# The Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) 2001, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules.)
These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court (Northern Ireland) 1980 so as to—
(a) implement recommendations 1 (overriding objective) and 51 (taxation of single item) of the Final Report of the Civil Justice Reform Group (Rules 2, 3, 9 and 11);
(b) ensure that all persons in occupation of mortgaged properties are afforded adequate notice of proceedings for possession or made parties to such proceedings (Rules 8, 10 and 11);
(c) take account of the Civil Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (Rules 4 to 7);
(d) take account of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 insofar as it relates to regulated agreements secured by mortgage (Rules 10 and 11);
(e) take account of Article 6 of the Family Homes and Domestic Violence (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 in the context of applications relating to mortgaged properties (Rule 10);
(f) ensure that copies of exhibits to the plaintiff’s grounding affidavits in mortgage actions for possession are served on defendants who do not enter appearances (Rule 10); and
(g) ensure that sufficient particulars of mortgage interest are available (Rule 10).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/254/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/rules-of-the-supreme-court-northern-ireland-amendment-2001/note
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