18.11 Effect of service of ancillary claim form

--(1) A person on whom an ancillary claim form is served becomes a party to the proceedings if he is not already a party.

--(2) When an ancillary claim form 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 notice.

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