Article 10 Automatic directions

For Order 12, rule 1(2), there shall be substituted the following–

“(2)

A third party notice shall not be issued without the leave of the court–

(a)

in a fixed date action,

(b)

in a default action where a day has been fixed under rule 3(9) or 5 of Order 9 for the hearing or pre-trial review of the action, or

(c)

in an action to which Order 17, rule 11 applies, after the pleadings are deemed to be closed in accordance with paragraph (11)(a) of that rule.”.