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PART 19 - PARTIES AND GROUP LITIGATION
Contents of this Part Title
Parties – general
Rule 19.1
I ADDITION AND SUBSTITUTION OF PARTIES
Provisions applicable where two or more persons are jointly entitled to a remedy
Rule 19.4A
Special rules about parties in claims for wrongful interference with goods
Rule 19.5A
II REPRESENTATIVE PARTIES
Representative parties with same interest
Representation of interested persons who cannot be ascertained etc.
Representation of beneficiaries by trustees etc.
Postal Services Act 2000 (c.26)
Rule 19.7B
Rule 19.8
Power to make judgements binding on non-parties
Rule 19.8A
Derivative claims – how started
Rule 19.9
Derivative claims under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 – application for permission
Rule 19.9A
Derivative claims under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 – members of companies taking over claims by companies or other members
Rule 19.9B
Derivative claims – other bodies corporate and trade unions
Rule 19.9C
Derivative claims arising in the course of other proceedings
Rule 19.9D
Derivative claims – costs
Rule 19.9E
Derivative claims – discontinuance and settlement
Rule 19.9F
III GROUP LITIGATION
Rule 19.10
Rule 19.11
Effect of the GLO
Rule 19.12
Rule 19.13
Rule 19.14
Rule 19.15
19.1 Any number of claimants or defendants may be joined as parties to a claim.
(1) The court’s permission is required to remove, add or substitute a party, unless the claim form has not been served.
(2) An application for permission under paragraph (1) may be made by –
(4A) The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs may be added as a party to proceedings only if they consent in writing.
(5) An order for the removal, addition or substitution of a party must be served on –
(6) When the court makes an order for the removal, addition or substitution of a party, it may give consequential directions about –
19.4A Section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998
(1) The court may not make a declaration of incompatibility in accordance with section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 unless 21 days’ notice, or such other period of notice as the court directs, has been given to the Crown.
(2) Where notice has been given to the Crown a Minister, or other person permitted by that Act, shall be joined as a party on giving notice to the court.
(Only courts specified in section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 can make a declaration of incompatibility)
Section 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998
(3) Where a claim is made under that Act for damages in respect of a judicial act –
(a) that claim must be set out in the statement of case or the appeal notice; and
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies and the appropriate person has not applied to be joined as a party within 21 days, or such other period as the court directs, after the notice is served, the court may join the appropriate person as a party.
(Practice Direction 19A makes provision for these notices)
(a) the Limitation Act 19801;
(b) the Foreign Limitation Periods Act 19842; or
(a) the relevant limitation period(GL) was current when the proceedings were started; and
(4) In addition, in a claim for personal injuries the court may add or substitute a party where it directs that –
(i) section 11 (special time limit for claims for personal injuries); or
(ii) section 12 (special time limit for claims under fatal accidents legislation), of the Limitation Act 1980 shall not apply to the claim by or against the new party; or
(b) the issue of whether those sections apply shall be determined at trial.
(Rule 17.4 deals with other changes after the end of a relevant limitation period(GL))
(1) A claimant in a claim for wrongful interference with goods must, in the particulars of claim, state the name and address of every person who, to his knowledge, has or claims an interest in the goods and who is not a party to the claim.
(2) A defendant to a claim for wrongful interference with goods may apply for a direction that another person be made a party to the claim to establish whether the other person –
(a) has a better right to the goods than the claimant; or
(b) has a claim which might render the defendant doubly liable under section 7 of the Torts (Interference with Goods) Act 1977(a).
(3) Where the person referred to in paragraph (2) fails to attend the hearing of the application, or comply with any directions, the court may order that he is deprived of any claim against the defendant in respect of the goods.
(Rule 3.1(3) provides that the court may make an order subject to conditions)
(4) The application notice must be served on all parties and on the person referred to in paragraph (2).
(1) Where more than one person has the same interest in a claim –
(2) The court may direct that a person may not act as a representative.
(3) Any party may apply to the court for an order under paragraph (2).
(4) Unless the court otherwise directs any judgment or order given in a claim in which a party is acting as a representative under this rule –
(5) This rule does not apply to a claim to which rule 19.7 applies.
(1) An application under section 92 of the Postal Services Act 2000 for permission to bring proceedings in the name of the sender or addressee of a postal packet or his personal representative is made in accordance with Part 8.
(2) A copy of the application notice must be served on the universal service provider and on the person in whose name the applicant seeks to bring the proceedings.
(1) Where a person who had an interest in a claim has died and that person has no personal representative the court may order –
(5) Where an order has been made under paragraphs (1) or (2)(b)(ii) any judgment or order made or given in the claim is binding on the estate of the deceased.
(1) This rule applies to any claim relating to –
(c) the sale of any property.
