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Timestamp: 2019-02-20 10:27:20
Document Index: 69157431

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 27', 'art 35', 'art 18', 'art 36', 'art 39', 'art 27', 'art 45', 'art 46']

Court's power to grant a final remedy Rule 27.3
Right of appeal under Part 27 Rule 27.12
Procedure for making an appeal Rule 27.13
27.1 - (1) This Part -
(Rule 26.6 provides for the scope of the small claims track. A claim for a remedy for harassment or unlawful eviction relating, in either case, to residential premises shall not be allocated to the small claims track whatever the financial value of the claim.
Otherwise, the small claims track will be the normal track for -
any claim which has a financial value of not more than �000 subject to the special provisions about claims for personal injuries and housing disrepair claims;
any claim for personal injuries which has a financial value of not more than �000 where the claim for damages for personal injuries is not more than �000; and
any claim which includes a claim by a tenant of residential premises against his landlord for repairs or other work to the premises where the estimated cost of the repairs or other work is not more than �000 and the financial value of any claim for damages in respect of those repairs or other work is not more than �000)
27.2 - (1) The following Parts of these Rules do not apply to small claims -
(e) Part 35 (experts and assessors) except rules 35.1 (duty to restrict expert evidence), 35.3 (experts - overriding duty to the court) and 35.8 (instructions to a single joint expert);
(f) Part 18 (further information);
(g) Part 36 (offers to settle and payments into court); and
(h) Part 39 (hearings) except rule 39.2 (general rule - hearing to be in public).
Court's power to grant a final remedy
27.4 - (1) After allocation the court will -
(2) The court will -
(a) give the parties at least 21 days' notice of the date fixed for the final hearing, unless the parties agree to accept less notice; and
(a) "standard directions" means -
(i) a direction that each party shall, at least 14 days before the date fixed for the final hearing, file and serve on every other party copies of all documents (including any expert's report) on which he intends to rely at the hearing; and
(ii) any other standard directions set out in the relevant practice direction; and
(b) "special directions" means directions given in addition to or instead of the standard directions.
(Rule 27.14(3)(d) provides for the payment of an expert's fees)
27.6 - (1) The court may hold a preliminary hearing for the consideration of the claim, but only -
(3) Where the court decides to hold a preliminary hearing, it will give the parties at least 14 days' notice of the date of the hearing.
(5) At or after the preliminary hearing the court will -
(a) fix the date of the final hearing (if it has not been fixed already) and give the parties at least 21 days' notice of the date fixed unless the parties agree to accept less notice;
27.8 - (1) The court may adopt any method of proceeding at a hearing that it considers to be fair.
27.9 - (1) If a party who does not attend a final hearing -
(a) has given the court written notice at least 7 days before the date of the hearing that he will not attend; and
(b) has, in that notice, requested the court to decide the claim in his absence,
the court will take into account that party's statement of case and any other documents he has filed when it decides the claim.
(2) If a claimant does not -
(b) give the notice referred to in paragraph (1)
(a) a defendant does not
(b) the claimant either -
27.11 - (1) A party -
(3) The court may grant an application under paragraph (2) only if the applicant -
(4) If a judgment is set aside(GL) -
Right of appeal under Part 27
27.12 - (1) A party may appeal against an order under this Part only on the grounds that -
(a) there was serious irregularity affecting the proceedings; or
(b) the court made a mistake of law.
(2) On an appeal the court may make any order it considers appropriate.
(3) The court may dismiss an appeal without a hearing.
(4) This rule does not limit any right of appeal arising under any Act.
27.13 - (1) A party who wishes to appeal must file a notice of appeal not more than 14 days after the day on which notice of the order was served on him.
(2) Notice of appeal -
(a) must be filed at the court which made the order; and
(b) must set out the grounds for the appeal with particulars of the serious irregularity or mistake of law alleged.
27.14 - (1) This rule applies to any case which has been allocated to the small claims track unless paragraph (5) applies.
