The County Court (Amendment No. 4) Rules 1989

Summary judgment

15.  For Order 9, rule 14(1), there shall be substituted the following—

“(1) This rule applies to any action except—

(a) an action in which the sum claimed or amount involved does not exceed 500;

(b) an action in which a claim is made for possession of land or in which the title to any land is in question;

(c) an action which includes a claim by the plaintiff for libel, slander, malicious prosecution or false imprisonment;

(d) an action which includes a claim by the plaintiff based on an allegation of fraud;

(e) an Admiralty action in rem.

(1A) Without prejudice to rule 11 and Order 13, rule 5, where the defendant in an action to which this rule applies has delivered at the court office a document purporting to be a defence, the plaintiff may apply to the court for judgment against the defendant on the ground that, notwithstanding the delivery of that document, the defendant has no defence to the claim or to a particular part of the claim.”.