# The High Court and County Courts Jurisdiction (Amendment) Order 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes amendments to the High Court and County Court Jurisdiction Order 1991 as a result of the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 on 26th April 1999. The effects of the amendments are as follows:
To restrict commencement of claims for money in the High Court to claims for more than £15,000. As at present, a personal injury claim, other than a claim for clinical negligence, may not be brought in the High Court unless the claim is for £50,000 or more.
To omit article 7 dealing with allocation of trial as there are provisions governing this in the Civil Procedure Rules.
To change the limit of a judgment or order of a county court that may be enforced only in a county court from £1,000 to £600.
To provide that the financial value of a claim is to be calculated in accordance with the Civil Procedure Rules.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1014/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/high-court-and-county-courts-jurisdiction-amendment-order-1999/note
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.