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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 (Northern Ireland) 1981 so as to:

  • make a minor amendment to small claims procedure (Rule 2);

  • prescribe the time limit for serving notice of appeal under section 35A or section 40B of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (Rule 3);

  • revoke Order 50 and the associated Forms as the adoption procedures are now contained in the Family Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996 (S.R. 1996 No. 322 as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 75) (Rule 4); and

  • substitute new Tables in relation to solicitor’s costs and counsel’s fees in equity and title proceedings (Rule 5).