The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1Powers of court hearing a stakeholder applicationE+W

86.3.(1) At any hearing in a stakeholder application, the court may—

(a)order that any stakeholder or any claimant to the subject matter of the application be made a defendant in any claim pending with respect to the subject-matter in dispute;

(b)order that an issue between all parties be stated and tried and may direct which of the parties is to be claimant and which defendant, and give all necessary directions for trial;

(c)determine the stakeholder application summarily;

(d)give directions for the determination of the application summarily or of any issue on the application; or

(e)give directions for the retention, sale or disposal of the subject matter of the application, and for the payment of any proceeds of sale.

(2) Nothing in this rule limits the court’s case management powers to make any other directions permissible under these Rules.]