Rule 2.5 Court staffI1
England and Wales
Where these Rules require or permit the court to perform an act of a formal or administrative character, that act may be performed by a court officer.
A requirement that a court officer carry out any act at the request of a party is subject to the payment of any fee required by a Fees Order for the carrying out of that act.
(Rule 3.2 allows a court officer to refer F1a matter for judicial decision taking any step)
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in rule 2.5 substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 3(6)
Commencement
Notes on Part 2
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Pt. 2 Table of Contents substituted (1.10.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 3(1)(a)
- F2
Words in Pt. 2 Table of Contents omitted (1.10.2022) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(1), 3(1)(b)