{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/part-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "part/8",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR CLAIMS",
  "text": "Contents of this Part\nTypes of claim in which Part 8 procedure may be followed\nRule 8.1\nContents of the claim form\nRule 8.2\nAcknowledgment of service\nRule 8.3\nConsequence of not filing an acknowledgment of service\nRule 8.4\nFiling and serving written evidence\nRule 8.5\nEvidence—general\nRule 8.6\nCounterclaims and other additional claims\nRule 8.7\nProcedure where defendant objects to use of Part 8 procedure\nRule 8.8\nModifications to the general rules\nRule 8.9",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 8 Table of Contents substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 7(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/part/8",
    "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."
}