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NOTES TO ACCOMPANY APRIL 2000 MONTHLY SUPPLEMENT
The following new Practice Direction has been made:
Applications to the court for directions by trustees in relation to the administration of the trust.

Amendments to existing material are included as follows:

Parts:
Part 6 new paragraph 6.21(2A), references to RSC Order 11 deleted
Part 10 reference to RSC Order 11 amended
Part 12 reference to RSC Order 11 amended
Part 14 reference to RSC Order 11 amended
Part 15 reference to RSC Order 11 amended
Part 16 reference to RSC Order 82 amended
Part 18
Part 37 reference to RSC Order 82 amended
Part 47 table of contents amended and new Section VIII substituted
Schedule 1, RSC Order 15 text amended

Practice Directions:
Part 2B paras 6.1 to 6.3 deleted
Part 4 additional forms included in table
Part 8B table 1, first item deleted
Part 47 paras 2.4(2) and 2.15(2) amended
Part 49F paras 3.1(1), 3.1(2), 4.4, 9.1(6)c, 9.1(7)b amended
Part 49G paras 8.3, 29.4 and 31.8 amended
Part 52 para 8.2 amended, para 4.13, 5.21, 8.4, 20.1, 21.2 replaced, para 8A.1, 15.1 (2)inserted
Insolvency Proceedings paras 10.3 and 10.5 amended
Court of Appeal Practice Direction removed
RSC Order 58 removed

Forms
Index of CPR forms amended to include new forms
N161 Appellant's Notice
N161A Guidance notes on completing the appellant's notice
N161B Important notes for respondents
N162 Respondent's Notice
N162A Guidance notes for completing the respondent's notice
 
Transitional provisions - Appeals
The following transitional provisions apply with regard to appeals:

Where a person has filed a notice of appeal or applied for permission to appeal before 2nd May 2000 -

(a)
Part 52 shall not apply to the appeal to which that notice or application relates; and
(b)
the rules of court relating to appeals in force immediately before 2nd May 2000 shall apply to that appeal as if they had not been revoked.

(See rule 39 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000, as amended by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2000)
The new Practice Direction and the amendments will come into effect on 2 May 2000.