{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-55.27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/55.27",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "55.27",
  "heading": "After IPO made",
  "text": "(1) Before the date for the hearing of the claim, the claimant must file a certificate of service in relation to the documents specified in rule 55.26(2).\n(2) The IPO will expire on the date of the hearing of the claim.\n(3) At the hearing the court may make any order it considers appropriate and may, in particular—\n(a) make a final order for possession;\n(b) dismiss the claim for possession;\n(c) give directions for the claim for possession to continue under Section I of this Part; or\n(d) enforce any of the claimant’s undertakings.\n(4) Unless the court directs otherwise, the claimant must serve any order or directions in accordance with rule 55.6(a).\n(5) Rule 83.26(10) to (12) applies to the enforcement of a final order for possession.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 55 inserted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/256), rule 1(d), Sch. 1 (with rule 31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 55 Section 3 inserted (2.12.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2002 (S.I. 2002/2058), rule 1(b), Sch. 3 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 55.27(5) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/867), rules 1, 10 (with rule 25)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/55.27",
    "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."
}