The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Claim for compensation in respect of improvement

Rule 3—(1) A claim under section 1 of the Act of 1927 for compensation in respect of any improvement, or a claim by a mesne landlord under section 8 (1) of that Act, shall be in writing, signed by the claimant, his solicitor or agent, and shall contain—

(a) a statement of the name and address of the claimant and of the landlord against whom the claim is made;

(b) a description of the holding in respect of which the claim arises and of the trade or business carried on there;

(c) a concise statement of the nature of the claim;

(d) particulars of the improvement including the date when it was completed and the cost of it; and

(e) a statement of the amount claimed.

(2) Where any document relating to any proposed improvement, or to any claim, is sent to or served on a mesne landlord in pursuance of Part I of the Act of 1927, he shall forthwith serve on his immediate landlord a copy of the document, together with a notice in writing stating the date when the document was received by the mesne landlord, and if the immediate landlord is himself a mesne landlord, he shall, forthwith on receipt of the documents aforesaid, serve on his immediate landlord a similar copy and notice and so on from landlord to landlord.

(3) Any document required to be served under paragraph (2) shall be served in the manner prescribed by section 23 of the Act of 1927.