{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-73.17.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/73.17",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "73.17",
  "heading": "Request for stop notice",
  "text": "(1) The High Court may, on the request of any person claiming to be beneficially entitled to an interest in securities, issue a stop notice.\n(A stop notice may also be included in a final charging order, by either the High Court or the County Court, under rule 73.10(8) or 73.10A(4).)\n(2) A request for a stop notice must be made by filing—\n(a) a draft stop notice; and\n(b) written evidence which—\n(i) identifies the securities in question;\n(ii) describes the applicant’s interest in the securities; and\n(iii) gives an address for service for the applicant.\n(A sample form of stop notice is annexed to Practice Direction 73.)\n(3) If a court officer considers that the request complies with paragraph (2), he will issue a stop notice.\n(4) The applicant must serve copies of the stop notice and his written evidence on the person to whom the stop notice is addressed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 73 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/2792), rule 1(c), Sch. 4 (with savings in rule 24 and S.I. 2001/4015, rule 43(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Rules substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 4(a)(i); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in rule 73.17 substituted (6.4.2016) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/234), rules 2, 17 (with rule 24)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in rule 73.17 substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 47(a)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/73.17",
    "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."
}