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If you receive a Supreme Court Notice of Civil Claim: | If you receive a Supreme Court Notice of Civil Claim: | ||
#Obtain and complete a [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/sup_civil/2.pdf Response to Civil Claim'] form. Supreme Court forms are available online through the Clicklaw website "[http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/content/lawscases Laws, Cases & Rules]" page; click on "BC Supreme Court Civil Forms." You are looking for Form 2. | #Obtain and complete a [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/forms/sup_civil/2.pdf Response to Civil Claim'] form. Supreme Court forms are available online through the Clicklaw website "[http://www.clicklaw.bc.ca/content/lawscases Laws, Cases & Rules]" page; click on "[http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/other/supreme/2010SupRules/info/index_civil.htm BC Supreme Court Civil Forms]." You are looking for Form 2. | ||
#Drop off the Response to Civil Claim at (or fax or mail it to) the Supreme Court registry named on the Notice to Civil Claim, within 21 days of when you were served with the Notice of Civil Claim. It will cost $25 to file a Response to Civil Claim. | #Drop off the Response to Civil Claim at (or fax or mail it to) the Supreme Court registry named on the Notice to Civil Claim, within 21 days of when you were served with the Notice of Civil Claim. It will cost $25 to file a Response to Civil Claim. | ||
#If you have a claim to make against the person suing you (and others), you can file a Counterclaim | #If you have a claim to make against the person suing you (and others), you can file a <noglossary>Counterclaim</noglossary> form. This must be done in the same time for filing your Response to Civil Claim. The Counterclaim form is also available [http://www.ag.gov.bc.ca/courts/other/supreme/2010SupRules/info/index_civil.htm online]. You are looking for Form 3. | ||
=== What happens next === | === What happens next === | ||
