Fillable Printable Statement of Claim Form - Ontario

Statement of Claim Form - Ontario

FORM 14A

Courts of Justice Act

STATEMENT OF CLAIM (GENERAL)

(General heading)

(Court seal)

STATEMENT OF CLAIM

TO THE DEFENDANT

A LEGAL PROCEEDING HAS BEEN COMMENCED AGAINST YOUby theplaintiff. The claimmade against you is set out in the

following pages.

IFYOU WISH TO DEFEND THIS PROCEEDING, you or an Ontario lawyer acting for you must prepare a statement of defence in Form 18A

prescribed bythe Rules of Civil Procedure, serve it on theplaintiff’s lawyer or, where theplaintiff does not have a lawyer, serve it on the plaintiff,

and file it, with proof of service in this court office, WITHIN TWENTY DAYS after this statement of claimis served on you, if you areservedin

Ontario.

If you are served in another province or territory of Canada or in the UnitedStates of America, the period for serving and filing your statement

of defence is forty days. If you are served outside Canada and the United States of America, the period is sixty days.

Instead of serving and filing a statement of defence, you mayserve and file a notice of intent to defend in Form18B prescribedbytheRules of

Civil Procedure. This will entitle you to ten more days within which to serve and file your statement of defence.

IF YOU FAIL TO DEFEND THIS PROCEEDING, JUDGMENT MAY BE GIVEN AGAINST YOU IN YOUR ABSENCE AND WITHOUT

FURTHER NOTICE TOYOU. IF YOU WISH TO DEFEND THISPROCEEDING BUTARE UNABLE TOPAYLEGAL FEES, LEGAL AID

MAY BE AVAILABLE TO YOU BY CONTACTING A LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE.

(Where the claim made is for money only,include the following:)

IF YOU PAY THE PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM, and $........................ for costs, within the timefor serving and filing your statement of defence

youmay move to have this proceeding dismissed by the court. If you believe the amount claimed for costs isexcessive, you may pay the plaintiff’s

claim and $400 for costs and have the costsassessed by the court.

TAKE NOTICE: THIS ACTION WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DISMISSED if it has not been set down for trial or terminated by any means

within five years after the action was commenced unless otherwise ordered by the court.

Date ...........................................................................Issued by ...........................................................................

Local registrar

Addressof

court office .........................................................................

.........................................................................

TO(Name and address of each defendant)

(In an action under the simplified procedure provided in Rule 76,add:)

THIS ACTION IS BROUGHT AGAINST YOU UNDER THE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE PROVIDED IN RULE 76 OF THE RULES OF

CIVIL PROCEDURE.

CLAIM

1.The plaintiffclaims: (State here the precise relief claimed.)

(Then set out in separate, consecutivelynumbered paragraphs each allegation of material fact relied on to substantiate the claim.)

(Where the statement of claim is to beserved outside Ontario without a court order, set out the facts and the specific provisions of Rule 17 relied on

in support of such service.)

(Date of issue) (Name, address and telephone number of lawyer or plaintiff)

RCP-E 14A (June 9, 2014)