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Rule 13.4 Application to set aside or vary judgment—procedureI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where—

(a)

the claim is for a specified amount of money;

(b)

the judgment was obtained in a court which is not the defendant’s home court;

(c)

the claim has not been transferred F1or, in the County Court, sent to another defendant’s home court F2...; and

(d)

the defendant is an individual,

F3in the High Court the court will transfer, or, in the County Court, the court officer will send, an application by a defendant under this Part to set aside(GL) or vary judgment to the defendant’s home court

F4...

F5(1A)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6(1B)

Where—

(a)

the claim is for a specified amount of money;

(b)

the claim F7has been started in the F8Civil National Business Centre ;

(c)

the claim has not been F9sent to a County Court hearing centre; and

(d)

the defendant is not an individual,

F10an application by a defendant under this Part to set aside or vary the judgment will be sent to the preferred hearing centre..

F11(1C)

If a claim is sent to a preferred hearing centre pursuant to paragraph (1B) any further correspondence should be sent to, and any further requests should be made at, the hearing centre to which the claim was sent.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply where the claim was commenced in a specialist list.

(3)

An application under rule 13.3 (cases where the court may set aside(GL) or vary judgment) must be supported by evidence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in rule 13.4(1)(c) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(i)(aa); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

F2

Words in rule 13.4(1)(c) omitted (19.3.2012) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/3103), rules 1, 6(a)

F3

Words in rule 13.4 substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(i)(cc); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

F4

Words in rule 13.4 omitted (26.4.1999) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1008), rules 1, 5

F5

Rule 13.4(1A) omitted (2.10.2000) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/2092), rules 1, 7

F6

Rule 13.4(1B) inserted (19.3.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/3103), rules 1, 6(b)

F7

Words in rule 13.4(1B)(b) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(ii)(aa); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

F8

Words in rule 13.4(1B)(b) substituted (14.8.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(2), 6

F9

Words in rule 13.4(1B)(c) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(ii)(bb); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

F10

Words in rule 13.4(1B) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(ii)(cc); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

F11

Rule 13.4(1C) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 9(b)(iii); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)

Commencement

I1

Rule 13.4 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature