Rule 2 Particulars of claim

The plaintiff shall set out in his civil bill particulars of his claim.

^f1 Where the plaintiff claims interest under Article 45A of the Order or otherwise the particulars of claim set out in his civil bill shall contain a statement to that effect] [^f2 and shall specify the amount claimed as interest with the degree of particularity required by [^f3 Rule 1A of Order 33].]

In an action for the recovery of or in relation to land, the plaintiff shall give a full description of the land and in such an action or in an action for the recovery of rent or mesne profits the plaintiff shall set out in his civil bill the facts on which he relies as giving the court jurisdiction.

A plaintiff suing as the assignee of a debt or other legal thing in action shall set out in his civil bill the name and description of the assignor and the date of the assignment.

A plaintiff suing for the recovery of a book or shop debt or other running account shall [^f4 set out full particulars of his demand in the civil bill]; but [^f5 the judge or district judge as the case may be] may dispense with his requirement if in any case he is satisfied that it is unnecessary.

A plaintiff alleging a breach of statutory duty shall set out in his civil bill particulars of the enactment on which he relies.

Where a plaintiff desires to abandon, under Article 10(1) of the Order, the excess of his claim over [^f6 £30,000], the abandonment of the excess shall be entered at the end of the particulars.

An equity civil bill shall set out as concisely as may be the facts constituting the plaintiff’s claim and the facts upon which the plaintiff relies as giving the court jurisdiction.

Where reference to a sum of money is made in the civil bill or in the particulars the sum must be stated in decimal currency.

^f7 Where a claim made in the proceedings is one which the court has power to hear and determine by virtue of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and the civil bill is to be served out of Northern Ireland, the particulars of claim shall contain a statement that the court has power under that Act to hear and determine the claim and that no proceedings involving the same cause of action are pending between the parties in England and Wales, Scotland or another Convention territory.

For the purpose of this paragraph, “Convention territory” means the territory or territories of any Contracting State, as defined by section 1(3) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, to which [^f8 the Brussels Convention or the Lugano Convention as defined] in section 1(1) of that Act apply.]