Short answer. No. A motion for reconsideration of the court's action on the affirmative defenses is expressly listed among the motions that shall not be allowed. The related motion to hear affirmative defenses is prohibited as well, so neither route is open to you.

What the law says

(b) Motion to hear affirmative defenses; (c) Motion for reconsideration of the court's action on the affirmative defenses

Rule 15, Section 12 — Prohibited motions. Read the full provision →

Both motions are closed off, and deliberately so

The list of prohibited motions deals with affirmative defenses twice over. A motion to hear affirmative defenses is prohibited, and so is a motion for reconsideration of the court's action on them. Taken together, these mean the resolution of affirmative defenses is meant to be a single event: the court acts on them, and the case moves on. There is no second round at that stage, however strongly a party disagrees with the outcome.

Why the rule is built this way

Affirmative defenses were historically where cases stalled. A defence would be raised, a hearing sought on it, an adverse ruling met with a motion for reconsideration, and months could pass before the case reached trial on facts nobody disputed. Closing both motions removes that sequence. It sits alongside the neighbouring prohibitions — the restricted motion to dismiss and the bar on motions to suspend proceedings without a restraining order or injunction from a higher court.

What this does not take away

Being unable to move for reconsideration is not the same as losing the defence. An affirmative defence that was raised and resolved against you at that stage was still raised; the ruling on it is a ruling made in the course of the case, not a final judgment. The ordinary path is to proceed, preserve the point on the record, and take it up in the manner the rules allow once there is a judgment to challenge.

The practical consequence

Because there is only one bite at this, the answer setting out the affirmative defenses has to be right the first time. Plead each defence completely and support it, rather than treating the answer as an outline to be developed at a later hearing that the rules no longer permit. If a defence depends on documents, attach them. The opportunity to explain what the court misunderstood is precisely what these two paragraphs remove.

Prohibited does not mean unfilable, and that is the danger

Nothing physically stops such a motion being filed, which is why parties still attempt it. But a motion the rule declares shall not be allowed does not toll any period and does not oblige the court to rule on its merits. Time spent waiting for a resolution that is not coming is time lost from the steps that remain open. If the concern is that the court acted on a misapprehension of what was pleaded, the productive response is to ensure the record reflects the defence accurately and to proceed with the case.

Related provisions

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