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Hello, I have recently been the subject of a creditor claiming money he believes he is owed. I have since filed a defence and countecrclaim, all within the prescribed time limit. The last communication from the Judge stated that the Claimant has now to file s response to the defence and the counterclaim, for which no deadline was set. This was almost two months ago. To date, no response to the defence or counterclaim has been filed, they appear to be grossly past the 14 day time limit accoding to the law, however, the judge did not set a time limit, which I find odd. The original defence falls within a small claims track, however, the counterclaim falls within a much larger claims track. The judge did state that he wants a hearing to discuss allocation. Could this be the reasons that no time limit was set? If this was the case, can I ask for a default judgment as there is no reason that no response was filed, after all, the case does not need to be allocated to a claim track in order for the original creditor to dispute the defence and counterclaim. What are my option available here?