(2) The court may not order a party to pay a sum to another party in respect of that other party's costs except -
(a) the fixed costs payable under Part 45 attributable to issuing the claim;
(b) in proceedings which included a claim for an injunction(GL) or an order for specific performance a sum not exceeding the amount specified in the relevant practice direction for legal advice and assistance relating to that claim;
(c) costs assessed by the summary procedure in relation to an appeal under rule 27.12; and
(d) such further costs as the court may assess by the summary procedure and order to be paid by a party who has behaved unreasonably.
(3) The court may also order a party to pay all or part of -
(a) any court fees paid by another party;
(b) expenses which a party or witness has reasonably incurred in travelling to and from a hearing or in staying away from home for the purposes of attending a hearing;
(c) a sum not exceeding the amount specified in the relevant practice direction for any loss of earnings by a party or witness due to attending a hearing or to staying away from home for the purpose of attending a hearing; and
(d) a sum not exceeding the amount specified in the relevant practice direction for an expert's fees.
(4) The limits on costs imposed by this rule also apply to any fee or reward for acting on behalf of a party to the proceedings charged by a person exercising a right of audience by virtue of an order under section 11 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990[35] (a lay representative).
the claim shall be treated, for the purposes of costs, as if it were proceeding on the fast track except that trial costs shall be in the discretion of the court and shall not exceed the amount set out for the value of the claim in rule 46.2 (amount of fast track trial costs).
(Rule 26.7(3) allows the parties to consent to a claim being allocated to a track where the financial value of the claim exceeds the limit for that track)
Listing questionnaire Rule 28.5
28.1 This Part contains general provisions about management of cases allocated to the fast track and applies only to cases allocated to that track.
28.2 - (1) When it allocates a case to the fast track, the court will give directions for the management of the case and set a timetable for the steps to be taken between the giving of the directions and the trial.
(2) When it gives directions, the court will -
(5) The court's power to award trial costs is limited in accordance with Part 46.
28.3 - (1) The matters to be dealt with by directions under rule 28.2(1) include -
(2) If the court decides not to direct standard disclosure, it may -
28.4 - (1) A party must apply to the court if he wishes to vary the date which the court has fixed for -
(a) the return of a listing questionnaire under rule 28.5;
28.5 - (1) The court will send the parties a listing questionnaire for completion and return by the date specified in the notice of allocation unless it considers that the claim can be listed for trial without the need for a listing questionnaire.
(2) The date specified for filing a listing questionnaire will not be more than 8 weeks before the trial date or the beginning of the trial period.
(a) a party fails to file the completed questionnaire by the date specified;
(b) a party has failed to give all the information requested by the listing questionnaire; or
the court may fix a listing hearing or give such other directions as it thinks appropriate.
28.6 - (1) As soon as practicable after the date specified for filing a completed listing questionnaire the court will -
(2) The court will give the parties at least 3 weeks' notice of the date of the trial unless, in exceptional circumstances, the court directs that shorter notice will be given.
28.7 Unless the trial judge otherwise directs, the trial will be conducted in accordance with any order previously made.
Listing questionnaire Rule 29.6
Conduct of the trial Rule 29.9
29.2 - (1) When it allocates a case to the multi-track, the court will -
(a) give directions for the management of the case and set a timetable for the steps to be taken between the giving of directions and the trial; or
(b) fix -
(3) When the court fixes the trial date or the trial period under paragraph (2), it will -
(b) specify the date by which the parties must file a listing questionnaire.
29.3 - (1) The court may fix -
(b) a pre-trial review,
at any time after the claim has been allocated.
(2) If a party has a legal representative, a representative -
29.4 If -
(a) the parties agree proposals for the management of the proceedings (including a proposed trial date or period in which the trial is to take place); and
29.5 - (1) A party must apply to the court if he wishes to vary the date which the court has fixed for -
(c) the return of a listing questionnaire under rule 29.6;
29.6 - (1) The court will send the parties a listing questionnaire for completion and return by the date specified in directions given under rule 29.2(3) unless it considers that the claim can be listed for trial without the need for a listing questionnaire.
