Defence and Counterclaim (Form 5)
Defence and Counterclaim (Form 5)
How to lodge - See instructions
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Assemble the form
Pull the latest Defence and Counterclaim (Form 5) into your practice management system. Your matter details (the parties, court file details, and your firm details) populate the form automatically, on your own machine.
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Review and check
Confirm the populated fields are correct and complete any office-use or matter-specific fields the catalogue does not fill.
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Lodge the form
Listed on court forms page as 'Civil - Defence and Counterclaim - Form 5'. Word (docx) only; no PDF published.
Lodgement notesListed on court forms page as 'Civil - Defence and Counterclaim - Form 5'. Word (docx) only; no PDF published.
This form maps to the published matter-field vocabulary, so your practice management system fills it from your matter data - on your own machine. Practice management systems can fetch and assemble it through the document assembly API.