CPR

David Pickstone, Darren Kidd & Alexander Lerner examine some positive signs for CPR 19.6 & the future of collective proceedings in England and Wales

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has released its drafts changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) agreed upon at a meeting on 31 March 2023. 

Dispute resolution uses an astonishing amount of carbon resources, and it’s time to make it more environmentally sustainable, barrister Dr Mike Wilkinson and commercial director of AI-powered litigation platform TrialView, Eimear McCann write in this week’s NLJ.

Is litigation in its current form consistent with the UK’s carbon reduction commitments? Dr Mike Wilkinson & Eimear McCann make the case for rule reform

Court of Protection and trust lawyers who assist in personal injury and clinical negligence cases will be impacted by proposed amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules. 

How do the latest amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules impact on children & protected parties? Gareth Williams explains

The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, has approved amendments to Practice Direction 27B, the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents (the RTA Protocol), the Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims (the EL/PL Protocol) and the Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents (the RTA Small Claims Protocol). 

The Master of the Rolls, Sir Geoffrey Vos, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Lord Christopher Bellamy KC, have signed into effect the 154th Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules. 

Two rulebooks, both alike in dignity, in fair England’s courts, where we lay our scene.