The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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26.1.—(1) This Part provides for—

(a)the automatic transfer of some defended cases in the High Court;

(b)the circumstances in which defended cases may be sent from one County Court hearing centre or court office to another; and

(c)the allocation of defended cases to case management tracks and, where applicable, their assignment to a complexity band.

(2) There are four tracks—

(a)the small claims track;

(b)the fast track;

(c)the intermediate track; and

(d)the multi-track.

(Rule 26.9 sets out the normal scope of each track. Part 27 makes provision for the small claims track. Part 28 makes provision for the fast track and the intermediate track. Part 29 makes provision for the multi-track.)]

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