Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
4. In rule 26.2A—
(a)in paragraph (2), for “the preferred court or the defendant’s home court or such other court”, substitute “the defendant’s home court or the preferred hearing centre or other County Court hearing centre”;
(b)in paragraph (3)—
(i)after “if the defendant is an individual”, insert “and the claim is for a specified sum of money”; and
(ii)for “will”, in each place it appears, substitute “must”;
(c)in paragraph (4)—
(i)for “will”, substitute “must”; and
(ii)for “preferred court”, substitute “preferred hearing centre”; and
(d)for paragraph (5), substitute—
“(5) If, on their directions questionnaire—
(a)a defendant under paragraph (3) has specified a hearing centre other than the defendant’s home court; or
(b)a claimant under paragraph (4) has specified a hearing centre other than the preferred hearing centre,
the claim must be sent to that other hearing centre.”.