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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-41.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-41.6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/41.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "41.6",
  "heading": "Court’s indication to parties",
  "text": "The court shall consider and indicate to the parties as soon as practicable whether periodical payments or a lump sum is likely to be the more appropriate form for all or part of an award of damages.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 41 Section 2 inserted (1.4.2005) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/3129), rule 1, Sch. 1 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/41.6",
    "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."
}