Order 16 FCT (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025

Order 16 of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules 2025 is about Statement of Claim. It contains the following rules:

1. (1) Every statement of claim, defence or counter claim shall
   state specifically the relief claimed or sought in the
   alternative, and it shall not be necessary to ask for general
   or other relief, which may be given as the Court may deem
   fit.
   (2) Where the claimant seeks relief in respect of several
   distinct claims or causes of complaint based upon separate
   and distinct grounds, they shall, as far as the case may be,
   separately and distinctly be stated. The same rule shall
   apply where the defendant relies upon several distinct
   grounds of defence, set-off or counterclaim based upon
   separate and distinct facts.

2. Whenever a statement of claim is filed, the claimant may
   alter, modify or extend his claim without any amendment
   of the endorsement on the writ. The claimant may not
   completely change his cause of action endorsed on the writ
   without amending the writ.