Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 19983

In Part 2—

a

in rule 2.3(1)—

i

after the definition of ‘defendant’s home court’, insert—

  • ‘designated money claim’ means any claim which—

    1. a

      is started in a county court under Part 7;

    2. b

      is only a claim for either or both a specified amount of money or an unspecified amount of money; and

    3. c

      is not a claim for which special procedures are provided in these rules;

ii

after the definition of ‘litigation friend’, insert—

  • ‘preferred court’ means, if the claim is proceeding in a county court, the county court the claimant has specified in practice form N1 as the court to which the proceedings should be transferred if necessary;