{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-13.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-13.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/13.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "13.4",
  "heading": "Application to set aside or vary judgment—procedure",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) the claim is for a specified amount of money;\n(b) the judgment was obtained in a court which is not the defendant’s home court;\n(c) the claim has not been transferred or, in the County Court, sent to another defendant’s home court ...; and\n(d) the defendant is an individual,\nin 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\n...\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) Where—\n(a) the claim is for a specified amount of money;\n(b) the claim has been started in the Civil National Business Centre ;\n(c) the claim has not been sent to a County Court hearing centre; and\n(d) the defendant is not an individual,\nan application by a defendant under this Part to set aside or vary the judgment will be sent to the preferred hearing centre..\n(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.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where the claim was commenced in a specialist list.\n(3) An application under rule 13.3 (cases where the court may set aside(GL) or vary judgment) must be supported by evidence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 13.4 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/13.4",
    "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."
}