(1) Where any person or persons enters appearance under rule 8 the Registrar shall at the expiration of the time fixed for appearance enter the application in his or her cause book as a suit in the name of the applicant as plaintiff and of the person or persons who have appeared as defendant or defendants.
(2) Thereafter, subject to rule 11, the proceedings shall be continued as if the cause had been begun by writ of summons. The petition and supporting affidavits and the written claims shall stand as pleadings, and no further pleadings shall be filed without the leave of the Court.