This Practice Direction supplements CPR Part 33
1 Section 16(3A) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (c. 38.) (as amended) provides that transitional provisions for the application of the provisions of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 to proceedings begun before 31 January 1997 may be made by practice direction.
2 Except as provided for by paragraph 3, the provisions of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 apply to claims commenced before 31 January 1997.
3 The provisions of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 do not apply to claims commenced before 31 January 1997 if, before 26 April 1999:
(a) directions were given, or orders were made, as to the evidence to be given at the trial or hearing; or
(b) the trial or hearing had begun.
Updated: Monday, 30 January 2017