Article 5 Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 1998

After rule 8.2, insert—

“Issue of claim form without naming defendants

8.2A

(1)

A practice direction may set out the circumstances in which the court may give permission for a claim form to be issued under this Part without naming a defendant.

(2)

An application for permission must be made by application notice before the claim form is issued.

(3)

The application notice for permission—

(a)

need not be served on any other person; and

(b)

must be accompanied by a copy of the claim form that the applicant proposes to issue.

(4)

Where the court gives permission it will give directions about the future management of the claim.”.