{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-59.4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/59.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "59.4",
  "heading": "Claim form and particulars of claim",
  "text": "(1) If particulars of claim are not contained in or served with the claim form—\n(a) the claim form must state that, if an acknowledgment of service is filed which indicates an intention to defend the claim, particulars of claim will follow;\n(b) when the claim form is served, it must be accompanied by the documents specified in rule 7.8(1);\n(c) the claimant must serve particulars of claim within 28 days of the filing of an acknowledgment of service which indicates an intention to defend; and\n(d) rule 7.4(2) does not apply.\n(2) If the claimant is claiming interest, he must—\n(a) include a statement to that effect; and\n(b) give the details set out in rule 16.4(2),\nin both the claim form and the particulars of claim.\n(3) Rule 12.7(1)(a) applies with the modification that references to the particulars of claim shall be read as if they referred to the claim form.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 59 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 59.4(3) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 28(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/59.4",
    "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."
}