(1) The claim form in proceedings under the 1985 Act, the 2006 Act, Part VII FSA and any application, affidavit, witness statement, notice or other document in such proceedings, must be entitled ‘In the matter of [the name of the company in question] and in the matter of [the relevant law]’, where ‘[the relevant law]’ means ‘the Companies Act 1985’, ‘the Companies Act 2006’, ‘Part VII of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000’,  as the case may be.

(2) Where a company changes its name in the course of proceedings, the title must be altered by –

(1) Proceedings to which this practice direction applies may be started by a Part 7 or a Part 8 claim form, as appropriate –

(2) The claim form –

(3) Where this practice direction requires a party to proceedings to notify another person of an application, such notification must, unless the court orders otherwise, be given by sending to that other person a copy of the claim form as soon as reasonably practicable after the claim form has been issued.

(1) Where in a claim under the 2006 Act the company concerned is not the claimant, the company is to be made a defendant to the claim unless –

(2) Where an application is made in the course of proceedings to which the company is or is required to be a defendant, the company must be made a respondent to the application unless –

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under section 169(5).

(2) The claimant must notify the director concerned of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under section 244.

(2) The claimant must notify the director concerned of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under section 295 or 317.

(2) The claimant must notify each member who requested the circulation of the relevant statement of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for a declaration under section 456(1).

(2) The claimant must notify any former director who was a director at the time of the approval of the annual accounts or directors’ report of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under section 511(6), 514(7), 515(7) or 518(9).

(2) The claimant must notify the auditor of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under section 527(5)

(2) The claimant must, unless the court orders otherwise, notify each member who requested a statement to be placed on the website of the application.

(1) This paragraph applies to an application for an order under Parts 26 and 27 of the 2006 Act to sanction a compromise or arrangement.

(2) Where the application is made by the company concerned, or by a liquidator or administrator of the company, there need be no defendant to the claim unless the court so orders.

(3) The claim form must be supported by written evidence, including –

(4) The claim form must seek –

(1) In sub-paragraphs (2) to (8) –

(2) This paragraph applies to applications under section 59 in respect of property seized in exercise of the power conferred by section 448(3) of the 1985 Act (including any additional powers of seizure conferred by section 50 that are exercisable by reference to that power).

(3) The application must be supported by evidence –

(4) Where the claimant has a relevant interest in the property, the defendants to the claim are to be –

(5) Where the claimant is in possession of the property, the defendants are to be –

(6) In the case of an application for the return of seized property, the claimant must serve a copy of the claim form and the claimant’s evidence in support of it on the person specified, by the notice given under section 52 when the property was seized, as the person to whom notice of such an application should be given.

(7) If the claimant knows the identity of the person who seized the property, the claimant must also notify that person of the application.

(8) When the court issues the claim form it will fix a date for the hearing.