{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-14/chapter-1/rule-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-14/chapter-1/rule-7.json",
  "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/14/chapter/1/rule/7",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Recovery of goods where lien claimed",
  "text": "(1) Where in any action the plaintiff claims the recovery of specific property other than land and the defendant admits the title of the plaintiff but claims to retain the property by virtue of a lien or otherwise as security for the payment of a sum of money, [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may order than the plaintiff be at liberty to pay into court, to abide the event of the action, the sum of money in respect of which the defendant claims to retain the property and such further sum (if any) for interest and costs as [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may think fit, and may order that upon such payment into court the defendant shall return the property to the plaintiff.\n(2) This Rule shall with the necessary modifications apply to a counterclaim as it applies to a claim.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Words amended by S.R. 2013 No. 19 with effect from 25.02.13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/14/chapter/1/rule/7",
    "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."
}