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What does CPR mean? In civil litigation practice, CPR refers to the civil procedure rules governing procedure in the High Court and County Court of England and Wales. Read with their Practice Directions, the CPR set out how claims are issued and served, case management, disclosure, evidence, trials, appeals, enforcement and costs, including detailed assessment in the Senior Courts Costs Office (scco). The rules are made under the Civil Procedure Act 1997 by the Civil Procedure Rule Committee; “CPR” is practitioner shorthand rather than a defined statutory term. The CPR and Practice Directions are published on the Ministry of Justice website...

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Civil Procedure Rules updates (England and Wales): 89th–92nd amendments, online court pilots, Circuit Commercial Courts renaming, appeals, detailed assessment, European procedures and enforcement changes—August to October 2017 [Archived]

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ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived, not maintained, and provided for background use only. Some links may no longer point to the provisions as they stood when this guidance was issued. For details on earlier and/or later amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview.

When do the changes come into force?

Changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) took effect on Sunday, 1 October 2017. The three Making documents came into force on the following dates:

  • 89th update: 8 August 2017
  • 90th update: 8 August 2017
  • 91st update: 31 August 2017

Regarding the pilot schemes, these commenced as follows:

  • Practice Direction 51Q—the County Court advisers pilot scheme. This applies to claims begun in the County Court Business Centre and the County Court Money Claims centres (CCMCC) since 29 July 2017. It is contained in the 89th update, together with consequential changes to other parts of the CPR
  • Practice Direction 51R—the online court pilot runs from 7 August 2017 to 30 November 2019. It is set out in the 89th update...
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