Portal grab for defendants; Covid rent arbitration flop; Beware of glass cubes; MIAM rule book.
DOUBLE TAKE
Humble congratulations are offered to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee to mark the 150th CPR update. Clap your Green Books together. If and when you read it, you may think you are going mad. Fear not: your mental faculties are intact. The update comprises amended CPR PD 51ZB. Almost the spitting image of the amended PD which comprised the 145th update and was pulled the day before it was due to come into force (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ, 17 June 2022, p17). We are here talking about the damages claims portal and the condemnation of legal representatives to now use it to respond to those claims issued through it.
The latest amended PD applies to portal claims where the claimant has given the defendant prior notice on or after 15 September 2022 of their intention to use the portal to start their claim. The PD was published just an indecently short seven days previously. It is at least 14 days’ prior
