{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-63.19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/63.19",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "63.19",
  "heading": "Enterprise judges and District Judges",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court will be dealt with by an enterprise judge.\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Unless the court otherwise orders, the following matters will be dealt with by a District Judge—\n(a) allocation of claims to the small claims track or multi-track in accordance with rule 63.27(3);\n(b) claims allocated to the small claims track; and\n(c) all proceedings for the enforcement of any financial element of an Intellectual Property Enterprise Court judgment.\n(3) For the purposes of the Practice Direction 52A – Appeals: General Provisions, a decision of a District Judge shall be treated as a decision by a District Judge hearing a ... claim in the County Court. An appeal from such a decision shall be heard by an enterprise judge.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 63 substituted (1.10.2009) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/2092), rule 1(2), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 63 Section 5 inserted (1.10.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2010 (S.I. 2010/1953), rule 1(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 63.19(1) substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(l)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Rule 63.19(1A) omitted (3.10.2016) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/788), rules 2, 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Rule 63.19(2)(3) substituted for rule 63.19(2) (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(l)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in rule 63.19(3) omitted (3.10.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/788), rules 2, 12(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Rule 63.19 heading substituted (1.10.2013) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.7) Rules 2013 (S.I. 2013/1974), rules 2, 26(l)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(iv); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/63.19",
    "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."
}