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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1984/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/1051",
  "legislation_title": "The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-1984",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as—\n(a) to amend the provisions relating to payment out of Court to small intestate estates (Rule 3);\n(b) to amend the form of the letter of request for the examination of a witness out of the jurisdiction and to clarify the provisions relating to orders for examination (Rules 4 to 6);\n(c) to permit the production of affidavits on one side of the paper (Rule 7);\n(d) to make new provision for proceedings for the enforcement of charging orders (Rules 8 to 10);\n(e) to amend the provisions relating to time limits in appeals to the Court of Appeal (Rules 11 to 12);\n(f) to revise the fixed costs which may be allowed under Appendix 3 to Order 62 (Rule 13);\n(g) to correct the provisions for the recognition and enforcement of judgments under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Rules 14 to 15);\n(h) to amend the provisions for Admiralty proceedings (Rules 16 to 42);\n(i) to amend the provisions relating to the indorsement of writs in probate actions and of probate counterclaims in other proceedings (Rules 43 to 44);\n(j) to amend the provisions relating to garnishee proceedings against the Crown (Rule 45);\n(k) to provide for appeals from juvenile courts under the Child Care Act 1980 (Rules 46 to 49);\n(l) to amend the provisions relating to the filing of evidence in applications for new business tenancies (Rule 50);\n(m) to revoke Order 103 (Patents) (Rules 51 to 53);\n(n) to amend the writs of fieri facias to permit the enforcement of county court judgments in the High Court (Rule 54).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1051/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:37:45.596850+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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