{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-24.3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-24.3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/24.3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "24.3",
  "heading": "Grounds for summary judgment",
  "text": "The court may give summary judgment against a claimant or defendant on the whole of a claim or on an issue if—\n(a) it considers that the party has no real prospect of succeeding on the claim, defence or issue; and\n(b) there is no other compelling reason why the case or issue should be disposed of at a trial.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 24 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. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/24.3",
    "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."
}