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