{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-25/chapter-1/rule-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-25/chapter-1/rule-8.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/25/chapter/1/rule/8",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Decree where counterclaim is established",
  "text": "(1) Where a counterclaim is established against the claim of the plaintiff and there is a balance in favour of one of the parties [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may grant a decree in Form 139; but such a decree shall not be made in a case where Order 21 Rule 4(1)(a) applies.\n(2) Subject to Order 21 Rule 4(1)(a), nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the discretion of [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] to award costs in such proportions as he thinks fit.",
  "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/25/chapter/1/rule/8",
    "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."
}