Supreme Court Rules 2000

The following classes of proceedings are to be commenced by a writ, unless these rules provide that they are to be commenced by application:

for the recovery of a debt;

for the recovery of wages or other remuneration;

for the restitution or return of money paid;

for the assessment of a sum as the value of goods or services, including claims on a quantum meruit or quantum valebat;

proceedings based on a common count;

for the recovery of a sum due on a negotiable instrument;

for the return of goods or their value;

for the recovery of money due in respect of necessaries supplied;

for the enforcement of a bond;

for the enforcement of a contract, an indemnity or a guarantee;

for the specific performance of a contract;

for the recovery of rent or mesne profits;

for the recovery of land;

for the recovery of damages, however arising;

for the declaration of a private right, including a right to ownership of personal property, except one to which rule 89(a) or rule 90(1)(a) applies;

for the declaration of a public right, except one to which rule 89(a) or rule 90(1)(a) applies;

for the rectification of a deed or other instrument;

for the setting aside of a contract or a gift;

for the setting aside of a deed, conveyance, transfer or other instrument;

in the nature of an action of replevin;

for an injunction, except if it is sought as ancillary to relief claimed in an application;

for the enforcement of a statutory right if the statute creating the right specifies that the proceeding to enforce the right is to be by way of an action;

for other relief which, before the commencement of the Act, was sought by action commenced by – writ or plaint and summons; or bill or information in the equity jurisdiction of the Court; or citation or otherwise in the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Court;

for the repeal, revocation, cancellation or vacation of any grant or charter granted or issued by the Crown or of any record;

against the Crown.