Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
6. In Part 3—
(a)in rule 3.4, in paragraph (4), in subparagraph (c), for “he” substitute “the claimant”;
(b)in the table of contents, for the entry for rule 3.5A substitute “Judgment without trial after striking out a claim in the County Court Money Claims Centre”;
(c)in rule 3.5—
(i)in paragraph (3), for “he” substitute “the defendant”; and
(ii)in paragraph (5), for “he wishes” substitute “they wish”;
(d)for rule 3.5A substitute—
“Judgment without trial after striking out a claim in the County Court Money Claims Centre
3.5A.—(1) If a claimant files a request for judgment in the County Court Money Claims Centre in accordance with rule 3.5, in a claim which includes an amount of money to be decided by the court, the claim will be sent to the preferred hearing centre.
(2) If a claim is sent to a preferred hearing centre pursuant to paragraph (1), any further correspondence should be sent to, and any further requests should be made at, the hearing centre to which the claim was sent.”; and
(e)after rule 3.6, insert—
“3.6A. If—
(a)a party against whom judgment has been entered under rule 3.5 applies to set the judgment aside;
(b)the claim is for a specified sum;
(c)the claim was started in the County Court Money Claims Centre; and
(d)the claim has not been sent to a County Court hearing centre,
the claim will be sent to—
(i)if the defendant is an individual, the defendant’s home court; and
(ii)if the defendant is not an individual, the preferred hearing centre.”.