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Rule 3 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

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In Part 2—

(a)

in rule 2.3(1)—

(i)

after the definition of ‘defendant’s home court’, insert—

  • “‘designated money claim’ means any claim which—

    1. (a)

      is started in a county court under Part 7;

    2. (b)

      is only a claim for either or both a specified amount of money or an unspecified amount of money; and

    3. (c)

      is not a claim for which special procedures are provided in these rules;”; and

(ii)

after the definition of ‘litigation friend’, insert—

  • “‘preferred court’ means, if the claim is proceeding in a county court, the county court the claimant has specified in practice form N1 as the court to which the proceedings should be transferred if necessary;”.