> ### CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES

> ### PART 9 RESPONDING TO PARTICULARS OF CLAIM - GENERAL

> ### CONTENTS OF THIS PART

> Scope of this Part | Rule 9.1
> Defence, admission or acknowledgment of service | Rule 9.2

> ### SCOPE OF THIS PART

> 9.1 | (1) | This Part sets out how a defendant may respond to particulars of claim.
> | (2) | Where the defendant receives a claim form which states that particulars of claim are to follow, he need not respond to the claim until the particulars of claim have been served on him.

> ### DEFENCE, ADMISSION OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SERVICE

> 9.2 | When particulars of claim are served on a defendant, the defendant may -
> |  | file or serve an admission in accordance with Part 14; file a defence in accordance with Part 15, (or do both, if he admits only part of the claim); or file an acknowledgment of service in accordance with Part 10.
> | (RSC Order 15 r.12A, in Schedule 1 makes special provision where the defendant in a derivative claim responds to particulars of claim)

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