# The County Court (Amendment) Rules 1989, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the County Court Rules 1981 so as to–
(a) permit a plaintiff to serve a summons on a company registered in England and Wales at a place of business other than its registered office (rule 3);
(b) enable a registrar, in a default action, to dispose of requests for time to pay without a hearing (rule 4);
(c) enable a plaintiff, on acceptance of a payment into court which is less than the amount claimed, to lodge for taxation a bill of costs incurred by him up to the time of giving notice of acceptance (rule 5);
(d) require a party filing a copy of a written offer with the court to do so in a sealed envelope (rule 5);
(e) enable applications for a hearing date or further adjournment of an action or matter adjourned generally for 12 months to be determined without a hearing (rule 6);
(f) extend the rule permitting the amendment of pleadings without an order (rule 7);
(g) allow the proper officer, upon receipt of a case transferred from the High Court, to seek directions from the registrar as to its further treatment (rule 8);
(h) introduce a timetable for the issue and service of witness summonses and a leave requirement for issue of a witness summons in respect of a hearing for directions (rule 9);
(i) enable unopposed applications for variation of payments ordered under a judgment to be determined without a hearing (rule 10);
(j) require the applicant to provide the materials necessary for service of summary proceedings for recovery of open land (rule 11);
(k) enable unopposed applications to suspend a warrant of execution to be determined without a hearing (rule 12);
(l) require service of copies of a charging order nisi to be effected by the judgment creditor (rule 14);
(m) enable a litigant in person to claim as costs the cost of receiving legal advice (rule 15);
(n) to effect amendments of a minor and consequential nature (rules 2, 13 and 16).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/236/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-amendment-rules-1989/note
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