Section 14, The Commercial and Admiralty Court Rules, 2020

(1) Without prejudice to Rule 2 of Order 21 of the High Court Rules, 2007, where a defendant is served with a writ of summons and wishes to defend the suit, he shall, within 10 days from the date of service of the summons, file to the Court a written statement of defence and counter-claim which shall be accompanied by a- (a) list of witnesses to be called by the defendant; (b) written witness statements of the defendant on oath as set out in sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 9; (c) brief submission of law; (d) set of copies of every document to be relied on by the defendant; and (e) full address, including e-mail, fax and telephone number of the defendant and his (2) Notwithstanding Order 21 of the High Court Rules, 2007 a plaintiff's defence to a counter-claim and his reply shall be filed within 5 days and accompanied by a- (a) list of witnesses to be called by the plaintiff; (b) set of written statements of the plaintiff on oath as set out in sub-rules (2) and (3) of Rule 9; (c) brief submission of law; (d) set of copies of every document to be relied on by the plaintiff; and (e) full address including e-mail, fax and telephone number of the defendant and his (3) Where a plaintiff and defendant fail to comply with this rule, the Registrar shall not accept his pleadings for the purpose of filing.