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 2026

Minutes of the OPR Committee meeting—19 January 2026

The minutes of the OPRC meeting of 19 January 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building (Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference) cover a number of issues including expansion of the OPRC’s rulemaking powers, next steps following consultation on the draft Online Procedure (Core Rules and Practice Directions) 2026, HMCTS progress on meeting the OPRC’s requirements (including integration of property tribunal and possession services), sub-committee workstream and governance arrangements, and an update on the private family

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Dispute Resolution analysis: The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of a judge at first instance to stay an application for a third-party costs order under section 51 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 until after the conclusion of the detailed assessment of the underlying bill of costs. Dismissing Nigeria’s appeal, the Court of Appeal held that there is no presumption that a third-party costs application should be determined before a detailed assessment. The question is purely one of case management, to be decided in accordance with the interests of justice and the overriding objective. The decision, being within the scope of discretion allowed a judge, was not amenable to appeal; that a different judge would have reached a different conclusion was not in point. Where there is a real question whether any further sum will be payable following assessment (particularly where a substantial payment on account has already been made and costs are to be assessed on the standard basis), it is legitimate to stay the third party application to avoid wasting court resources on what may prove to be a pointless satellite exercise. Of general and at least equal significance to costs practitioners were the Court of Appeal’s strong comments (obiter dicta in strict terms) deprecating disproportionate detailed assessment processes and endorsing the use of sampling as a case management tool in cases involving very significant bills of legal costs. Written by Lauren Godfrey, barrister at Gatehouse Chambers.

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Professional negligence and limitation—the roll of impecuniosity in constructive knowledge (Kay v Martineau Johnson)

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