# The Patents County Court (Financial Limits) (No. 2) Order 2011, 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 (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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2222/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/patents-county-court-financial-limits-no-2-order-2011/article-3
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