Rule 53.2 Specialist listF1

(1)

The Media and Communications List is a specialist list of the High Court.

(2)

One of the Judges of the F2King’s Bench Division shall be F3nominated by the President of the King’s Bench Division to be the Judge in Charge of the Media and Communications List.

(3)

A Media and Communications List Judge is a judge authorised by the President of the F4King’s Bench Division, in consultation with the F5President of the Business and Property Division, to hear claims in the Media and Communications List.

(4)

All proceedings in the Media and Communications List will be heard by a Media and Communications Judge, or by a Master of the F6King’s Bench Division, except that—

(a)

another judge of the F7King’s Bench Division or F8Business and Property Division may hear urgent applications if no Media and Communications Judge is available; and

(b)

unless the court otherwise orders, any application relating to enforcement of a Media and Communications List order or judgment for the payment of money will be dealt with by a Master of the F9King’s Bench Division or District Judge.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 53 substituted (1.10.2019) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2019 (S.I. 2019/1118), rule 1(1), Sch. (with rule 5)
F2: Word in rule 53.2(2) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 27(1)(a)
F3: Words in rule 53.2(2) inserted (6.4.2020) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/82), rules 1(1), 6
F4: Word in rule 53.2(3) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 27(1)(b)
F5: Words in rule 53.2(3) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 12(a) (with rule 2)
F6: Word in rule 53.2(4) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 27(1)(c)
F7: Word in rule 53.2(4)(a) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 27(1)(c)
F8: Words in rule 53.2(4)(a) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 12(b) (with rule 2)
F9: Word in rule 53.2(4)(b) substituted (6.4.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/105), rules 1(1), 27(1)(c)