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GENERAL MATTERS
Effective Date [NEW] - the 10th set of amendments and additions comes into force on Monday 10 January.
Next Amendments [NEW] - the 11th set of amendments & additions will be available on Friday 28 January.
Progress Report - a speech to the Motor Accident Solicitors' Society's AGM at Birmingham on 15 October by David Lock MP, Parliamentary Secretary at LCD. It contains the first ministerial assessment of how the civil justice reforms are progressing and also looks at the next tranche of civil reforms.
Forms
* CPR general - 74
* Admiralty - 28
* Children Act - 20
* Complaints - 1
* Commercial - 18
* Costs - 21
* Criminal Appeals - 10
* Divorce - 9
* Divorce (costs) - 3
* Technology & Construction - 4
* Young Witnesses - 2
and there are 64 information leaflets:
* CPR general - 26
* Attachment of earning - 1
* Civil Appeals - 1
* Claims - 9
* Complaints - 1
* Courts Charter - 15
* County Court fees - 1
* Deaf user guide - 1
* Divorce - 5
* Family Law Act - 1
* Probate - 1
* Squatters - 2
Forms produced by courts are only available from courts.
Court Guides - Further information about the operation of the new rules and practice directions in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and the Mercantile Courts are contained in guides, printed copies of which are available from the respective courts. They have also been posted on the Court Service website:
Statutory Instruments - Two Statutory Instruments relate to the new rules:
CIVIL PROCEDURE RULE COMMITTEE - VACANCY
Barristers and others with a Supreme Court qualification (within the meaning of section 71 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990) are invited to apply to fill a vacancy on the Civil Procedure Rule Committee.
The Civil Procedure Rule Committee was established under the Civil Procedure Act 1997. It is responsible for making rules of court for the civil division of the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the county courts. The production of the new Civil Procedure Rules, the unified set of rules for the civil justice system, constituted the first phase of the Committee’s work. It has since been working on appeals, group litigation orders and will in the future be working on judicial review, housing and enforcement.
The appointment will be for a period of two to four years and is offered without remuneration. Travelling and out-of-pocket expenses will be payable.
Application forms must be submitted by 23 December 1999.
To obtain an application form, please contact:
John Bancroft
Room 3.23
Lord Chancellor’s Department
Selborne House
54-60 Victoria St
London SW1E 6QW
Tel: 0171-210 0663 or Fax: 0171-210 0682
E-mail: jbancroft@lcdhq.gsi.gov.uk
ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS
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CURRENT VERSIONS
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CONSULTATION PAPERS
* [NEW] Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - a discussion paper: responses are sought by 25 February 2000.
* Conditional Fees: Sharing the risks of litigation: responses were sought by 26 November 1999.
* Defamation Act 1996: responses were sought by 10 November 1999.
* New Civil Procedure Rules on Appeals - CPR Part 59: responses were sought by 25 October 1999.
* Expert Witness - A draft Code of Guidance for Experts under the Civil Procedure Rules has been prepared by a working party: comments were sought by 11 October. Click here for more details.
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PAPER COPIES
Paper copies of the Rules (ISBN 011 3801173), including the monthly updating service, may be ordered through The Stationery Office, tel: 0345-023 474.
COMMENTARIES
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