New Practice Direction 51Z to Stay Possession Proceedings
The Master of the Rolls and the Lord Chancellor have signed Practice Direction 51Z (PD) in relation to housing possession proceedings during the Coronavirus pandemic. It follows the Coronavirus Act 2020 emergency legislation and complements t...
Our understanding (from the Civil Court Users Committee in Nottingham) is that PD51Z, in addition to staying possession proceedings, was set to extend all CPR time limits by 90 days ?? If you look at the full title of the Practice Direction, it suggests this to be so .. but then, in the Schedule, only the part about possession proceedings is showing. Strange!