can you amend a defence after it has been filed

[sapnker]

In brief, Claimant sued my mother for payment of installation of central heating system.
My mother counter claimed damages for bad installation, compensation and cost of repairing her house roof. (firm installed flue wrong and damaged the roof).
Claimants solicitors filed the most basic defence I have ever seen, just a bare denial although they did file it in the 14 day period.
Now a few months down the line a new member of the claimants solicitors has taken over and filed a very (untrue) detailed defence.
So, can they do this?
Can we reply to this and challenge all the new detailed defence?

We really need this information now as we are all in court in 7 days.

Cheers.

[mystery1]

Re: can you amend a defence after it has been filed

They can. The rules to do so

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/pr...l/rules/part17

https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/pr...rt17/pd_part17

According to what you've posted and the rules they can't do it as they have. Some judges don't give a toss about the rules though so they might get away with it unless you are prepared to appeal.

M1