{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2008/rule-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2008/rule-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2178",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-amendment-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "text": "In rule 38.6—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) for “he” substitute “the claimant”; and\n(ii) for “him” substitute “the defendant”; and\n(b) in the parenthesis below paragraph (3)—\n(i) after “where” insert “the”; and\n(ii) after “discontinuance” insert “and contains provisions about when a costs order is deemed to have been made and applying for an order under section 194(3) of the Legal Services Act 2007”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2178/rule/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:28.040389+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."
}