The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Starting the claimE+W

56.2[F2(1) In the County Court—

(a)the claim may be made at any County Court hearing centre, unless paragraph (2) applies or an enactment provides otherwise;

(b)the claim will be issued by the hearing centre where the claim is made; and

(c)if the claim is not made at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the land is situated, the claim will be sent to the hearing centre serving that address.

(Practice Direction 56 includes further direction in respect of claims which are not made at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the land is situated.)]

(2) [F3Unless an enactment provides otherwise, the claim] may be started in the High Court if the claimant files with [F4the] claim form a certificate stating the reasons for bringing the claim in that court verified by a statement of truth F5....

(3) [F6Practice Direction 55A] refers to circumstances which may justify starting the claim in the High Court.

F7(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F5Words in rule 56.2(2) omitted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 26