{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/26.16",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "26.16",
  "heading": "Assignment within the intermediate track",
  "text": "The complexity band to which a claim will normally be assigned in the intermediate track is set out in Table 2.\nTable 2\nComplexity band 1\nComplexity band 2\nComplexity band 3\nComplexity band 4\nAny claim where—\n(a) only one issue is in dispute; and\n(b) the trial is not expected to last longer than one day, including—\n(i) personal injury claims where liability or quantum is in dispute;\n(ii) road traffic accident related, non-personal injury claims; and\n(iii) defended debt claims\nAny less complex claim where more than one issue is in dispute, including personal injury accident claims where liability and quantum are in dispute\nAny more complex claim where more than one issue is in dispute, but which is unsuitable for assignment to complexity band 2, including noise induced hearing loss and other employer’s liability disease claims\nAny claim which would normally be allocated to the intermediate track, but which is unsuitable for assignment to complexity bands 1 to 3, including any personal injury claim where there are serious issues of fact or law",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 26 substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rule 1(1), Sch. 1 (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 26.16 Table 2 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), rules 1(1), 16(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/26.16",
    "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."
}