Form 16-Defence

Form 16-Defence

Form 16.

O.8, r.4

DEFENCE

(Plead as required by the Rules, for example -

1. The defendant denies etc.)\ (or)

(where one of two or more defendants,

DEFENCE OF HAREA-AVO

1. This defendant denies etc.)

(Follow the prescribed form of conclusion of documents for use by a party, Form 4, and, where Order 8 Rule 24 applies, add:

AFFIDAVIT

On . . . , 20. . . , I (name) of (address) (occupation) say on oath:

1. I am the defendant.

2. The defence set out above is true in substance and in fact.

Sworn etc.)

(For a defence to a cross-claim see the prescribed form of defence and cross-claim, Form 20.)