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What does ACT mean? In corporate and banking practice, ACT usually refers to the Association of Corporate Treasurers, the UK-based professional body for corporate treasury professionals, rather than a statutory “Act”. It is not defined in legislation or case law; the acronym is market terminology used in transaction documents and governance materials. The Association of Corporate Treasurers promotes professional standards in liquidity management, funding, cash and risk management, foreign exchange and derivatives. It publishes guidance and a code of ethics and awards recognised qualifications (including AMCT and FCT). In legal contexts, references to “ACT-qualified” personnel or to ACT good practice may appear in treasury policies,...

CPR directions questionnaires for claims issued before 1 October 2023: N180/N181 completion, filing, allocation, management and sanctions - England and Wales

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This Practice Note considers directions questionnaires for civil claims that are issued before 1 October 2023.

It explains when and how to complete, file and serve the directions questionnaire, together with the consequences of not filing it. The directions questionnaire must be provided on Form N180 or N181, depending on the track to which the case is allocated. The requirements for directions questionnaires differ according to whether proceedings were started before or after 1 October 2023. This Practice Note deals with civil claims issued before 1 October 2023. For guidance on directions questionnaires for civil claims issued on or after 1 October 2023, see Practice Note: Directions questionnaires—position on or after 1 October 2023. Note also that, for personal injury matters, the applicable rules depend on the date the cause of action accrues, and for disease claims, on when the first letter of claim is sent. Consequently, the rules described in this Practice Note apply only to personal injury claims where the cause of action accrued before 1 October 2023 and to disease claims where a letter of claim was sent before 1 October 2023...

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