Article 3 Financial limits

(1)

In proceedings in a patents county court relating to a relevant claim, the amount or value of that claim shall not exceed £500,000, subject to paragraph (3).

(2)

In relation to a relevant claim in a patents county court, the county court limit is £500,000 for the purposes of section 17 of the County Courts Act 1984^f1 (which allows abandonment of part of a claim to give a county court jurisdiction).

(3)

If the parties agree, by a memorandum signed by them or their respective legal representatives, that a patents county court shall have jurisdiction in proceedings in relation to a relevant claim, that court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the proceedings.

(4)

In determining the amount or value of a relevant claim for the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a claim for—

(a)

interest, other than interest payable under an agreement, or

(b)

costs,

shall be disregarded.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c.28; the definition of “the county court limit” in section 147(1) was amended by article 2(8) of, and the Schedule to, S.I. 1991/724.