Online procedure rule committee minutes

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The Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) is a non-departmental public body set up under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 to make rules governing the practice and procedure for specific types of online court and tribunal proceedings across the Civil, Family and Tribunal jurisdictions. The committee meets to discuss the development of Online Procedure Rules (OPR) across these jurisdictions. For information on online dispute resolution in general, see Practice Note: Online dispute resolution and the digital justice system.

Details of the OPRC’s responsibilities, membership and meeting minutes can be found here.

Minutes of the OPRC 2025

The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 20 October 2025 (held in hybrid format at the Royal Courts of Justice and via video conference) record developments following the Committee’s first public consultation on the digital justice system, discussion of draft possession rules and the Committee’s first open meeting.

For more information, see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—20 October 2025.

Minutes of the OPRC meeting—14 July 2025

The minutes of the OPRC meeting of 14 July 2025 (conducted in a hybrid

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