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303 Third-party notice—content etc
(1) A third-party notice must state briefly and specifically the nature of
the claim made and relief sought.
Note See approved form 2.12 (Third-party notice) AF2006-257.
(2) A statement of claim must be filed with the third-party notice.
• approved form 2.2 (Statement of claim—debt or liquidated demand)
AF2007-60
• approved form 2.3 (Statement of claim—motor vehicle death or
personal injury) AF2014-160
• approved form 2.4 (Statement of claim—employment death or
personal injury) AF2014-26
• approved form 2.6 (Statement of claim—general) AF2006-447.
Note 2 See r 305 (Third-party notice—statement of claim for certain personal
injuries claims).
Note 3 A statement of claim is a pleading (see dict, def pleading) and therefore
(3) A third-party notice filed in the Magistrates Court, or the
accompanying statement of claim, must show that the court has
jurisdiction to decide the claim.
(4) A third-party notice must state—
Rule 304
(d) if the defendant is suing in a representative capacity—the
representative capacity in which the defendant is suing; and
(e) if a third party is being sued in a representative capacity—the
representative capacity in which the third party is being sued.
(5) A third-party notice must state specifically any claim for—
(a) exemplary damages or aggravated damages; and
(b) interest up to the day of judgment.
(6) A third-party notice need not specifically claim costs unless the claim
is for a debt or liquidated demand.
(7) If the relief sought requires the court’s decision or direction on any
question, the third-party notice must state the question.