{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2072",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2004",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In rule 3.4, after paragraph (5) insert—\n“(6) If the court strikes out a claimant’s statement of case and it considers that the claim is totally without merit—\n(a) the court’s order must record that fact; and\n(b) the court must at the same time consider whether it is appropriate to make a civil restraint order.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 5 in force at 1.10.2004, see rule 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2072/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:20:29.108068+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}