Part 8 Claims - A Bite Sized Guide for Litigators

Introduction

CPR 8 establishes an alternative procedure for bringing claims, intended to be used where a claim is unlikely to involve a substantial dispute of fact. It is also a required procedure where that is specified by another rule or practice direction. An example of the latter is a claim made under section 42 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 for an order to restrict the actions of a vexatious litigant (see CPR PD 49E).

In this webinar the appropriate use of Part 8 will be considered, particularly focusing on the main procedural differences between the ordinary progression of a claim under Part 7 and the process for taking a Part 8 claim forward.

Is Part 8 justice without unnecessary ‘frills’, or a sensible route for a claimant to use even if it has to limit the claim?

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Is Part 8 procedure a quicker process than in a Part 7 claim?
• What happens after service if the Part 8 defendant does not respond?
• And if the defendant does respond?
• Can a defendant object to the use of Part 8? At what stage?
• How is evidence dealt with?
• What are typical claims that make use of Part 8?
• Declarations are a Part 8 speciality
• Recent cases applying Part 8 (Merit Holdings, Berkeley Homes, IGS Retail and FD Technologies)

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 16th March 2026

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