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# CCR ORDER 5 # CAUSES OF ACTION AND PARTIES
| Contents of this Order
PARTNERS MAY SUE AND BE SUED IN FIRM NAME |  | Rule 9
DEFENDANT CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN ANOTHER NAME |  | Rule 10
## PARTNERS MAY SUE AND BE SUED IN FIRM NAME
Rule 9 |
(1) | Subject to the provisions of any enactment, any two or more persons claiming to be entitled, or alleged to be liable, as partners in respect of a cause of action and carrying on business within England or Wales may sue or be sued in the name of the firm of which they were partners when the cause of action arose.
(2) | Where partners sue or are sued in the name of the firm, the partners shall, on demand made in writing by any other party, forthwith deliver to the party making the demand and file a statement of the names and places of residence of all the persons who were partners in the firm when the cause of action arose.
(3) | If the partners fail to comply with such a demand, the court, on application by any other party, may order the partners to furnish him with such a statement and to verify it on oath and may direct that in default -
(a) | if the partners are claimants, the proceedings be stayed on such terms as the court thinks fit; or
(b) | if the partners are defendants, they be debarred from defending the claim.
(4) | When the names and places of residence of the partners have been stated in compliance with a demand or order under this rule, the proceedings shall continue in the name of the firm.
## DEFENDANT CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN ANOTHER NAME
Rule 10 |
(1) | A person carrying on business in England or Wales in a name other than his own name may, whether or not he is within the jurisdiction, be sued -
(a) | in his own name, followed by the words ‘trading as A.B.’, or
(b) | in his business name, followed by the words ‘(a trading name)’.
(2) | Where a person is sued in his business name in accordance with paragraph (1)(b), the provisions of these rules relating to claims against firms shall, subject to the provisions of any enactment, apply as if he were a partner and the name in which he carried on business were the name of his firm.
[Failure to proceed after death of party][Rule 12][1][If, after the death of a claimant or defendant in any claim or matter, the cause of action survives but no order is made substituting any person in whom the cause of action vests or, as the case may be, the personal representatives of the deceased defendant, the defendant or, as the case may be, those representatives may apply to the court for an order that unless the claim is proceeded with within such time as may be specified in the order the claim shall be struck out as against the claimant or defendant who has died; but where it is the claimant who has died, the court shall not make an order unless satisfied that notice of the application has been given to the personal representatives (if any) of the deceased claimant and to any other interested person who the court considers should be notified.][2][Where a counterclaim is made by a defendant to any claim this rule shall apply in relation to the counterclaim as if the counterclaim were a separate claim and as if the defendant making a counterclaim were a claimant and the person against whom it is made a defendant.][Claim to money in court where change in parties after judgment][Rule 13][1][Where any change had taken place after judgment, by death, assignment or otherwise, in the parties to any claim and there is money standing in court to the credit of the claim, any person claiming to be entitled to the money may give to the court notice of his claim, accompanied by a witness statement or affidavit verifying the facts stated in the notice.][2][The district judge may, if satisfied as to the entitlement of the person giving notice, cause the money to be paid to him or may refer the claim to the judge and may require the claimant to give notice of the claim to any other person.][3][It shall not be necessary for notice to be given under this rule where the person claiming to be entitled to the money in court has obtained permission under Order 26, rule 5, to issue a warrant of execution.][Bankruptcy of claimant][Rule 14][Rules 11 and 13 shall not apply to any case for which provision is made by section 49 of the Act.]

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