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The Civil Procedure Rule Committee was set up under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 to make rules of court for the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the County Court. The Civil Procedure Rules set out th…
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The Annual Report summarises the Committee’s work, consultations and CPR Updates during 2022; its terms of reference and membership.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Elisabetta Sciallis as a lay member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the reappointment of Tom Montagu-Smith KC, Isabel Hitching KC and David Marshall as legally qualified members of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Ian Curtis-Nye as a lay member of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC).
The Annual Report summarises the Committee’s work, consultations and CPR Updates during 2021; its terms of reference and membership.
The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointment of Ben Roe and Virginia Jones as legal members of the Civil Procedure Rules Committee.
Standard direction order templates to use in multi-track clinical negligence cases being heard in county courts and district registries or Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ).
The Annual Report summarises the Committee’s work, consultations and CPR Updates during 2020; its terms of reference and membership.
Updates to Practice Directions and Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 come into force no later than 31 May 2021.
The update to the Pre-Action Protocol for personal injury claims below the small claims limit in road traffic accidents comes into force on 12 May 2021.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) Pilot (51R) and County Court Online Pilot Scheme (51S). Changes come into effect on 24 May 2021.
Updates to Practice Directions, Pre-action Protocols and Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2021 enter into force on 31 May 2021.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) Pilot, Practice Direction 51R.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to Brexit and the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.
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