Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 58 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 2
58.1—(1) This Part applies to claims in the Commercial Court of the Queen’s Bench Division.
(2) In this Part and [F2Practice Direction 58], “commercial claim” means any claim arising out of the transaction of trade and commerce and includes any claim relating to—
(a)a business document or contract;
(b)the export or import of goods;
(c)the carriage of goods by land, sea, air or pipeline;
(d)the exploitation of oil and gas reserves or other natural resources;
(e)insurance and re-insurance;
(f)banking and financial services;
(g)the operation of markets and exchanges;
(h)the purchase and sale of commodities;
(i)the construction of ships;
(j)business agency; and
(k)arbitration.]
Textual Amendments
F2Words in rule 58.1(2) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 33(a)