Responding to a claim

The Respondent has 28 days from receiving the Claim Form to submit a Response Form either admitting or denying the claim. The Tribunal will normally clarify the date by which the form must be returned in its correspondence to avoid any confusion. If it is unlikely that the Respondent will be able to comply with this requirement within the first 28 days, an application for an extension to the time limit for filing the Response Form should be made to the Tribunal.

The consequences of failing to submit a Response Form in time and without having agreed an extension could result in the Tribunal preventing the Respondent from taking any further part in the proceedings.

Once the Tribunal has received the Respondent’s Response Form this will then be sent to the Claimant for their information.

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