{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2012/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2012/rule-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2208",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-no2-rules-2012",
  "path": "rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In Part 52—\n(a) In rule 52.2, in both the heading and the rule itself, for “Practice Direction 52” substitute “Practice Directions 52A to 52E”;\n(b) in rule 52.3, for paragraph (4A) substitute—\n“(4A) (a) Where a judge of the Court of Appeal or of the High Court, a Designated Civil Judge or a Specialist Circuit Judge refuses permission to appeal without a hearing and considers that the application is totally without merit, the judge may make an order that the person seeking permission may not request the decision to be reconsidered at a hearing.\n(b) For the purposes of subparagraph (a) “Specialist Circuit Judge” means a Patents County Court judge and any circuit judge in any county court nominated to hear cases in the Mercantile, Chancery or Technology and Construction Court lists.”; and\n(c) in rule 52.15—\n(i) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) Where permission to apply for judicial review of a decision of the Upper Tribunal has been refused by the High Court—\n(a) the applicant may apply to the Court of Appeal for permission to appeal;\n(b) the application will be determined on paper without an oral hearing.”; and\n(ii) in paragraph (2), for “paragraph (1)”, insert “paragraphs (1) or (1A)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2208/rule/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:57.218426+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."
}