[F1 PART 53 E+WMEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS CLAIMS

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 53 substituted (1.10.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1118), rule 1(1), Sch. (with rule 5)

Specialist list E+W

53.2.— (1) The Media and Communications List is a specialist list of the High Court.

(2) One of the Judges of the Queen’s Bench Division shall be [F2 nominated by the President of the Queen’s Bench Division to be] the Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List.

(3) A Media and Communications List Judge is a judge authorised by the President of the Queen’s Bench Division, in consultation with the Chancellor of the High Court, to hear claims in the Media and Communications List.

(4) All proceedings in the Media and Communications List will be heard by a Media and Communications Judge, or by a Master of the Queen’s Bench Division, except that—

(a) another judge of the Queen’s Bench Division or Chancery Division may hear urgent applications if no Media and Communications Judge is available; and

(b) unless the court otherwise orders, any application relating to enforcement of a Media and Communications List order or judgment for the payment of money will be dealt with by a Master of the Queen’s Bench Division or District Judge.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in rule 53.2(2) inserted (6.4.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/82), rules 1(1), 6