[issued on 11 March 1999]


New Practice Directions

The Vice Chancellor has made the following new Practice Directions:

Part 40
Part 40b
Judgments and Orders:A - Accounts and Inquiries
B - Judgments and Orders
Part 42Change of Solicitor
Part 43CostsScope of costs rules and definitions
Part 44CostsGeneral rules about costs
Part 45CostsFixed costs
Part 46CostsFast track trial costs
Part 47CostsProcedure for detailed assessment of costs and default provisions
Part 48CostsSpecial cases
Part 49a
Part 49b
Part 49c
Part 49d
Part 49e
Part 49f
Part 49g
Specialist Jurisdictions:A - Contentious Probate Proceedings
B - Applications under the Companies Act 1985
C - Technology & Construction Court
D - Commercial Court
E - Patents etc.
F - Admiralty
G - Arbitration
Schedule 1RSC Order 31Sale etc of Land by order of the Court

Amendments to Practice Directions

The Vice Chancellor has also made the following amendments to the Practice Directions issued in January:

Part 7new paragraph 4.
Part 8new paragraphs 5.5 and 5.6
Part 12paragraph 1.2(3), rule reference amended
paragraph 3, form numbers amended
Part 16paragraphs after 6 re-numbered
existing paragraph 11.3 deleted
new paragraph 16.3
Part 20paragraph 5.1 amended
new paragraph 7.6
Part 21new paragraph 6.3
Part 23paragraph 9.6 amended
Part 26paragraph 2.1 amended
Part 28paragraph 6.1(4) amended
Part 30paragraph 5.3, rule reference amended
Part 31new paragraph 7
Part 32paragraph 3.1 amended
new paragraph 15.4
paragraph 17.1 amended
paragraph 18.5, rule reference amended
Part 35paragraph 2 amended
Part 37paragraph 1.3 amended
paragraph 5, amended rule reference
Part 51new paragraph 19(3)(d)

General editorial changes

Part 27paragraph 11(1)(b), layout amended, to make sense of rule clear
Form N9CSection 12 re-numbered
Form N150Section A amended
Notes (Section A, Settlement) amended

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      Civil Procedure Rules and Glossary
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      Practice Directions
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      Schedules
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      Protocols
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