12.4 Conditions to be satisfied – judgment for failure to file acknowledgment of service
The court office at the request of the claimant must enter judgment for failure to file an acknowledgment of service if —
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(a) the claimant proves service of the claim form and statement of claim;
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(b) the defendant has not filed —
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(i) an acknowledgment of service; or
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(ii) a defence to the claim or any part of it;
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(c) the defendant has not satisfied in full the claim on which the claimant seeks judgment;
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(d) (if the only claim is for a specified sum of money, apart from costs and interest), the defendant has not filed an admission of liability to pay all of the money claimed together with a request for time to pay it;
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(e) the period for filing an acknowledgment of service under rule 9.3 has expired;
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(f) the claimant has the permission of the court to enter judgment (if necessary); and
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(g) the claim is not a claim listed under rule 12.2 in which default judgment may not be obtained.
• Rules 5.5, 5.11, 5.12 and 5.15 deal with how to prove service of the claim form and statement of claim.