Robert Hill
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Civil procedure rules
A previous article summarised the new Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) Part 81. This article summarises the further changes effected by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2012 (SI No. 2208) and Update 59 which came into force on 1 October.
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Further reforms to the NCBC
My recent article dealt with the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2011 (SI 2011/3013) which came into force on 19 March 2012. These rules, together with practice direction (PD) changes in update 58, dealt with the necessary procedural changes caused by the establishment of the National Civil Business Centre ...
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National Civil Business Centre and county court claims
Normally changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) made in December come into force the following April. However, the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 4) Rules 2011 (SI 2011/3103) made on 21 December 2011, come into force on 19 March. They deal with one topic only, namely the establishment of the ...
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Amendments to Civil Procedure Rules
There were four sets of amendment rules in 2010 and there has already been one set in 2011.
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Civil Procedure Rules 2010 – latest amendments
With one exception the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2010, and related amendments to the CPR practice directions (PDs) in the 53rd update, come into force on 1 October 2010. Perhaps the most important changes are those which implement three recommendations in Lord Justice Jackson’s (pictured) report on ...
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Are you being served?
Robert Hill looks at the new regime for service of documents as outlined in the changes to the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2008