ON THE RIGHT TRACK I refer to CJA Cope's letter (see [2002] Gazette, 4 January, 11) in which he expresses concern over a case worth 20,000 being allocated to the fast-track (and then being landed with fixed costs at some stage in the future).May I draw readers' attention to part 26.7(3) of the Civil Procedure Rules, which reads: 'The court will not allocate proceedings to a track if the financial value of any claim in those proceedings...

exceeds the limit for that track unless all parties consent to the allocation of the claim to that track.' In other words, the court cannot 'allocate down'.Owen W D Williams, solicitor-advocate, Clarke Willmott & Clarke, Bristol