If the parties to any action, other than an action which, if commenced in the High Court, would have been assigned to the Chancery Division or to the Family Division or have involved the exercise of the High Court's Admiralty jurisdiction, agree, by a memorandum signed by them or by their respective legal representatives, that the county court ... shall have jurisdiction in the action, that court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the action accordingly.
Section 18: Jurisdiction by agreement in certain actions.
County Courts Act 1984 · 1984 c. 28View on legislation.gov.uk
Part II: Jurisdiction and Transfer of Proceedings
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