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Analysis of CPR Committee meeting minutes—June 2017

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Published on: 11 July 2017

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Table of contents

Committal applications—breach of anti-social behaviour injunctions
Mercantile Court—Part 59 of the CPR
Electronic working pilot scheme
New Bill of Costs
New Bill of Costs—mandatory from April 2018
IT systems ready for implementation?
Changes to the bill of costs spreadsheet
Hot-tubbing
Costs budgeting (financial threshold in high value PI cases)
Online court pilot scheme

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Article summary

Dispute Resolution analysis: The June 2017 minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) cover a number of issues including committal applications for breach of anti-social behaviour injunctions (ASBIs), amendments to Part 59 of the CPR in the light of the renaming of the Mercantile Court and Mercantile Court judges following the launch of the Business and Property Courts (BPCs), the new Bill of Costs, concurrent expert evidence (‘hot-tubbing’), costs budgeting, further information in relation to the online court pilot scheme (or the civil money claims project (CMCP)), the standard model directions in credit hire cases, electronic working and amendments to Form N157 (notice of allocation to the small claims track).

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