Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 56 inserted (15.10.2001) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/256), rule 1(d), Sch. 2 (with rule 31)
F2Words in Pt. 56 heading inserted (1.12.2022) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2022 (S.I. 2022/783), rules 1(2), 23(1)
56.2—[F3(1) In the County Court—
(a)the claim may be made at any County Court hearing centre, unless paragraph (2) applies or an enactment provides otherwise;
(b)the claim will be issued by the hearing centre where the claim is made; and
(c)if the claim is not made at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the land is situated, the claim will be sent to the hearing centre serving that address.
(Practice Direction 56 includes further direction in respect of claims which are not made at the County Court hearing centre which serves the address where the land is situated.)]
(2) [F4Unless an enactment provides otherwise, the claim] may be started in the High Court if the claimant files with [F5the] claim form a certificate stating the reasons for bringing the claim in that court verified by a statement of truth F6....
(3) [F7Practice Direction 55A] refers to circumstances which may justify starting the claim in the High Court.
F8(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F3Rule 56.2(1) substituted (22.4.2014) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/407), rules 2(1), 23; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(a)
F4Words in rule 56.2 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 29(b)(i)
F5Word in rule 56.2 substituted (1.10.2008) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2178), rules 1(2), 29(b)(ii)
F6Words in rule 56.2(2) omitted (1.10.2023 immediately after S.I. 2023/572 comes into force) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/788), rules 1(1), 26
F7Words in rule 56.2(3) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 31(a)
F8Rule 56.2(4) omitted (1.6.2004) by virtue of The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2004 (S.I. 2004/1306), rules 1(a), 15(b) (with rule 20(1))