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Civil Procedure Rule Committee minutes—6 December 2024: April 2025 CPR/PD amendments; CMP and DMCCA reforms; SLAPP definition; parole referrals; service and injunction changes (England and Wales)

Published on: 06 March 2025

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Note: the CPRC has ceased distributing the underlying papers with the minutes; consequently, no background documents explaining the issues are supplied with this News Analysis. A copy of the minutes is available here: Minutes of the Civil Procedure Committee.

Welcome, action log and matters arising (item 1)

The minutes of the meeting on 1 November were approved—see News Analysis: Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—1 November 2024. The following items were considered:

Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPO) pilot—the pilot CPR PD 51ZF took effect on 27 November 2024. The Chair stressed the value of cross-jurisdiction collaboration and confirmed out-of-committee approval of the judicial working group’s template orders.
CPR PD 83 Possession Enforcement reforms—the significant effort on the reforms, and the retitling of a prescribed form by removing ‘A’ from PF92A, were acknowledged. The recommended changes were duly approved.
CPR 52 Appellant’s Notice Consultation—this was discussed and agreed under item 2 at the Minutes of the CPR Committee meeting—4 October 2024...

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