The Patents County Court (Financial Limits) Order 2011

• Citation: S.I. 2011/1402
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Patents County Court (Financial Limits) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 14th June 2011.

Section 2 Financial limits

(1) In relation to all proceedings within the special jurisdiction of a patents county court and in which a claim is made for damages or an account of profits, the amount or value of that claim shall not exceed £500,000.

(2) In determining the amount or value of a claim for the purpose of paragraph (1), a claim for—

(a) interest, other than interest payable under an agreement, or

(b) costs,

shall be disregarded.

Section 3 Transitional provision

A patents county court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim for damages or an account of profits for an amount or value exceeding the limit imposed by article 2 where, before the coming into force of this Order—

(a) the claim has been made in a patents county court in proceedings within its special jurisdiction, or

(b) the High Court orders the proceedings in which the claim has been made to be transferred to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court, or

(c) an application has been made to the High Court for transfer of the proceedings in which the claim has been made to a patents county court and, after the coming into force of this Order, the High Court orders the transfer of the proceedings to the special jurisdiction of a patents county court.