Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

7.  In rule 26.6—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) omit “financial”;

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

(iii) in sub-paragraph (b), for “his landlord” substitute “a landlord”; and

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

(b) in paragraph (3) omit “financial”; and

(c) for paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4) Subject to paragraph (5), the fast track is the normal track for any claim—

(a) for which the small claims track is not the normal track; and

(b) which has a value—

(i) for proceedings issued on or after 6th April 2009, of not more than £25,000; and

(ii) for proceedings issued before 6th April 2009, of not more than £15,000.”.