The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Special provisions regarding orders made by the Court of its own initiative against the Crown

Rule 8—(2) No order shall be made against the Crown by the court of its own initiative—

(a) (i) requiring the Crown to file or serve any statement of case or give any particulars which the court thinks necessary for defining the issues in the proceedings; and

(ii) at the same or any subsequent time directing that the claim be dismissed or the defendant be debarred from defending altogether or that anything in any statement of case of which particulars have been ordered be struck out unless the order is obeyed;

(b) ordering one or more questions or issues to be tried before the others; or

(c) at a hearing other than the trial.