Amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
35. In rule 30.8—
(a)in sub-paragraph (1), after “Queen’s Bench Division”, insert “(other than proceedings in the Commercial or Admiralty Courts)”; and
(b)after sub-paragraph (3), insert—
“(4) If any such proceedings which have been commenced in the Queen’s Bench Division or a Mercantile Court fall within the scope of rule 58.1(2), any party to those proceedings may apply for the transfer of the proceedings to the Commercial Court, in accordance with rule 58.4(2) and rule 30.5(3). If the application is refused, the proceedings must be transferred to the Chancery Division of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice.”.