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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-12/chapter-2/rule-13",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981",
  "path": "part/12/chapter/2/rule/13",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Assessment of damages by the district judge",
  "text": "(1) Where judgment is given for damages to be assessed the damages shall, subject to the provisions of this Order, be assessed by the district judge.\n(2) The party entitled to the benefit of the judgment shall:\n(i) lodge with the chief clerk a certificate of readiness in Form 43 together with the medical or other reports upon which he will seek to rely at [ the assessment]; and\n[(ii) issue a sumons in Form 70 and serve it, together with the medical or other reports upon which he will seek to rely at the assessment, on the other parties to the proceedings at least 7 days before the date fixed for assessment.]\n[(2A) Where a party against whom judgment has been entered wishes to be heard at the assessment he shall give notice in writing to the chief clerk and the other parties to the proceedings.]\n(3) Without prejudice to the powers of a district judge under Order 25, Part II, the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents before the district judge in proceedings under this Order may be compelled by witness summons in Form 110 in accordance with Order 24, Rule 9, and the provisions of Order 25 shall, with the necessary adaptations, apply in relation to those proceedings as they apply in relation to proceedings at a hearing.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.R. 1998 No. 199 with effect from 1.9.98"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 2(ii) substituted by S.R. 1998 No. 199 with effect from 1.9.98"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "New paragraph inserted by S.R. 1998 No. 199 with effect from 1.9.98"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/12/chapter/2/rule/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:17.527867+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."
}