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.

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The minutes of the OPRC meeting of 12 May 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building (Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference) cover a number of issues including statutory instruments, consultation planning, sub-committee updates on possession and property, the pre-action model, inclusion framework, the future coordination of workstreams and a joint event with the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC).

For more information, see News Analysis: Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—12 May 2025.

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