{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "After rule 8.2, insert—\n“Issue of claim form without naming defendants\n8.2A (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.\n(2) An application for permission must be made by application notice before the claim form is issued.\n(3) The application notice for permission—\n(a) need not be served on any other person; and\n(b) must be accompanied by a copy of the claim form that the applicant proposes to issue.\n(4) Where the court gives permission it will give directions about the future management of the claim.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/221/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:50.820274+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."
}