{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-19.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-19.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/19.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "19.3",
  "heading": "Provisions applicable where two or more persons are jointly entitled to a remedy",
  "text": "(1) All persons jointly entitled to the remedy claimed by a claimant must be parties unless the court orders otherwise.\n(2) If any such person does not agree to be a claimant, he must be made a defendant, unless the court orders otherwise.\n(3) This rule does not apply in probate proceedings.",
  "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": "Words in rule 19.3(1) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 19.3(1) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in rule 19.3(2) inserted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 12(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/19.3",
    "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."
}