{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-70.2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-70.2A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/70.2A",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "70.2A",
  "heading": "Court may order act to be done at expense of disobedient party",
  "text": "(1) In this rule “disobedient party” means a party who has not complied with a mandatory order, an injunction or a judgment or order for the specific performance of a contract.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), if a mandatory order, an injunction or a judgment or order for the specific performance of a contract is not complied with, the court may direct that the act required to be done may, so far as practicable, be done by another person, being—\n(a) the party by whom the order or judgment was obtained; or\n(b) some other person appointed by the court.\n(3) Where paragraph (2) applies—\n(a) the costs to another person of doing the act will be borne by the disobedient party;\n(b) upon the act being done the expenses incurred may be ascertained in such manner as the court directs; and\n(c) execution may issue against the disobedient party for the amount so ascertained and for costs.\n(4) Paragraph (2) is without prejudice to—\n(a) the court’s powers under section 39 of the Senior Courts Act 1981; and\n(b) the court’s powers to punish the disobedient party for contempt.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 70 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 1 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Rule 70.2A inserted (6.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(3), 30(c) (with rule 41)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/70.2A",
    "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."
}