CPR – Rules and Directions

Parts:

Parts 1-10

Web Version
Notes on Practice Directions
Part 1 – Overriding Objective
Practice Direction 1A: participation of vulnerable parties or witnesses
Part 2 – Application and Interpretation of the Rules
Practice Direction 2A – Court Offices
Practice Direction 2B – Allocation of Cases to Levels of Judiciary
Practice Direction 2C – Starting proceedings in the County Court
Omitted
Practice Direction 2E – Jurisdiction of the county court that maybe be exercised by a legal adviser
Practice Direction 2F – Court Sittings
Part 3 – The Court’s Case Management Powers
Practice Direction 3A – Striking Out a Statement of Case
Practice Direction 3B – Sanctions for Non-Payment of Fees
Practice Direction 3C – Civil Restraint Orders
Practice Direction 3D – Costs Management
Practice Direction 3E – Costs Capping
Practice Direction 3F – Requests for the Appointment of an Advocate to the Court
Part 4 – Forms
Omitted
Part 5 – Court Documents
Practice Direction 5A – Court Documents
Practice Direction 5B – Communication and Filing of Documents by e-mail
PRACTICE DIRECTION 5C – CE-File electronic filing and case management system (comes into force 1 October 2025)
Part 6 – Service of Documents
Practice Direction 6A – Service within the United Kingdom
Practice Direction 6B – Service out of the Jurisdiction
Part 7 – How to start Proceedings – The Claim Form
Practice Direction 7A – How to Start Proceedings
Practice Direction 7B- Production Centre
Practice Direction 7C – Money Claim Online
Part 8 – Alternative Procedure for Claims
Omitted
Omitted
Practice Direction 8C omitted
Part 9 – Responding to Particulars of Claim – General
Part 10 – Acknowledgement of Service
Practice Direction 10 omitted

To the top

Parts 11-20

Web Version
Part 11 – Disputing the Court’s Jurisdiction
Part 12 – Default Judgment
Practice Direction 12 omitted
Part 13 – Setting Aside or Varying Default Judgment
Part 14 – Admissions
Practice Direction 14 – OMITTED
Part 15 – Defence and Reply
Omitted
Part 16 – Statements of Case
Practice Direction 16
Part 17 – Amendments to Statements of Case
Practice Direction 17
Part 18 – Further Information
Practice Direction 18
Part 19 – Parties and Group Litigation
Practice Direction 19A – Derivative claims
Practice Direction 19B – Group Litigation
Omitted
Part 20 – Counterclaims and other Additional Claims
Practice Direction 20

To the top

Parts 21-30

Web Version
Part 21 – Children and Protected Parties
Practice Direction 21 – REVOKED
Part 22 – Statements of Truth
Practice Direction 22
Part 23 – General Rules about Applications for Court Orders
Practice Direction 23A – Applications
Practice Direction 23B – REVOKED
Part 24 – Summary Judgment
Practice Direction 24 – REVOKED
Part 25 – Interim Remedies and Security for Costs
Practice Direction 25A – Omitted
Practice Direction 25B – Omitted
Part 26 – Case Management – Preliminary Stage
Practice Direction 26 – Case management – preliminary stage: allocation, reallocation, assignment and reassignment
Part 27 – The Small Claims Track
Practice Direction 27A – Small Claims Track
Practice Direction 27B – Claims Under the Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims Below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents – Court Procedure
Part 28 – The Fast Track and The Intermediate Track
Practice Direction 28 – The Fast Track and The Intermediate Track
Part 29 – The Multi-track
Practice Direction 29
Part 30 – Transfer
Practice Direction 30

To the top

Parts 31-40

Web Version
Part 31 – Disclosure and Inspection of Documents
Practice Direction 31A – Disclosure and Inspection
Practice Direction 31B – Disclosure of Electronic Documents
Practice Direction 31C – Disclosure and inspection in relation to competition claims
Part 32 – Evidence
Practice Direction 32
Part 33 – Miscellaneous Rules about Evidence
Practice Direction 33 – Civil Evidence Act
Part 34 – Witnesses, Depositions and Evidence for Foreign Courts
Practice Direction 34A – Depositions and Court Attendance by Witnesses
Practice Direction 34B – Fees for Examiners of the Court
Part 35 – Experts and Assessors
Practice Direction 35
Part 36 – Offers to Settle
Practice Direction 36 – Offers to Settle
Part 37 – Miscellaneous Provisions about Payments into Court
Practice Direction 37
Part 38 – Discontinuance
Part 39 – Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Hearings
Part 40 – Judgments, Orders, Sale of Land Etc.
Practice Direction 40A – Accounts & Inquiries
Practice Direction 40B – Judgments & Orders
Practice Direction 40D – 1. Court’s Powers in Relation to Land. 2. Conveyancing Counsel of the Court
Practice Direction 40E – Reserved Judgments
Practice Direction 40F – Non-disclosure injunctions information collection scheme

