The new Costs Practice Direction and para 4A in the Protocol Practice Direction will come in to force on 3 July, with all other amendments coming in to force on the 14 July.

This update does not include some final changes to the Costs Practice Direction, or other consequential changes to other rules in this publication. Be aware that while the printed copies of this update do not include some final changes to the Costs PD they are included here on the website version. The consequential changes of the Costs PD have not been included in this 16th Update in either medium; they will be included in the 17th Update. In the meantime, however, the list of the consequential changes is available here as a pdf document.

Amendments to existing Rules:

6.20amended following changes to the Costs Rules
7.2amended following changes to the Costs Rules
8.2, 8.3amended following changes to the Costs Rules
15.6amended following changes to the Costs Rules
16.2amended following changes to the Costs Rules
24.2amended following changes to the Costs Rules
38.8amended following changes to the Costs Rules
42.2amended following changes to the Costs Rules
43.2amended following changes to the Costs Rules
44 contents, 44.3B, 44.4, 44.8, 44.12A, 44.14A, 44.15, 44.16, 44.17amended following changes to the Costs Rules
45.1amended following changes to the Costs Rules
46.3amended following changes to the Costs Rules
47 contents, 47.8, 47.10, 47.13, 47.17A, 47.19, 47.20, 47.22amended following changes to the Costs Rules
48 contents, 48.2, 48.6A, 48.7, 48.8, 48.9amended following changes to the Costs Rules
Schedule 2 - CCR O 49.17amended following changes to the Costs Rules

Amendments to existing Practice Directions:

Part 6B5.2 new enactments
Part 7C1.4 (4) amended
Part 23new para 6.1A
Part 52new para 2A.6, 21.2 (4), (5), and (6) amended
Pre-Action Protocol3.2 amended
Costsnew to supplement parts 43 to 48

Amendments to existing Protocols:

Personal Injury Protocolsparas 2.2, 2.4, 2.11, 3.8, 3.16, 3.21 amended

Amendments to existing Forms:

N244new form

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