County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

Verbal or technical error; non-compliance with any rule or practice

14.—(1) No action or proceeding in a county court shall be treated or considered as invalid solely on account of any verbal or technical error, and the judge may decide and determine what is a verbal or technical error in any action or proceeding; all errors which are not manifestly calculated to mislead or injuriously prejudice the opposite party in the merits of his case may be deemed to be merely verbal or technical.

(2) Non-compliance with any of these Rules, or with any rule of practice for the time being in force, shall not render any proceedings void unless the Court or a Judge shall so direct, but such proceedings may be set aside either wholly or in part as irregular, or amended or otherwise dealt with in such manner and upon such terms as the Court or Judge shall think fit.