(2) The court may at any time direct that notice of –
(a) the claim; or
(b) any judgment or order given in the claim,
be served on any person who is not a party but who is or may be affected by it.
(3) An application under this rule –
(b) must be supported by written evidence which includes the reasons why the person to be served should be bound by the judgment in the claim.
(4) Unless the court orders otherwise –
(a) a notice of a claim or of a judgment or order under this rule must be –
(i) in the form required by the practice direction;
(ii) issued by the court; and
(iii) accompanied by a form of acknowledgment of service with any necessary modifications;
(b) a notice of a claim must also be accompanied by –
(i) a copy of the claim form; and
(ii) such other statements of case, witness statements or affidavits as the court may direct; and
(c) a notice of a judgment or order must also be accompanied by a copy of the judgment or order.
(5) If a person served with notice of a claim files an acknowledgment of service of the notice within 14 days he will become a party to the claim.
(6) If a person served with notice of a claim does not acknowledge service of the notice he will be bound by any judgment given in the claim as if he were a party.
(7) If, after service of a notice of a claim on a person, the claim form is amended so as substantially to alter the relief claimed, the court may direct that a judgment shall not bind that person unless a further notice, together with a copy of the amended claim form, is served on him.
(8) Any person served with a notice of a judgment or order under this rule –
(a) shall be bound by the judgment or order as if he had been a party to the claim; but
(b) may, provided he acknowledges service –
(i) within 28 days after the notice is served on him, apply to the court to set aside or vary the judgment or order; and
(ii) take part in any proceedings relating to the judgment or order.
(9) The following rules of Part 10 (acknowledgment of service) apply –
(b) rule 10.5, subject to the modification that references to the defendant are to be read as references to the person served with the notice.
(10) A notice under this rule is issued on the date entered on the notice by the court.
(1) This rule –
(a) applies to a derivative claim (where a company, other body corporate or trade union is alleged to be entitled to claim a remedy, and a claim is made by a member of it for it to be given that remedy), whether under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 20063 or otherwise; but
(b) does not apply to a claim made pursuant to an order under section 996 of that Act.
(2) A derivative claim must be started by a claim form.
(3) The company, body corporate or trade union for the benefit of which a remedy is sought must be made a defendant to the claim.
(4) After the issue of the claim form, the claimant must not take any further step in the proceedings without the permission of the court, other than –
(a) a step permitted or required by rule 19.9A or 19.9C; or
(b) making an urgent application for interim relief.
‘the Act’ means the Companies Act 2006;
‘derivative claim’ means a derivative claim under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Act;
‘permission application’ means an application referred to in section 261(1), 262(2) or 264(2) of the Act;
‘the company’ means the company for the benefit of which the derivative claim is brought.
(2) When the claim form for a derivative claim is issued, the claimant must file –
(a) an application notice under Part 23 for permission to continue the claim; and
(b) the written evidence on which the claimant relies in support of the permission application.
(3) The claimant must not make the company a respondent to the permission application.
(4) Subject to paragraph (7), the claimant must notify the company of the claim and permission application by sending to the company as soon as reasonably practicable after the claim form is issued –
(a) a notice in the form set out in Practice Direction 19C, and to which is attached a copy of the provisions of the Act required by that form;
(b) copies of the claim form and the particulars of claim;
(c) the application notice; and
(d) a copy of the evidence filed by the claimant in support of the permission application.
(5) The claimant may send the notice and documents required by paragraph (4) to the company by any method permitted by Part 6 as if the notice and documents were being served on the company.
(6) The claimant must file a witness statement confirming that the claimant has notified the company in accordance with paragraph (4).
(7) Where notifying the company of the permission application would be likely to frustrate some party of the remedy sought, the court may, on application by the claimant, order that the company need not be notified for such period after the issue of the claim form as the court directs.
(8) An application under paragraph (7) may be made without notice.
(9) Where the court dismisses the claimant’s permission application without a hearing, the court will notify the claimant and (unless the court orders otherwise) the company of that decision.
(10) The claimant may ask for an oral hearing to reconsider the decision to dismiss the permission application, but the claimant –
(a) must make the request to the court in writing within seven days of being notified of the decision; and
(b) must notify the company in writing, as soon as reasonably practicable, of that request unless the court orders otherwise.
(11) Where the court dismisses the permission application at a hearing pursuant to paragraph (10), it will notify the claimant and the company of its decision.
(12) Where the court does not dismiss the application under section 261(2) of the Act, the court will –
(a) order that the company and any other appropriate party must be made respondents to the permission application; and
(b) give directions for the service on the company and any other appropriate party of the application notice and the claim form.
(1) This rule applies to proceedings under section 262(1) or 264(1) of the Companies Act 2006.
(2) The application for permission must be made by an application notice in accordance with Part 23.
