[F1 PART 20 E+W COUNTERCLAIMS AND OTHER ADDITIONAL CLAIMS

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 20 substituted (6.4.2006) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3515), rule 1, Sch. 1

Effect of service of an additional claim E+W

20.10.— (1) A person on whom an additional claim is served becomes a party to the proceedings if he is not a party already.

(2) When an additional claim is served on an existing party for the purpose of requiring the court to decide a question against that party in a further capacity, that party also becomes a party in the further capacity specified in the additional claim.]