# County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981, Rule 3: Defendant interested in part of claim

Extent: N.I.

It shall not be necessary that every defendant to an action shall be interested as to all the relief claimed, or as to every cause of action, but [ the judge or district judge as the case may be] may make any order that may appear just to prevent any defendant from being embarrassed or put to expense by being required to attend any proceedings in which he has no interest.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/3/chapter/1/rule/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-1/rule-3
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