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Civil Procedure Rules definition

What does Civil Procedure Rules mean? The Civil Procedure rules (CPR) are the procedural code for almost all civil litigation in the County Court, High Court and Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in England and Wales, governing case management, timetables, service, statements of case, disclosure, evidence, costs and appeals. Made by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee under the Civil Procedure Act 1997, the CPR have legal force and are supplemented by practice Directions and pre-action protocols. Core features include the overriding objective (Part 1) and case management powers and sanctions (Part 3, including relief from sanctions). For costs, the CPR (notably Parts 44–47) and...

Summary of ADR, NDR, ENE and Chancery FDR in High Court and BPC court guides, and County Court at Central London (England and Wales)

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Practice notes

This Practice Note outlines the principal provisions on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and negotiated dispute resolution (NDR) set out in the various court guides for the different divisions of the High Court, including direction on early neutral evaluation (ENE).

Court guides

Every division of the High Court publishes its own court guide, offering a general account of that court’s work and practice, along with practical material to be read with the civil procedure rules (CPR) to support effective management of proceedings in that court.

These guides are not a replacement for the CPR; rather, they explain how the rules and practice directions are applied in those courts.

Although they do not have the status of a Practice Direction and do not possess the force of law, parties are expected to adhere to them; failure to do so may influence how the court exercises its powers under the CPR, which can include the imposition of adverse costs orders.

For information on all relevant court guides, see Practice Note: Court guides and other guidance. The principal court guides relevant to general...

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