--(1) The general rule is that the period for entering an appearance is the period of 8 days after the date of service of the claim form.
--(2) Where permission has been given under rule 8.2 for a claim form to be served without a statement of case, the period for entering an appearance is the period of 8 days after the service of the statement of case.
--(3) However, a defendant may enter an appearance at any time before a default judgment is entered.
--(4) The general rule does not apply where-
----(a) the claim form is served outside the jurisdiction in accordance with Part 7; or
----(b) the claim form is served on an agent of an overseas principal under rule 5.15.
--(Rules 7.7 and 5.15 deal with the time for entering an appearance in those cases)
Notes
In the case of the State, the period for entering an appearance and notice of intention to defend is a minimum of 28 days: see section 20(2) of the State Liability and Proceedings Act, Chap. 8:02 and Universal Projects Limited v. The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago CV2008-04897.
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