall be amended as follows—\n(1) In rule 3(2) after the words “a copy of the counterclaim” there shall be inserted the words “and in the case of a person who is not already a party to the action the defendant must issue the counterclaim out of the appropriate office and serve on the person concerned a sealed copy of the counterclaim, and a copy of the writ or originating summons by which the action was begun and of all other pleadings served in the action”.\n(2) In rule 3(5) after the word “namely”, there shall be inserted the words “Order 6, rule 6(4) and (6)”.\n(3) In rule 7(4), after the words “by which the cause or matter was begun” there shall be inserted the words “and of all other pleadings served in the proceedings”.\n(4) After rule 8(2) there shall be inserted the following new paragraph—\n“(2A) Together with the writ of summons served under paragraph (2) shall be served a copy of all other pleadings served in the action.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1992/399/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:55:03.230609+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."
}