{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1990/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1990/article-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1764",
  "legislation_title": "The County Court (Amendment No. 3) Rules 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-no-3-rules-1990",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Arrangements for trial",
  "text": "After Order 21, rule 5, there shall be inserted the following new rule–\n“Order of speeches\n5A The judge before whom an action is tried may give directions–\n(a) as to the party to begin,\n(b) as to the order and number of speeches at the trial, and\n(c) in an action tried without a jury, dispensing with opening speeches.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1764/article/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:07:46.524471+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."
}