{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/19",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "PARTIES AND GROUP LITIGATION",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nTITLE\nNUMBER\nParties – general\nRule 19.1\nI ADDITION AND SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES\nChange of parties – general\nRule 19.2\nProvisions applicable where two or more persons are jointly entitled to a remedy\nRule 19.3\nProcedure for adding and substituting parties\nRule 19.4\nHuman Rights\nRule 19.5\nSpecial provisions about adding or substituting parties after the end of a relevant limitation period\nRule 19.6\nSpecial rules about parties in claims for wrongful interference with goods\nRule 19.7\nII REPRESENTATIVE PARTIES\nRepresentative parties with same interest\nRule 19.8\nRepresentation of interested persons who cannot be ascertained etc.\nRule 19.9\nRepresentation of beneficiaries by trustees etc.\nRule 19.10\nPostal Services Act 2000 (c.26)\nRule 19.11\nDeath\nRule 19.12\nPower to make judgements binding on non-parties\nRule 19.13\nDerivative claims – how started\nRule 19.14\nDerivative claims under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 – application for permission\nRule 19.15\nDerivative claims under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 – members of companies taking over claims by companies or other members\nRule 19.16\nDerivative claims – other bodies corporate and trade unions\nRule 19.17\nDerivative claims arising in the course of other proceedings\nRule 19.18\nDerivative claims – costs\nRule 19.19\nDerivative claims – discontinuance and settlement\nRule 19.20\nIII GROUP LITIGATION\nDefinition\nRule 19.21\nGroup Litigation Order\nRule 19.22\nEffect of the GLO\nRule 19.23\nCase management\nRule 19.24\nRemoval from the register\nRule 19.25\nTest claims\nRule 19.26",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 19 substituted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 19 Table of Contents substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+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."
}