SLOW LEARNING
Before former minister Lord Bellamy KC removed the sandwich crumbs from his drawers, to make way for the lunches of Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede, he managed to sign off the CPR’s 170th PD update, which came into force on 18 July 2024. It extends to 1 October 2025 the pilots for online civil money claims—around for seven years so they are beginning to get the hang of things—and damages claims. As to the former, the case progression and application features which have hitherto applied only in the early adopter courts are rolled out nationally, except for the county court at Birmingham, which must tantalisingly wait a bit longer.
MAKE IT SHORT
Try out this direction at your next case management conference and see whether you get your Green Book slapped. ‘The judgment of the trial judge shall be confined to no more than 2,000 folios.’ You see, the cost of obtaining a transcript of the judgment (essential for appeals, advice on appeals and sharing with other drinkers
