County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981

Particulars of claim

2.—(1) The plaintiff shall set out in his civil bill particulars of his claim.

(2) In an action for the recovery of or in relation to land, the plaintiff shall give a full description of the land and in such an action or in an action for t the recovery of rent or mesne profits the plaintiff shall set out in his civil bill the facts on which he relies as giving the court jurisdiction.

(3) A plaintiff suing as the assignee of a debt or other legal thing in action shall set out in his civil bill the name and description of the assignor and the date of the assignment.

(4) A plaintiff suing for the recovery of a book or shop debt or other running account shall, unless such particulars ate adequately set out in the civil bill, furnish full particulars of his demand within a reasonable time before, or at the time of, the service of the civil bill; but the judge may dispense with this requirement if in any case he is satisfied that it is unnecessary.

(5) A plaintiff alleging a breach of statutory duty shall set out in his civil bill particulars of the enactment on which he relies.

(6) Where a plaintiff desires to abandon, under Article 10(1) of the Order, the excess of his claim over £2,000, the abandonment of the excess shall be entered at the end of the particulars.

(7) An equity civil bill shall set out as concisely as may be the facts constituting the plaintiffs claim and the facts upon which the plaintiff relies as giving the court jurisdiction.

(8) Where reference to a sum of money is made in a civil bill or in the particulars the sum must be stated in decimal currency.