Part 8 Proceedings Explained: A One-Day Guide for Legal Practitioners

The purpose of this course is to enable practitioners to answer the following questions on Part 8 Claim proceedings:

• Who can use a Part 8 Claim
• What use is a Part 8 Claim
• Where can you use a Part 8 Claim
• When can you use a Part 8 Claim
• Why use a Part 8 Claim
• How you use a Part 8 Claim procedure
• How much might a Part 8 Claim cost

Learning Points

A clear overview of Part 8 proceedings covers when they apply, how they differ from other claims, and the key requirements involved.

• What is a Part 8 Claim?
• Why issue a Part 8 Claim?
• Part 8 Claim compared to Part 7 Claim proceedings
• Types of claims in which the Part 8 procedure may be used
• Proceedings prohibiting Part 8
• Contents of the claim form (N208)
• Practice Directions 8A (alternative procedure for claims), 8B (low value personal injury claims in road traffic accidents), 8C (Statutory Review of certain planning matters)
• Drafting the Part 8 claim form and supporting evidence.

Issue of the Claim Form

• Acknowledgement of service
• Defence and responding to a Part 8 claim
• Objection to the use of the Part 8 procedure
• Filing and serving written evidence
• Counterclaims and other additional claims
• Disclosure (including Ball v Ball [2020] EWHC 1020 (Ch)
• Evidence:
  • Oral evidence: Vitpol Building Service v Samen [2008] EWHC 2283; Structure Consulting Ltd v Maroush Food Production Ltd [2017] EWHC 962
  • Limitation of Part 8 claims: GYH v Persons Unknown [2018] EWHC 121
  • Effect of improper use of Part 8: Hannigan v Hannigan [2000] 2 FCR 650; Halal Meat Sellers Committee Ltd v HMC (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 2190
  • Allegations of fraud and disputed issues of fact: Competition and Markets Authority v Care UK Health and Social Holdings Ltd and another [2019] EWHC 2828,
  • Hybrid Part 8 proceedings: National Crime Agency v Leahy [2020] EWHC 1242; Points of Claim and Defence
  • Remedies: Declaration, what to ask for
  • Part 8 Claim Form on the Limitation Period for Service of the Claim Form: Grant v Dawn Meats [2018] EWCA Civ 2212
  • Court Hearing: nature and what to expect
  • Judgment
  • Costs

Case Studies

• Practical case studies and examples are included throughout the day

Our Part 8 Proceedings trainer was called to the Bar in 1995. He brings a wealth of experience from a distinguished career spanning the independent Bar and senior positions in leading City and international law firms. His career includes international work in New York and the Cayman Islands, with a dispute-led practice focused on the intersection of legal, commercial, and tax issues.

This trainer is a specialist in tax law and its associated fields, including commercial chancery, equity, company law, cryptocurrency & digital assets, partnerships, insolvency, and professional negligence. He advises on complex investigations and appears regularly for corporate entities, individuals, and HMRC at both trial and appellate levels. Much of his work involves high-value or technically challenging disputes, often arising from cross-border transactions or cases with voluminous documentation. He also has experience advising and representing individuals in matters involving allegations of fraud, including criminal tax investigations.

Redcliffe’s expert on Part 8 Proceedings has a Ph.D. (University of London) in Tax Law relating to intellectual property and its exploitation. He is co-author of Taxation of Intellectual Property (Bloomsbury Publishing), A Practical Guide to Tax Disputes (Lexis) and Internet Business (Commerce and Tax) (Jordans).

Ranked as a Leading Practitioner in Chambers UK Bar 2025, our specialist has particular expertise in areas such as corporate structures, partnerships, intellectual property, trusts, and insolvency. This enables him to provide strategic, commercially attuned advice across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Appearing regularly in courts and tribunals across the UK, including London, Manchester, and Edinburgh, he acts both as sole counsel and as part of larger legal teams.

This Part 8 Proceedings trainer is a dedicated tax specialist 'Pupil Barrister' with a rapidly developing practice encompassing a broad range of domestic and international tax matters. He read law at the age of 17 and was a Vice Chancellor International Scholar at Cardiff University. He was called to the Bar at the age of 21. Alongside Bar studies, he was working under a pre-eminent tax silk in the country.

Part 8 Proceedings training enables practitioners to understand:

• Whether a Part 8 Claim is suitable for a dispute, and all relevant issues relating to the issue of a Part 8 Claim
• The range of remedies for a Part 8 claim
• The benefit compared to Part 7 proceedings

Key aspects that distinguish Redcliffe’s Part 8 Proceedings course include:

• Delivered by a highly experienced trainer
• Practical case study examples will be provided
• Detailed and comprehensive course material

Part 8 proceedings is relevant to all lawyers, whether in private practice or employed in-house.

Part 8 Proceedings is a practical course with a clear and accessible seminar on Part 8 Claim proceedings under the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), with comparative analysis to Part 7 procedures. Designed for legal professionals (solicitors, whether in practice or in-house) who are new to or developing their understanding of Part 8 litigation, the course answers key questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how to use the Part 8 route effectively.

Participants will learn the procedural framework, case types, drafting techniques, evidentiary rules, and common pitfalls associated with the process.