{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-1.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-1.2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/1.2",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "1.2",
  "heading": "Application by the court of the overriding objective",
  "text": "The court must seek to give effect to the overriding objective when it—\n(a) exercises any power given to it by the Rules; or\n(b) interprets any rule , subject to rules 76.2, 79.2 , 80.2 , 82.2 and 88.2.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2(b) inserted (14.3.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/656), rules 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2(b) substituted (15.12.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2970), rules 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2 substituted (27.6.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1571), rules 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 1.2 substituted (27.2.2015) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/406), rules 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 1.2 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/1.2",
    "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."
}