REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

468 Civil Proceedings Rules 1998

FORM 21: ANCILLARY CLAIM /THIRD PARTY NOTICE (Rule 18.3)

Between
A.B. Claimant

And

C.D. Defendant
And

C.D. Defendant/Ancillary Claimant

And

E.F. Ancillary Defendant

ANCILLARY CLAIM /THIRD PARTY NOTICE

To of

This claim has been brought by the claimant against the defendant in accordance with the claim form
and statement of case served with this notice. Copies of the defendant’s statement of case (his defence)
and of all other statements of case that have been filed in the proceedings are also served with this notice.

The defendant claims against you

on the grounds that

[The defendant will also ask the court to determine the following matters not only between the
claimant and himself but also between himself and you:

If you wish to dispute the claimant’s claim against the defendant or the defendant’s claim against you,
you must—
(a) send or deliver a completed form of appearance to the court office (address below) so
that it is received by them within EIGHT days; and
(b) also send or deliver a defence to this notice to the court office so that it is received by
them within TWENTY-EIGHT days,
of the day on which this notice was served on you. You must also serve a copy of your
defence on the defendant’s Attorneys whose address is given below.
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SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

Prescribed Forms 1998 469

If you do not file a defence you will be—

(a) deemed to have admitted the defendant’s claim against you; and
(b) bound by any judgment or decision in the main proceedings in so far as it is relevant to
any claim made against you,
and judgment may be entered against you.

SEAL
Dated
This Notice was issued by
of [Attorneys-at-law for the defendant/Ancillary Claimant]

The court office is at [the Hall of Justice, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain] telephone number xxx-xxxx,
FAX xxx.xxxx. The office is open between [8:00 a.m.] and [4:00 p.m.] Mondays to Fridays except
public holidays and court holidays.