--(1) The claim form must-
----(a) include a short description of the claim; and
----(b) specify any remedy that the claimant is seeking (though this does not limit any power of the court to grant any other remedy to which he may be entitled).
--(2) If the claimant is seeking exemplary damages he must say so expressly on the claim form.
--(3) If the claimant is seeking interest, he must-
----(a) say so expressly on the claim form, and
----(b) include details of-
--------(i) the basis of entitlement;
--------(ii) the rate;
--------(iii) the period for which it is claimed;
--------(iv) where the claim is for a specified amount of money, the total amount of interest claimed to the date of the claim; and
--------(v) the daily rate at which interest will accrue after the date of the claim, on the claim form or in his statement of case.
--(4) If the claimant is claiming in a representative capacity under Part 21 he must state what that capacity is.
--(5) If the defendant is sued in a representative capacity under Part 21, the claimant must state what that capacity is.
Notes
Amended by Legal Notice 140 of 2000.
In Anil Maharaj trading as "A. Maharaj Tyre Service" v. Rudy Roopnarine and Paula Kim Roopnarine both trading as "Refinery Industrial Fabricators Limited" CV2012-04524, the Hon. Mr. Justice Rajkumar considered that non-compliance with this rule meant that there was no basis upon which a court could award interest. While this position is not consistent with that stated by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Benoit Leriche v. Francis Maurice [2008] UKPC 8, it is considered that the latter decision is not good law as the Privy Council failed to consider that rule 8.6(4) of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court's Civil Procedure Rules 2000, which came into force on December 31st 2000, specifically required a claimant to plead his claim for interest.
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