To the top

Parts 41-50

Web Version
Part 41 – Damages
Practice Direction 41A – Provisional Damages
Practice Direction 41B – Periodical Payments under the Damages Act 1996
Part 42 – Change of Solicitor
Practice Direction 42
Part 43 omitted
Part 44 – General Rules about Costs
Practice Direction 44 – General Rules About Costs
Part 45 – Fixed Costs
Practice Direction 45 – Table of Fixed Costs (2024)
Part 46 – Costs special cases
Practice Direction 46 – Costs Special Cases
Part 47 – Procedure for Assessment of Costs and Default Provisions
Practice Direction 47 – Procedure for Detailed Assessment of Costs and Default Provisions
Part 48 – Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, elating to civil litigation funding and costs: transitional provision in relation to pre-commencement funding
Practice Direction 48 – Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, elating to civil litigation funding and costs: transitional provision and exceptions
Part 49 – Specialist Proceedings
Practice Direction 49A – Applications under the Companies Acts and Related Legislation
Practice direction 49B: Mesothelioma claims
Practice direction 49C: Consumer Credit Act 2006 – unfair relationships
Practice direction 49D: Claims for the recovery of taxes and duties
Practice direction 49E: Alternative procedure for claims
Practice direction 49F: Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents and Low Value Personal Injury (Employers’ Liability and Public Liability) Claims – Stage 3 Procedure
Practice Direction 49G – Applications under Part III of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 for use of scientific tests to determine parentage
Practice Direction 49H – Enforcement of consumer protection law (comes into force 6 April 2025)
Part 50 – Application of the Schedules

To the top

Parts 51-60

Web Version
Part 51 – Transitional Arrangements and Pilot Schemes
Practice Direction 51A – Omitted
Practice Direction 51M – Revoked
Practice Direction 51O – Omitted
Practice Direction 51P – Omitted
Practice Direction 51R – Online Civil Money Claims Pilot
Practice Direction 51S – Omitted
Practice Direction 51U – Omitted
Practice Direction 51V – Omitted
Practice Direction 51W – Omitted
Practice Direction 51X – Omitted
Practice Direction 51Y: Video or audio hearings during Coronavirus pandemic
Practice Direction 51Z – Expired
Practice Direction 51ZA – Extension of time limits and clarification of practice direction 51Y – Coronavirus
Practice Direction 51ZB – The Damages Claims Pilot
Practice Direction 51ZC – The small claims paper determination pilot
Practice Direction 51ZD – Pilot scheme for capping costs in patent cases in the shorter trial scheme
Practice Direction 51ZE – Small claims track automatic referral to mediation pilot scheme
Practice Direction 51ZF – Part 3 of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021: provision during piloted commencement (for use on pilot commencement – pilot commenced on 27 November 2024)
Practice Direction 51ZG1 – Pilot scheme for cost budgeting in certain business and property courts and certain business and property work in the county court
Practice Direction 51ZG2 – Pilot scheme for costs budgeting in certain claims with a value of less than £1 million
Practice Direction 51ZG3 – Pilot scheme for certain High Court qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) cases
Practice Direction 51ZH – Access to public domain documents (comes into force on 1 January 2026)
Part 52 – Appeals
Practice Direction 52A – Appeals: General provisions
Practice Direction 52B – Appeals in the county courts and the High Court
Practice Direction 52C – Appeals to the Court of Appeal
Practice Direction 52D – Statutory appeals and appeals subject to special provision
Practice Direction 52E – Appeals by way of case stated
Part 53 – Media and Communications Claims
Practice Direction 53A: Transferring proceedings to and from the media and communications list
Practice Direction 53B: Media and communications claims
Part 54 – Judicial Review and Statutory Review
Practice Direction 54A – Judicial review
Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer 54A – Adolygiad Barnwrol
Practice Direction 54B: Urgent applications and other applications for interim relief
Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer 54B – Ceisiadau Brys a Cheisiadau Eraill am Ryddhad Interim
Practice Direction 54C – Administrative Court (Venue)
Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer 54C  – Llys Gweinyddol (Lleoliad)
Practice Direction 54D – Planning Court Claims
Cyfarwyddyd Ymarfer 54D – Hawliadau Llys Cynllunio
Practice direction 54E: Environmental review claims
Part 55 – Possession Claims
Practice Direction 55A – Possession Claims
Practice Direction 55B – Possession Claims Online
Practice Direction 55C – Coronavirus: temporary provision in relation to possession proceedings
Part 56 – Landlord and Tenant Claims and Miscellaneous Provisions about Land and claims under the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016
Practice Direction 56
Practice Direction 56A: Renting homes (Wales) claims
Part 57 – Probate, Inheritance, Presumption of Death and guardianship of missing persons
Practice Direction 57
Practice Direction 57B – Proceedings under the Presumption of Death Act 2013
Practice Direction 57C – Proceedings under the Guardianship (missing persons) Act 2017
Part 57A – Business and property courts
Practice Direction 57AA – Business and Property Courts
Practice Direction 57AB –  Shorter and flexible trials schemes
Practice Direction 57AC: trial witness statements in the business and property courts
Practice Direction 57AD – Disclosure for the Business and Property Courts
Part 58 – Commercial Court
Practice Direction 58
Part 59 – Circuit Commercial Court
Practice Direction 59
Part 60 – Technology and Construction Court Claims
Practice Direction 60

