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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Rules)

These Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as to—

(a)

provide for the compulsory exchange of witness statements (rules 2 to 5);

(b)

amend the provisions relating to proceedings referred to arbitration under Order 19 and, in particular, the small claims procedure following the recommendations of the Civil Justice Review Body (rules 6 to 8);

(c)

make minor amendments as a result of the coming into force of the Lugano Convention to which the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12) gave effect (rules 9, 12 and 13);

(d)

make some miscellaneous amendments removing or revising obsolete provisions (rules 10, 11 and 19) and amendments consequential upon the amendments to Order 19 (rules 14 to 18)