(2) Each party must file the completed listing questionnaire by the date specified by the court.
the court may fix a date for a listing hearing or give such other directions as it thinks appropriate.
29.7 If, on receipt of the parties' listing questionnaires, the court decides -
Setting a trial timetable and fixing or confirming the trial date or week
29.8 As soon as practicable after -
(a) each party has filed a completed listing questionnaire;
the court will -
(ii) fix the date for the trial or the week within which the trial is to begin (or, if it has already done so, confirm that date); and
Transfer between county courts and within the High Court Rule 30.2
Certiorari or prohibition Rule 30.8
30.1 This Part deals with the transfer of proceedings between county courts, between the High Court and the county courts and within the High Court.
Transfer between county courts and within the High Court
30.2 - (1) A county court may order proceedings before that court, or any part of them (such as a counterclaim or an application made in the proceedings), to be transferred to another county court if it is satisfied that -
(b) proceedings for
could be more conveniently or fairly taken in that other county court.
(2) If proceedings have been started in the wrong county court, a judge of the county court may order that the proceedings -
(3) An application for an order under paragraph (1) or (2) must be made to the county court where the claim is proceeding.
(4) The High Court may, having regard to the criteria in rule 30.3, order proceedings in the Royal Courts of Justice or a district registry, or any part of such proceedings (such as a counterclaim or an application made in the proceedings), to be transferred -
(7) Where some enactment, other than these Rules, requires proceedings to be started in a particular county court, neither paragraphs (1) nor (2) give the court power to order proceedings to be transferred to a county court which is not the court in which they should have been started or to order them to continue in the wrong court.
30.3 - (1) Paragraph (2) sets out the matters to which the court must have regard when considering whether to make an order under -
(a) s.40(2), 41(1) or 42(2) of the County Courts Act 1984[36] (transfer between the High Court and a county court);
(b) rule 30.2(1) (transfer between county courts); or
(2) The matters to which the court must have regard include -
(c) the availability of a judge specialising in the type of claim in question;
(f) the facilities available at the court where the claim is being dealt with and whether they may be inadequate because of any disabilities of a party or potential witness.
30.4 - (1) Where the court orders proceedings to be transferred, the court from which they are to be transferred must give notice of the transfer to all the parties.
30.5 - (1) The High Court may order proceedings in any Division of the High Court to be transferred to another Division.
(2) The court may order proceedings to be transferred to or from a specialist list.
30.6 The court may specify the place (for instance, a particular county court) where the trial or some other hearing in any proceedings is to be held and may do so without ordering the proceedings to be transferred.
30.7 The court may order that control of any money held by it under rule 21.11 (control of money recovered by or on behalf of a child or patient) be transferred to another court if that court would be more convenient.
Certiorari or prohibition
30.8 A party obtaining from the High Court, on an application made without notice, an order giving permission to make an application for -
(a) an order of certiorari to remove proceedings from a county court; or
(b) an order of prohibition to any county court,
must immediately serve a copy of the order on the other parties and on the court officer of the county court.
Standard disclosure - what documents are to be disclosed Rule 31.6
Duty of disclosure limited to documents which are or have been in a party's control Rule 31.8
Subsequent use of disclosed documents Rule 31.22
31.1 - (1) This Part sets out rules about the disclosure and inspection of documents.
31.3 - (1) A party to whom a document has been disclosed has a right to inspect that document except where -
(2) Where a party considers that it would be disproportionate to the issues in the case to permit inspection of documents within a category or class of document disclosed under rule 31.6(b) -
[35] 1990 c.41.back
[36] 1984 c.28. Section 40 was substituted by section 2(1) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c.41). Section 41 was amended by the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c.42), Schedule 1, paragraph 31 and by section 2(2) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990. Section 42 was substituted by section 2(3) of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990.back