# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1981, Article 3: Amendment of writ or pleading with leave


Order 20, rule 5 shall be amended by substituting, for the existing paragraph (4), the following paragraph:—
“(4) An amendment to alter the capacity in which a party sues may be allowed under paragraph (2) if the new capacity is one which that party had at the date of the commencement of the proceedings or has since acquired.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/562/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1981/article-3
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