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Criminal Practice Directions definition

What does Criminal Practice Directions mean? Practical directions issued by the Lord Chief Justice that tell practitioners and judges how criminal cases should be managed and conducted in the courts of England and Wales. They sit alongside, and supplement, the criminal procedure rules, providing detailed guidance on case management, listing, disclosure, service of documents, use of live links, treatment of vulnerable and intimidated witnesses, expert evidence and courtroom practice. They are routinely applied in the magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court and the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division). Issued under section 74 of the Courts Act 2003 and Schedule 2 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...

Criminal Practice Directions 2023—scope, structure and 2023–2025 amendments; relationship to Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 and Practice Direction (Costs in Criminal Proceedings) (England and Wales)

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CPD and CrimPR

The Lord Chief Justice is empowered by the Courts Act 2003 and the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 to issue directions concerning the practice and procedure of the criminal courts. Those directions complement, and must be read alongside, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, SI 2025/909 (CrimPR 2025). For guidance on CrimPR, see Practice Note: The Criminal Procedure Rules...

Collectively, CrimPR and those directions—referred to as the CPD—set the framework for practice and procedure across all criminal courts, including magistrates’ courts, Crown Courts, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), and Extradition appeal matters before the High Court. It follows that all criminal practitioners should be fully acquainted with the requirements found in both the CrimPR and the CPD...

Those directions (CPD), together with the Practice Direction (Costs in Criminal Proceedings), are amended when necessary, typically to reflect changes made to the CrimPR...

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