(3) Rule 19.9A (except for paragraphs (1), (2) and (4)(b) of that rule, and paragraph (12)(b) so far as it applies to the claim form) applies to an application under this rule and references to the claimant in rule 19.9A are to be read as references to the person who seeks to take over the claim.
(1) This rule sets out the procedure where –
(a) either –
(i) a body corporate to which Chapter 1 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 2006 does not apply; or
(ii) a trade union,
is alleged to be entitled to a remedy; and
(i) a claim is made by a member for it to be given that remedy; or
(ii) a member of the body corporate or trade union seeks to take over a claim already started, by the body corporate or trade union or one or more of its members, for it to be given that remedy.
(2) The member who starts, or seeks to take over, the claim must apply to the court for permission to continue the claim.
(3) The application for permission must be made by an application notice in accordance with Part 23.
(4) The procedure for applications in relation to companies under section 261, 262 or 264 (as the case requires) of the Companies Act 2006 applies to the permission application as if the body corporate or trade union were a company.
(5) Rules 19.9A (except for paragraph (1) of that rule) and 19.9B apply to the permission application as if the body corporate or trade union were a company.
If a derivative claim (except such a claim in pursuance of an order under section 996 of the Companies Act 2006) arises in the course of other proceedings –
(a) in the case of a derivative claim under Chapter 1 of Part 11 of that Act, rule 19.9A or 19.9B applies, as the case requires; and
(b) in any other case, rule 19.9C applies.
19.9E
The court may order the company, body corporate or trade union for the benefit of which a derivative claim is brought to indemnify the claimant against liability for costs incurred in the permission application or in the derivative claim or both.
19.9F Where the court has given permission to continue a derivative claim, the court may order that the claim may not be discontinued, settled or compromised without the permission of the court.
19.10 A Group Litigation Order (‘GLO’) means an order made under rule 19.11 to provide for the case management of claims which give rise to common or related issues of fact or law (the ‘GLO issues’).
(1) The court may make a GLO where there are or are likely to be a number of claims giving rise to the GLO issues.
(Practice Direction 19B provides the procedure for applying for a GLO)
(2) A GLO must –
(a) contain directions about the establishment of a register (the ‘group register’) on which the claims managed under the GLO will be entered;
(b) specify the GLO issues which will identify the claims to be managed as a group under the GLO; and
(c) specify the court (the ‘management court’) which will manage the claims on the group register.
(3) A GLO may –
(a) in relation to claims which raise one or more of the GLO issues –
(i) direct their transfer to the management court;
(ii) order their stay(GL) until further order; and
(iii) direct their entry on the group register;
(b) direct that from a specified date claims which raise one or more of the GLO issues should be started in the management court and entered on the group register; and
(c) give directions for publicising the GLO.
(1) Where a judgment or order is given or made in a claim on the group register in relation to one or more GLO issues –
(a) that judgment or order is binding on the parties to all other claims that are on the group register at the time the judgment is given or the order is made unless the court orders otherwise; and
(b) the court may give directions as to the extent to which that judgment or order is binding on the parties to any claim which is subsequently entered on the group register.
(2) Unless paragraph (3) applies, any party who is adversely affected by a judgment or order which is binding on him may seek permission to appeal the order.
(3) A party to a claim which was entered on the group register after a judgment or order which is binding on him was given or made may not –
(a) apply for the judgment or order to be set aside(GL), varied or stayed(GL); or
(b) appeal the judgment or order,
but may apply to the court for an order that the judgment or order is not binding on him.
(4) Unless the court orders otherwise, disclosure of any document relating to the GLO issues by a party to a claim on the group register is disclosure of that document to all parties to claims –
(a) on the group register; and
(b) which are subsequently entered on the group register.
19.13 Directions given by the management court may include directions –
(a) varying the GLO issues;
(b) providing for one or more claims on the group register to proceed as test claims;
(c) appointing the solicitor of one or more parties to be the lead solicitor for the claimants or defendants;
(d) specifying the details to be included in a statement of case in order to show that the criteria for entry of the claim on the group register have been met;
(e) specifying a date after which no claim may be added to the group register unless the court gives permission; and
(f) for the entry of any particular claim which meets one or more of the GLO issues on the group register.
(Part 3 contains general provisions about the case management powers of the court)
(1) A party to a claim entered on the group register may apply to the management court for the claim to be removed from the register.
(2) If the management court orders the claim to be removed from the register it may give directions about the future management of the claim.
(1) Where a direction has been given for a claim on the group register to proceed as a test claim and that claim is settled, the management court may order that another claim on the group register be substituted as the test claim.
(2) Where an order is made under paragraph (1), any order made in the test claim before the date of substitution is binding on the substituted claim unless the court orders otherwise.
1980 c.58. Back to text
1984 c.16. Back to text
2006 c. 46. Back to text
Updated: Friday, 27 September 2013
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