NEW RULES COMING INTO FORCE ON THE 6th APRIL 2022 (5): THE “PERSON” WHO MAY NOT BE NAMED…
A minor amendment is being made to CPR Part 39. The amendment enables any person not to be named if the court thinks this necessary. The rule is no longer confined to a party or witness. Amendment of Part 39…
NEW PRACTICE DIRECTION DEALING WITH PROCEDURE RELATING TO POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS FOLLOWING LIFTING OF THE STAY
A new Practice Direction comes into force on the 23rd August 2020. Practice Direction 55C. This deals with the procedure to be adopted in relation to those actions that have been stayed by reason of the Practice Direction and…
NEW RULES COMING INTO FORCE TOMORROW
Why anyone chose a Saturday as the implementation date for new rules may be a mystery. Nevertheless new rules are in force from tomorrow. Two crucial items: court bundles and writing directly to the court have already been looked at. …
TALES FROM THE APIL CONFERENCE IV: HOW PROCEDURAL CHANGES CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE REAL WORLD
This may have been a strange venue to be talking about intellectual property rights and civil procedure. However it arose because Mr Justice Birss was on the panel and he has a background in intellectual property law. HOW CHANGES TO…
RASTIN RESURRECTED: DO THE NEW RULES RE-INTRODUCE AUTOMATIC STRIKING OUT?
There have been comments on Twitter, and now in the Gazette, that “automatic striking out” is being introduced by the rules coming into force on the 6th April 2017. This is true, however it is important that the rules are…
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