{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/26.18",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "26.18",
  "heading": "Reallocation and reassignment",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the court may on application or on its own initiative subsequently—\n(a) reallocate a claim to a different track; or\n(b) reassign a claim to a different complexity band.\n(2) Where—\n(a) a claim is allocated to the intermediate track; and\n(b) directions in respect of that claim have been given,\nthe court may only reallocate the claim where it decides that there are exceptional reasons to justify doing so.\n(3) The court may only reassign a claim to a different complexity band, where—\n(a) there has been a change in circumstances since a direction was made assigning the claim to a particular complexity band; and\n(b) the court decides the change in circumstances justifies reassignment.",
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/26.18",
    "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."
}