{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-14.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-14.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/14.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "14.1",
  "heading": "Admissions made before commencement of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) A person may, by notice in writing—\n(a) admit the whole or any part of another party’s case before commencement of proceedings (a “pre-action admission”);\n(b) withdraw a pre-action admission before commencement of proceedings, if the person to whom the admission was made agrees.\n(2) After commencement of proceedings—\n(a) any party may apply to the court for judgment on the pre-action admission; and\n(b) the maker of the pre-action admission may apply to the court for permission to withdraw it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 14 substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rule 1(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/14.1",
    "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."
}