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Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Establishment and Jurisdiction of Tribunals
9. Abandonment of part of claim to give tribunal jurisdiction
Feedback & support(1)
Where the value of a claim exceeds the prescribed limit and no agreement is reached between the parties thereto as to an extension of the jurisdiction of the tribunal under section 5(4), the claimant may abandon the excess, and thereupon the tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine the claim.
(2)
Where the tribunal has jurisdiction to hear and determine a claim by virtue of subsection (1), an order of the tribunal under this Act in relation to that claim is in full discharge of all demands in respect of that claim.
tribunal
Defined · s 2
“tribunal” means a Small Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;