The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014

Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

5.  In Part 2—

(a) in rule 2.3—

(i) in paragraph (1), in the definition of “defendant’s home court”, for subparagraph (a) substitute—

“(a) if a claim is proceeding in the County Court, the County Court hearing centre serving the address where the defendant resides or carries on business; and”;

(ii) omit the definition of “designated money claim”;

(iii) after the definition of “judge”, insert—

“‘judge of the County Court’ has the meaning given in section 5 of the County Courts Act 1984;”;

(iv) for the definition of “preferred court” substitute—

“‘preferred hearing centre’ means, if the claim is proceeding in the County Court, the County Court hearing centre the claimant has specified in practice form N1 as the hearing centre to which the proceedings should be sent if necessary;”; and

(v) in paragraph (3)—

(aa) for “particular county court” substitute “the County Court”; and

(bb) for “district registry” substitute “District Registry”; and

(b) in rule 2.4, in subparagraph (b) for “or district judge” substitute “of the County Court”.