Queensland Consolidated Regulations

UNIFORM CIVIL PROCEDURE RULES 1999 - REG 305

305 Discontinuance by defendant or respondent

A defendant may discontinue a counterclaim or withdraw part of it—

(a) before being served with the plaintiff’s answer to counterclaim; and

(b) only with the court’s leave or the consent of the other parties, after being served with the plaintiff’s answer to counterclaim.