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 42 | Change of Solicitor | |
| Part 43 | Costs | Scope of costs rules and definitions |
| Part 44 | Costs | General rules about costs |
| Part 45 | Costs | Fixed costs |
| Part 46 | Costs | Fast track trial costs |
| Part 47 | Costs | Procedure for detailed assessment of costs and default provisions |
| Part 48 | Costs | Special 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 1 | RSC Order 31 | Sale 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 7 | new paragraph 4. |
| Part 8 | new paragraphs 5.5 and 5.6 |
| Part 12 | paragraph 1.2(3), rule reference amended paragraph 3, form numbers amended |
| Part 16 | paragraphs after 6 re-numbered existing paragraph 11.3 deleted new paragraph 16.3 |
| Part 20 | paragraph 5.1 amended new paragraph 7.6 |
| Part 21 | new paragraph 6.3 |
| Part 23 | paragraph 9.6 amended |
| Part 26 | paragraph 2.1 amended |
| Part 28 | paragraph 6.1(4) amended |
| Part 30 | paragraph 5.3, rule reference amended |
| Part 31 | new paragraph 7 |
| Part 32 | paragraph 3.1 amended new paragraph 15.4 paragraph 17.1 amended paragraph 18.5, rule reference amended |
| Part 35 | paragraph 2 amended |
| Part 37 | paragraph 1.3 amended paragraph 5, amended rule reference |
| Part 51 | new paragraph 19(3)(d) |
General editorial changes
| Part 27 | paragraph 11(1)(b), layout amended, to make sense of rule clear |
| Form N9C | Section 12 re-numbered |
| Form N150 | Section A amended Notes (Section A, Settlement) amended |
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