To the top

Parts 61-70

Web Version
Part 61 – Admiralty Claims
Practice Direction 61
Part 62 – Arbitration Claims
Practice Direction 62
Part 63 – Intellectual Property Claims
Practice Direction 63
Part 63A – Financial List
Practice Direction 63AA – Financial List
Part 64 – Estates, Trusts and Charities
Practice Direction 64A – Estates, Trusts and Charities
Practice Direction 64B – Applications to the Court for Directions by Trustees in Relation to the Administration of the Trusts
Part 65 – Proceedings Relating to Anti-Social Behaviour and Harassment
Practice Direction 65
Part 66 – Crown Proceedings
Practice Direction 66
Part 67 – Proceedings Relating to Solicitors
Practice Direction 67
Part 68 – Proceedings under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
Practice Direction 68 REVOKED
Part 69 – Court’s Power to Appoint a Receiver
Practice Direction 69
Part 70 – General Rules about Enforcement of Judgments and Orders
Practice Direction 70A
Practice Direction 70B: debt respite scheme under the financial guidance and claims act 2018

To the top

Parts 71-80

Web Version
Part 71 – Orders to Obtain Information from Judgment Debtors
Practice Direction 71
Part 72 – Third Party Debt Orders
Practice Direction 72
Part 73 – Charging Orders, Stop Orders and Stop Notices
Practice Direction 73
Part 74 – Enforcement of Judgments in Different Jurisdictions
Practice Direction 74A – Enforcement of Judgments in different Jurisdictions
Practice Direction 74B – REVOKED
Part 75 – Traffic Enforcement
Practice Direction 75
Part 76 – Proceedings Under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
Part 77 – Provision in Support of Criminal Justice
Practice Direction 77
Part 78 – European Procedures – REVOKED
Practice Direction 78 – REVOKED
Part 79 – Proceedings under the counter-terrorism act 2008, part 1 of the terrorist asset-freezing etc. act 2010 and part 1 of the sanctions and anti-money laundering act 2018
Part 80 – Proceedings under the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011

To the top

Parts 81-86

Web Version
Part 81 – Applications and Proceedings in Relation to Contempt of Court
Practice Direction 81 – Revoked
Part 82 – Closed material procedure
Part 83 Writs and Warrants – General Provisions
Practice Direction 83 Writs and Warrants – General Provisions
Part 84 Enforcement by taking control of goods
Practice Direction 84 Enforcement by taking control of goods
Part 85 Claims on Controlled Goods and Executed Goods
Part 86 Stakeholder Claims and Applications
Part 87 Applications for writ of habeas corpus
Part 88 Proceedings under the Counter-terrorism and Security Act 2015
Part 89 Attachment of earnings

To the top

Other Practice Directions

Web Version
Practice Direction – Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols
Practice Direction – Competition Law – claims relating to the application of chapters I and II of part I of the Competition Act 1998 and claims made under section 101 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Insolvency Proceedings
Temporary insolvency practice direction supporting the insolvency practice direction
Directors Disqualification Proceedings
Practice direction relating to the use of of the Welsh language in cases in the civil courts in or having a connection with Wales (English and Welsh)
Devolution Issues and Crown Office Applications in Wales (English)
Devolution Issues and Crown Office Applications in Wales (Welsh)
Application for a Warrant under The Competition Act 1998 or Part 1 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024
Practice Direction – Civil Recovery Proceedings
Practice Direction – Application for a warrant under the Enterprise Act 2002
Practice Direction – Proceedings under Enactments Relating to Equality
Practice Direction – County Court Closures
Practice Direction – Solicitors’ negligence in right to buy cases
Practice Direction – Claims relating to EU and EEA EFTA citizens’ rights under Part 2 of the Withdrawal Agreement and Part 2 of the EEA EFTA Separation Agreement

To the top