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Parts:

• 1-10
• 11-20
• 21-30
• 31-40
• 41-50
• 51-60
• 61-70
• 71-80
• 81-89
• Other PDs

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
Practice Direction 2D - References in the Rules to actions done by the court
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 - Mesothelioma Claims
Practice Direction 3E - Costs Management
Practice Direction 3F - Costs Capping
Practice Direction 3G – Requests for the Appointment of an Advocate to the Court
Part 4 - Forms
Practice Direction 4
Part 5 - Court Documents
Practice Direction 5A - Court Documents
Practice Direction 5B - Communication and Filing of Documents by e-mail
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 - Consumer Credit Act 2006 - Unfair Relationships
Practice Direction 7C - Production Centre
Practice Direction 7D - Claims for the Recovery of Taxes and Duties
Practice Direction 7E - Money Claim Online
Part 8 - Alternative Procedure for Claims
Practice Direction 8A - Alternative Procedure for Claims
Practice Direction 8B - Pre-Action Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic Accidents - Stage 3 Procedure
Practice Direction 8C - Alternative Procedure for Statutory Review of Certain Planning Matters
Part 9 - Responding to Particulars of Claim - General
Part 10 - Acknowledgement of Service
Practice Direction 10

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Parts 11-20

Web Version
Part 11 - Disputing the Court's Jurisdiction
Part 12 - Default Judgment
Practice Direction 12
Part 13 - Setting Aside or Varying Default Judgment
Part 14 - Admissions
Practice Direction 14
Part 15 - Defence and Reply
Practice Direction 15
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 - Addition and Substitution of Parties
Practice Direction 19B - Group Litigation
Practice Direction 19C - Derivative Claims
Part 20 - Counterclaims and other Additional Claims
Practice Direction 20

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Parts 21-30

Web Version
Part 21 - Children and Protected Parties
Practice Direction 21
Part 22 - Statements of Truth
Practice Direction 22
Part 23 - General Rules about Applications for Court Orders
Practice Direction 23A - Applications
Practice Direction 23B - Applications under particular statutes
Part 24 - Summary Judgment
Practice Direction 24
Part 25 - Interim Remedies and Security for Costs
Practice Direction 25A - Interim Injunctions
Practice Direction 25B - Interim Payments
Part 26 - Case Management - Preliminary Stage
Practice Direction 26
Part 27 - The Small Claims Track
Practice Direction 27 - 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 (comes into force 31 May 2021
Part 28 - The Fast Track
Practice Direction 28
Part 29 - The Multi-track
Practice Direction 29
Part 30 - Transfer
Practice Direction 30

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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

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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 – Fixed Costs
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 - Order under Section 127 of the Insolvency Act 1986
Part 50 - Application of the Schedules

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Parts 51-60

Web Version
Part 51 - Transitional Arrangements and Pilot Schemes
Practice Direction 51A - Omitted
Practice Direction 51M - Revoked
Practice Direction 51O - Electronic Working Pilot Scheme
Practice Direction 51P - Pilot for Insolvency Express Trials
Practice Direction 51R - Online Civil Money Claims Pilot
Practice Direction 51S – The County Court Online Pilot
Practice Direction 51U - Disclosure pilot for the Business and Property Courts
Practice Direction 51V - The video hearings pilot scheme
Practice Direction 51W - The capped costs list pilot scheme
Practice Direction 51X – New Statement of Costs for Summary Assessment Pilot
Practice Direction 51Y: Video or audio hearings during Coronavirus pandemic
Practice Direction 51Z: Stay of possession proceedings, Coronavirus
Practice Direction 51ZA – Extension of time limits and clarification of practice direction 51Y - Coronavirus
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
Practice Direction 54B: Urgent applications and other applications for interim relief
Practice Direction 54C - Administrative Court (Venue)
Practice Direction 54D - Planning Court 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
Practice Direction 56
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
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

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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 - References to the European Court - REVOKED
Practice Direction 68
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

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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 - European Enforcement Orders
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
Part 79 - Proceedings under the Counter - Terrorism Act 2008
Part 80 - Proceedings under the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011

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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

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Other Practice Directions

Web Version
Practice Direction - Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols
EU Competition law Practice Direction
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
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

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