(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), a consent order or judgment must be —
(a) drawn in the terms agreed;
(b) expressed as being “By Consent”;
(c) signed by the party or legal practitioner acting for each party to whom the order relates; and
(d) filed at the court office for sealing.
(2) Where a party is a litigant in person any consent order must be approved by the court at a hearing before it is entered.
(3) Except as provided by paragraphs (4) and (5), this rule applies to the following kinds of judgments or orders —
(a) a judgment for —
(i) costs,
(ii) the delivery up of goods with or without the option of paying the value of the goods to be assessed or the agreed value, and
(iii) the payment of a debt or damages (including a judgment or order for damages or the value of goods to be assessed);
(b) an order for the —
(i) discharge from liability of any party;
(ii) dismissal of any claim, wholly or in part;
(iii) payment, assessment or waiver of costs, or such other provision for costs as may be agreed,
(iv) payment out of money which has been paid into court,
(v) setting aside of a default judgment under Part 13,
(vi) stay of enforcement of a judgment, either unconditionally or on condition that the money due under the judgment is payable on a stated date or by instalments specified in the order, and
(vii) stay of proceedings on terms which are attached as a schedule to the order but which are not otherwise part of it (a “Tomlin Order”); and
(c) any procedural order other than one falling within rule 26.7(3) or rule 27.8(1) and (2).
(4) This rule does not apply —
(a) to admiralty proceedings;
(b) where any party is a minor or patient; or
(c) where the court's approval is required by these rules or any enactment before an agreed order can be made.
(5) This rule does not allow the making of a consent order by which any hearing date fixed by the court is to be adjourned.