# Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, Paragraph 8

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where a court is seised of a claim which is principally concerned with a matter over which another court has exclusive jurisdiction by virtue of rule 5, or where it is precluded from exercising jurisdiction by rule 5(2), it shall declare of its own motion that it has no jurisdiction.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/8/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-8/paragraph-8
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