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Multi-track definition

What does Multi-track mean? In civil litigation in England and Wales, the multi-track is the case management route for complex or higher-value claims that do not fit the small claims, fast or intermediate tracks. It is provided for by the Civil Procedure Rules, principally Part 26 on track allocation. Multi-track cases typically involve substantial value, multiple parties or issues, extensive disclosure, expert evidence, and trials lasting more than a day. The court gives bespoke directions and may hold case management conferences and pre-trial reviews, order split issues, and tailor timetables. Costs are generally outside the fixed recoverable costs regime. Costs management and budgeting apply under...

Track allocation under the CPR before 1 April 2013: criteria, questionnaires, allocation notices, features of small, fast and multi-tracks, and Patents County Court small claims (England and Wales) [Archived]

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Practice notes

ARCHIVED: NOTE: SAVE FOR WHERE A DEFENCE HAS BEEN RECEIVED BEFORE 1 APRIL 2013, THIS PRACTICE NOTE IS FOR HISTORICAL PURPOSES ONLY.

For details on the position after 1 April 2013, see Practice Note: Case management—allocation—the different case management tracks.

Changes since 1 April 2013

From 1 April 2013, allocation questionnaires were replaced by directions questionnaires where ‘a defence is received’ on or after that date. What remains uncertain is:

whether ‘received’ means received by the court rather than by the other parties; and/or
whether ‘a defence’ in multi-defendant cases brings the new rules into play if any defendant files on or after 1 April 2013, even where other defendants filed before then

If you are now dealing with directions questionnaires instead of allocation questionnaires, see Practice Notes: Directions questionnaires and Case management—allocation—the different case management tracks.

When will the court allocate the claim?

The court will assign a claim to one of the three tracks when either every defendant has submitted an allocation questionnaire or the deadline for filing an allocation questionnaire has expired, whichever is earlier (Rule 26.5 (1))...

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