# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment No. 2) 1986, Note: Explanatory note


These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court 1965 so as to—
(a) require a landlord who is taking proceedings for forfeiture to notify any person entitled to relief against forfeiture of whom he is aware (Rules 2 and 3);
(b) give effect to section 47 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 (power of High Court to make judgments binding on persons who are not parties) (Rules 4 and 5);
(c) enable the Court in certain cases to require parties to prepare and exchange statements relating to their evidence and to require experts to meet (Rules 6 to 8);
(d) clarify the rules relating to procedure in the Court of Appeal (Rule 9);
(e) implement the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (applications relating to children wrongfully removed from their country and to foreign custody decisions (Rules 10 to 12);
(f) make amendments consequential on the extension of trademark legislation to service marks (Rules 13 and 14);
(g) amend the procedure in patent actions by requiring matters to be dealt with before instead of at the summons for directions (Rule 15).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1187/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-amendment-no-2-1986/note
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