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The Civil Procedure Rules 1998
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23.2—(1) The general rule is that an application must be made to the court [F1or County Court hearing centre] where the claim was started.
[F2(2) If a claim has been transferred to another court, or transferred or sent to another County Court hearing centre since it was started, an application must be made to the court or the County Court hearing centre to which the claim has been transferred or sent, unless there is good reason to make the application to a different court.]
(3) If the parties have been notified of a fixed date for the trial, an application must be made to the court where the trial is to take place.
(4) [F3Subject to [F4paragraph (5)], if] an application is made before a claim has been started, it must be made to the court where [F5the claim is most likely to be] started unless there is good reason to make the application to a different court.
[F6[F7(5)] An application made in the County Court before a claim has been started may be made at any County Court hearing centre, unless any enactment, rule or practice direction [F8states] otherwise.]
[F9(6)] If an application is made after proceedings to enforce judgment have begun, it must be made to [F10the court or County Court hearing centre] which is dealing with the enforcement of the judgment unless any [F11enactment,] rule or practice direction [F12states] otherwise.
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F1Words in rule 23.2(1) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 13(a); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F2Rule 23.2(2) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 13(b); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F3Words in rule 23.2(4) substituted (19.3.2012) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.4) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/3103), rules 1, 8(a)(i)
F4Words in rule 23.2(4) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(a)(i)
F5Words in rule 23.2(4) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(a)(ii)
F6Rule 23.2(4A) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 13(c); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F7Rule 23.2(4A) renumbered as rule 23.2(5) (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(b)
F8Word in rule 23.2(5) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(b)
F9Rrule 23.2(5) renumbered as rule 23.2(6) (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(c)
F10Words in rule 23.2(5) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 13(d)(i); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F11Word in rule 23.2(5) inserted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 13(d)(ii); S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F12Word in rule 23.2(6) substituted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 14(3)(c)
Commencement Information
I1Rule 23.2 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature
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