Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

6.  In rule 16.3—

(a) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) The claimant must, in the claim form, state—

(a) the amount of money claimed;

(b) that the claimant expects to recover—

(i) not more than £5,000;

(ii) more than £5,000 but not more than £25,000; or

(iii) more than £25,000; or

(c) that the claimant cannot say how much is likely to be recovered.”;

(b) in paragraph (3), for “he” substitute “the claimant”;

(c) in paragraph (4)—

(i) for “his” substitute “a”; and

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b) omit “financial”;

(d) in paragraph (5)(a), for “£15,000” substitute “£25,000”; and

(e) in paragraph (6)—

(i) for “how much he” substitute “how much the claimant”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “he may recover” substitute “the court may make an award of”; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b) omit “against him”.