Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
4. In rule 3.12—
(a)for paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) This Section and Practice Direction 3E apply to all Part 7 multi-track cases, except—
(a)where the claim is commenced on or after 22nd April 2014 and the amount of money claimed as stated on the claim form is £10 million or more; or
(b)where the claim is commenced on or after 22nd April 2014 and is for a monetary claim which is not quantified or not fully quantified or is for a non-monetary claim and in any such case the claim form contains a statement that the claim is valued at £10 million or more; or
(c)where the proceedings are the subject of fixed costs or scale costs or where the court otherwise orders.
(1A) This Section and Practice Direction 3E will apply to any other proceedings (including applications) where the court so orders.”.