The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Proceedings under Part I of the Act of 1927

Rule 4—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the claim form by which proceedings under Part I of the Act of 1927 are commenced shall state—

(a) the nature of the claim or application or matter to be determined;

(b) the holding in respect of which the claim or application is made, its rateable value and the trade or business carried on there;

(c) particulars of the improvement or proposed improvement to which the claim or application relates; and

(d) if the claim is for payment of compensation, the amount claimed.

(2) In any case to which rule 3 (1) relates the particulars required by paragraph (1) may, so far as they are contained in a claim made in accordance with that rule, be given by appending a copy of the claim to the claim form.

(3) The applicant’s immediate landlord shall be made respondent to the application.

(4) Any certificate of the court under section 3 of the Act of 1927 that an improvement is a proper improvement or has been duly executed shall be embodied in an order.