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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/3",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "THE COURT'S CASE AND COSTS MANAGEMENT POWERS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nSECTION I – CASE MANAGEMENT\nThe court’s general powers of management\nRule 3.1\nCase management – unrepresented parties\nRule 3.1A\nCourt officer’s power to refer to a judge\nRule 3.2\nCourt’s power to make order of its own initiative\nRule 3.3\nPower to strike out a statement of case\nRule 3.4\nJudgment without trial after striking out\nRule 3.5\nJudgment without trial after striking out a claim in the Civil National Business Centre\nRule 3.5A\nSetting aside judgment entered after striking out\nRule 3.6\nSanctions for non-payment of certain fees by the claimant\nRule 3.7\nSanctions for non-payment of the trial fee by the claimant\nRule 3.7A1\nSanctions for non-payment of certain fees by the defendant\nRule 3.7A\nSanctions for non-payment of the trial fee by the defendant, where proceedings continue on the counterclaim alone\nRule 3.7AA\nSanctions for dishonouring cheque\nRule 3.7B\nSanctions have effect unless defaulting party obtains relief\nRule 3.8\nRelief from sanctions\nRule 3.9\nGeneral power of the court to rectify matters where there has been an error of procedure\nRule 3.10\nOrders restraining civil proceedings\nRule 3.11\nSECTION II – COSTS MANAGEMENT\nApplication of this Section and the purpose of costs management\nRule 3.12\nFiling and exchanging budgets and budget discussion reports\nRule 3.13\nFailure to file a budget\nRule 3.14\nCosts management orders\nRule 3.15\nCosts management conferences\nRule 3.16\nCourt to have regard to budgets and to take account of costs\nRule 3.17\nAssessing costs on the standard basis where a costs management order has been made\nRule 3.18\nSECTION III – COSTS CAPPING\nCosts capping orders - General\nRule 3.19\nApplication for a costs capping order\nRule 3.20\nApplication to vary a costs capping order\nRule 3.21",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 heading inserted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(a) (with rule 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(b)(i) (with rule 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1569), rules 1(2), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 6(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents substituted (14.8.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(2), 3(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (19.3.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/3103), rules 1, 4(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(1)(a) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (6.3.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/95), rules 2(b), 5(1)(b) (with rule 13(1)(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (1.4.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/262), rules 2, 5(b)(iii) (with rule 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 3 Table of Contents inserted (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 4 (with rule 23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.10.2007) by The Court of Protection Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/1744), rules 1, 184(a)"
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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