{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-58.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-58.1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/58.1",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "58.1",
  "heading": "Scope of this Part and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Part applies to claims in the Commercial Court of the Business and Property Division.\n(2) In this Part and Practice Direction 58, “commercial claim” means any claim arising out of the transaction of trade and commerce and includes any claim relating to—\n(a) a business document or contract;\n(b) the export or import of goods;\n(c) the carriage of goods by land, sea, air or pipeline;\n(d) the exploitation of oil and gas reserves or other natural resources;\n(e) insurance and re-insurance;\n(f) banking and financial services;\n(g) the operation of markets and exchanges;\n(h) the purchase and sale of commodities;\n(i) the construction of ships;\n(j) business agency; and\n(k) arbitration.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 58 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 58.1(1) substituted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(4), 15(2) (with rule 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 58.1(2) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 33(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/58.1",
    "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."
}