{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-19.22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-19.22.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/19.22",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "19.22",
  "heading": "Group Litigation Order",
  "text": "(1) The court may make a GLO where there are or are likely to be a number of claims giving rise to the GLO issues. The multiple parties may be claimants or defendants.\n(Practice Direction 19B provides the procedure for applying for a GLO where the multiple parties are claimants)\n(2) A GLO must—\n(a) contain directions about the establishment of a register (the “group register”) on which the claims managed under the GLO will be entered;\n(b) specify the GLO issues which will identify the claims to be managed as a group under the GLO; ...\n(c) specify the court (the “management court”) which will manage the claims on the group register ; and\n(d) be made in the King’s Bench Division with the consent of the President of the King’s Bench Division; in the Business and Property Division with the consent of the President of the Business and Property Division; or in the County Court with the consent of the Head of Civil Justice. Such consent will be sought by the court to which the application for the GLO is made.\n(3) A GLO may—\n(a) in relation to claims which raise one or more of the GLO issues—\n(i) direct their transfer to the management court;\n(ii) order their stay (gl) until further order; and\n(iii) direct their entry on the group register;\n(b) direct that from a specified date claims which raise one or more of the GLO issues should be started in the management court and entered on the group register; and\n(c) give directions for publicising the GLO.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 19 substituted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rules 19.9-19.9F substituted for rule 19.9 (1.10.2007) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2007 (S.I. 2007/2204), rule 1, Sch. 1 (with rule 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Rule 19.11 renumbered as rule 19.22 (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.22(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.11 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 13(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.22 inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in rule 19.22(2)(b) omitted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in rule 19.22(2)(c) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Rule 19.22(2)(d) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(23)(c)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.22(2)(d) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 7(a) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.22(2)(d) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 7(b) (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/19.22",
    "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."
}