{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-17.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-17.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/17.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "17.1",
  "heading": "Amendments to statements of case",
  "text": "(1) A party may amend their statement of case , including by removing, adding or substituting a party, at any time before it has been served on any other party.\n(2) If his statement of case has been served, a party may amend it only—\n(a) with the written consent of all the other parties; or\n(b) with the permission of the court.\n(3) If a statement of case has been served, an application to amend it by removing, adding or substituting a party must be made in accordance with rule 19.4.\n(4) A party who files a notice under Part 38 discontinuing all or part of a claim may amend their statement of case without the court’s permission to give effect to the discontinuance.\n...\n(Part 22 requires amendments to a statement of case to be verified by a statement of truth unless the court orders otherwise)",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in rule 17.1(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 11(1)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 17.1(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 11(1)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 17.1(3) inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rules 1(b), 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 17.1(4) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 11(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 17.1 omitted (2.5.2000) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rules 1(b), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 17.1 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/17.1",
    "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."
}