Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 19984
In Part 3—
a
in the table of contents—
i
in the left hand column, after “Judgment without trial after striking out” insert “Automatic transfer”; and
ii
in the right hand column, after “Rule 3.5” insert “Rule 3.5A”; and
b
after rule 3.5 insert—
Automatic Transfer3.5A
If—
a
a claimant files a request for judgment which includes an amount of money to be decided by the court in accordance with rule 3.5; and
b
the claim is a designated money claim,
the court will transfer the claim to the preferred court upon receipt of the request for judgment.