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30.2—(1) A county court may order proceedings before that court, or any part of them (such as a counterclaim or an application made in the proceedings), to be transferred to another county court if it is satisfied that—
(a)an order should be made having regard to the criteria in rule 30.3; or
(b)proceedings for
(i)the detailed assessment of costs; or
(ii)the enforcement of a judgment or order,
could be more conveniently or fairly taken in that other county court.
(2) If proceedings have been started in the wrong county court, a judge of the county court may order that the proceedings—
(a)be transferred to the county court in which they ought to have been started;
(b)continue in the county court in which they have been started; or
(c)be struck out.
(3) An application for an order under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made to the county court where the claim is proceeding.
(4) The High Court may, having regard to the criteria in rule 30.3, order proceedings in the Royal Courts of Justice or a district registry, or any part of such proceedings (such as a counterclaim or an application made in the proceedings), to be transferred—
(a)from the Royal Courts of Justice to a district registry; or
(b)from a district registry to the Royal Courts of Justice or to another district registry.
(5) A district registry may order proceedings before it for the detailed assessment of costs to be transferred to another district registry if it is satisfied that the proceedings could be more conveniently or fairly taken in that other district registry.
(6) An application for an order under paragraph (4) or (5) must, if the claim is proceeding in a district registry, be made to that registry.
(7) Where some enactment, other than these Rules, requires proceedings to be started in a particular county court, neither paragraphs (1) nor (2) give the court power to order proceedings to be transferred to a county court which is not the court in which they should have been started or to order them to continue in the wrong court.
(8) Probate proceedings may only be transferred under paragraph (4) to the Chancery Division at the Royal Courts of Justice or to one of the Chancery district registries.
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