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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-court-rules-northern-ireland-1981/part-3/chapter-1/rule-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1981/225",
  "legislation_title": "County Court Rules (Northern Ireland) 1981",
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  "path": "part/3/chapter/1/rule/5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Where plaintiff in doubt whom to sue",
  "text": "Where the plaintiff is in doubt as to the person from whom he is entitled to redress, he may join two or more defendants, so that the question is liable, and to what extent, may be determined between the parties.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1981/225/part/3/chapter/1/rule/5",
    "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."
}