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Distinction between a counter-claim and a set-off
Duties imposed on a plaintiff seeking to defend a counter-claim
Effect of a counter-claim where the originating writ of summons is declared incompetent
Effect of a party abandoning his counter-claim
Effect of failure by the court to determine a counter-claim
Effect of failure of a party to file a reply to a counter-claim
Effect of failure to file a reply to a counter-claim
Effect of failure to make the plaintiff a party to a counter-claim
Effect of failure to plead facts in a counter-claim
How a counter-claim can be proved before the court
How a counter-claim should be presented
How a counter-claim should be treated
How issues are joined on a counter-claim
How the claimant can react to a counter-claim
Meaning of a counter-claim
Nature of a counter-claim
Need for a counter-claim to be directly linked to the main claim
Proper order to be made where a counterclaim is not proved
Proper order to be made where the plaintiff is not made a party to a counter-claim
Relationship between a counter-claim and the main claim
The principle that a counter-claim is a conspicuous process which must be clearly donated by the statement of defence
The procedure for setting up a counterclaim
The rule that a defendant will succeed on the strength of his counter-claim and not on the failure of the plaintiff to file a reply
The scope of the rule that a counter-claim is an independent action
When a counter-claim can be properly raised
When a counter-claim will be regarded as a mere set-off
Whether a counter-claim can be inconsistent with the plaintiff's claim
Whether a counter-claim can be properly raised in an affidavit
Whether a counter-claim can survive the invalidity of a writ of summons
Whether a counter-claim is equivalent to a set-off
Whether a counter-claim is independent of the main action
Whether a counter-claim must be proved
Whether a counter-claim will fail because the main claim has failed
Whether a counter-claim will fail where the main claim succeeds
Whether a court is bound to separately consider a counter-claim where it raises the same issue as the substantive claim
Whether all the rules of pleadings apply to counter-claim
Whether an adoption of the defendant's pleadings in his statement of defence as his counter-claim means that the counter-claim of the defendant/respondent is not founded on pleadings
Whether a trial Court must give separate pronouncements on the main claim and the counter claim
Whether a withdrawal or failure of a principal action affects a counter-claim
Whether evidence need not be called in proof of a counter-claim where the plaintiff fails to file a reply
Whether failure of the plaintiff to file a reply to a counter-claim is damaging
Whether failure to serve a Claimant notice of the hearing of a counter-claim amounts to a breach of the right to fair hearing
Whether leave of court is required to file a counter-claim
Whether one paragraph can make a counter-claim
Whether the court can continue and conclude hearing into a counter-claim after the main claim has been stayed, discontinued or dismissed
Whether the court can grant a counter-claim on the basis of the absence of a defence
Whether the court can grant declaration of title and recovery of possession to the defendant in the absence of a counter-claim
Whether the findings of a trial court on a counter-claim can be made part of the main suit
Whether the particulars of a counter-claim must be pleaded
Whether the success or failure of the plaintiff's claim affects the defendant's counter-claim
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