Amendment to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
47. After rule 63.4 insert—
“Patents Judge
63.4A—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), proceedings in the patents county court shall be dealt with by the patents judge.
(2) When a matter needs to be dealt with urgently and it is not practicable or appropriate for the patents judge to deal with such matter, the matter may be dealt with by another judge with appropriate specialist experience who shall be nominated by the Vice-Chancellor.”.