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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...

CPR Committee open meeting Q&A, 17 June 2016—procedural and policy points on fees, Part 36, Debt PAP, Brussels I and court forms (England and Wales) [Archived]

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived, not maintained, and supplied for background reference only. In addition, some links may no longer direct you to the provisions as at the date this guidance was published. For information on earlier and/or subsequent CPR amendments, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview.

Responses to the questions were given by:

Lord Justice Briggs—The Deputy Head of Civil Justice
Mr Justice Birss—Senior Court Judge
Master Roberts—Senior Court Master
Mr Edward Pepperall—Barrister at St Phillips Chambers who chaired the sub-committee on the Part 36 reforms
Kate Wellington—Solicitor who is chairing the sub-committee on the Debt pre-action protocol

Pre-action procedure for applying for interim payments

Question Answer

Interim payments are needed to deal with matters including, inter alia, rehabilitation; although the Rehabilitation Code sets out a process and encourages co-operation between the parties, consensus is not always reached. Where there is no agreement under the current rules, the route is to commence proceedings and make an application for an interim payment. This can arise before proceedings would otherwise have been started, leading to a stay, or prompting proceedings...

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