Rule 62.3 Starting the claimF1
Except where paragraph (2) applies an arbitration claim must be started by the issue of an arbitration claim form in accordance with the Part 8 procedure.
An application under section 9 of the 1996 Act to stay legal proceedings must be made by application notice to the court dealing with those proceedings.
The courts in which an arbitration claim may be started are set out in F2Practice Direction 62.
Rule F330.5 applies with the modification that a judge of the Technology and Construction Court may transfer the claim to any other court or specialist list.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. 62 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 6
- F2
Words in rule 62.3(3) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 37
- F3
Word in rule 62.3(4) substituted (6.4.2006) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2005/3515), rules 1, 17
Notes on Part 62
Textual amendments
- F2
Words in Pt. 62 Table of Contents inserted (1.10.2026) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2026 (S.I. 2026/817), rules 1(3), 19(1)