{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/7",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "HOW TO START PROCEEDINGS—THE CLAIM FORM",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nWhere to start proceedings\nRule 7.1\nClaims against Welsh public bodies to be issued and heard in Wales\nRule 7.1A\nClaims against Welsh public bodies to be forwarded for issue in Wales\nRule 7.1B\nHow to start proceedings\nRule 7.2\nRight to use one claim form to start two or more claims\nRule 7.3\nParticulars of claim\nRule 7.4\nService of a claim form\nRule 7.5\nExtension of time for serving a claim form\nRule 7.6\nApplication by defendant for service of a claim form\nRule 7.7\nForm for defence etc. must be served with particulars of claim\nRule 7.8\nFixed date and other claims\nRule 7.9\nProduction Centre for claims\nRule 7.10",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 7 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/747), rules 1(1), 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/7",
    "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."
}