[issued on 1 April 1999]


New Practice Directions

The Vice Chancellor has made the following new Practice Directions, which are included in this supplement:

Part 7cHow to Start Proceedings: Production Centre
Part 8bHow to Make Claims in the Schedule Rules and Other Claims
Part 40cJudgments and Orders: Structured Settlements
Part 41Provisional Damages
Part 49cSpecialist Jurisdictions: Technology and Construction Court (This replaces the Practice Direction published in the first instalment)
Schedule 1RSC Order 52
Schedule 2CCR Order 29

Amendments to Practice Directions

Also included are amendments made by the Vice Chancellor to previously published Practice Directions as follows:

Part 7a (The Claim Form)paragraph 2.9 amended.
Part 7b (Consumer Credit Act Claim)paragraphs 4.1 and 7.2 amended.
Part 12 (Default Judgment)paragraph 1.2(3) amended.
Part 16 (Statements of Case)paragraph 8.1 amended
new text inserted between 8.1 and 8.2
Part 23 (General Rules about Applications)paragraph 6.3(1) and (5) amended
Part 25a (Interim Injuctions)paragraph 4.5(1) amended.
Part 26 (Case Management)new text inserted between 7.4 and 7.5
paragraph 10.2(10) replaced
Part 27 (Small Claims Track)new text inserted at end of paragraph 7.3
Part 28 (Fast Track)paragraphs 3.6(3) and 3.7(4) amended
paragraph 7.1(1) replaced
in Appendix, paragraph relating to Trial Bundle amended
Part 29 (Multi-Track)paragraphs 5.5(2) and 10.1 amended
Part 32 (Evidence)paragraph 17.1 amended
Part 34 (Depositions and Court Attendances)paragraph 6.1 amended
Part 39 (Miscellaneous Provisions)new paragraph 1.5(11) inserted
Protocols Practice Directionparagraph 2.4 amended
paragraph 3.2(b) replaced
new paragraph 5.2, remainder paragraphs re-numbered

General editorial changes

There are minor editorial amendments to the following forms. The revised versions should be inserted into the Forms' section of the publication and the originals discarded:

Form N1 (FD)Consumer Credit Act Claims
Form N170Listing Questionnaire
Form N205CNotice of Issue (non-money claim)
Form N266Notice to Admit Facts
Form N268Notice to prove documents at trial

A revised contents' list is included.


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