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Part 4 — Civil Claims

56 Transfer into Court of King's Bench

Current to 2025-06-11 · Official PDF

(1) If at any time a claim, counterclaim or defence involves a
matter that is beyond the jurisdiction of the Court, the Court may
order that the matter be transferred to the Court of King's Bench.
(2) When an order is made under subsection (1), a clerk of the
Court of Justice shall forward to a clerk of the Court of King's
Bench the record of any evidence in the form in which it was taken,
any money paid into the Court of Justice, other than court fees, and
RSA 2000

all other documents and exhibits in the possession of the Court of
Justice pertaining to the matter.
(3) When a matter is transferred into the Court of King's Bench,
the Court of King's Bench may, on any conditions it considers
proper,
(a) continue the matter to completion, or
(b) order the matter to be recommenced.
(4) If a matter is transferred into the Court of King's Bench and a
party had abandoned a portion of the party's claim or counterclaim
under section 9.6(4), that party may, subject to any conditions that
the Court of King's Bench considers proper, withdraw the
abandonment of that portion of the claim or counterclaim and
proceed on the entire claim or counterclaim, as the case may be.
RSA 2000 cP-31 s56;RSA 2000 c16(Supp) s22;AR 217/2022;
AR 75/2023