2023 Laws not yet authenticated through a Commencement Order

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

8.15   Defence form, etc. must be served with claim form

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    (1)   When a claim form is served on a defendant, it must be accompanied by —

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      (a)     a copy of any order made under rule 8.2 or 8.14;

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      (b)     a defence form (Form 5);

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      (c)     a form of acknowledgment of service (Form 4 or 4A);

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      (d)     if the claim is for money – an application to pay by instalments (Form 3);

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      (e)     the prescribed notes for defendants (Form 1A); and

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      (f)     for matters filed electronically on the Electronic Litigation Portal, the authorization code form required to be served under Part 5A.

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    (2)   There must be inserted on each form the —

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      (a)     address of the court office to which the defendant is to return the forms;

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      (b)     claim number (for example, SLUHCV2021/0000); and

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      (c)     title of the claim.

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    (3)   If there is a standard defence form appropriate to the particular case set out in a practice guide, the form sent to the defendant must be in a standard form of that type.