Rule 5 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

In Part 12—

(a)

in the table of contents—

(i)

in the left hand column, after “Nature of judgment where default judgment obtained by filing a request” insert “Automatic transfer”; and

(ii)

in the right hand column, after “Rule 12.5” insert “Rule 12.5A”; and

(b)

after rule 12.5 insert—

“Automatic transfer

12.5A.

If—

(a)
a claimant files a request for judgment which includes an amount of money to be decided by the court in accordance with rules 12.4 and 12.5; and

(b)
the claim is a designated money claim,

the court will transfer the claim to the preferred court upon receipt of the request for judgment.”.