• Statement of Claim or Counter Claim

    • DRA-3.1.17

      (a) The respondent shall send a statement of defence to the claimant and to the Arbitration Committee within 14 days from the date on which the statement of claim is sent to the respondent;
      (b) The statement of defence shall reply to the particulars of the statement of claim;
      (c) The respondent may:
      (i) Annex or otherwise attach to the statement of defence documents on which the respondent relies in defence; or
      (ii) Add a reference to the documents or other evidence that the respondent intends to submit.
      (d) In the statement of defence, or at a later stage in the arbitration proceedings if the Arbitration Committee decides that the delay is justified under the circumstances, the respondent may:
      (i) Make a counterclaim arising out of the same dispute; or
      (ii) Rely on a claim arising out of that dispute for the purpose of a set-off.
      (e) Rule DRA-3.1.16 applies to a counterclaim and a claim relied on for the purpose of a set-off in the same manner as it applies to a statement of claim.
      July 2010