ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. The CPR Committee used to circulate the agenda and underlying papers with the minutes. However, on receiving the July and October 2018 agendas, we were advised that this is being reconsidered across all rule committees. Until a final and consistent policy is determined, a request will need to be made for specific papers and we were advised that such requests would be considered on a case by case basis. As a result no documents explaining the issues discussed are provided with this Practice Note. A copy of the minutes is available here: Online Civil Money Claims pilot project The conditions for continued governance of the Online Civil Money Claims pilot project were agreed and adopted. Open justice and CPR 39 A paper was presented to update the CPRC of the approach of the subcommittee pending the Ministry of Justice’s official response to the consultation exercise due in November 2018. The topic will be considered in the December

Dispute resolution analysis: The minutes of the CPR Committee (CPRC) meeting of 3 November 2023 (conducted in a fully remote format via video conference) cover a number of issues including the extension of fixed recoverable costs, penal notices and costs capping for patent cases in the shorter trial scheme.

The minutes of the meeting of the King’s Bench Masters’ Court Users Group, which took place on 21 November 2024, have been published. A number of practical procedural points were discussed. Notably, Form 92A is now mandatory for Writs of Possession applications transferred from County Court to High Court for enforcement. The discussion also covered the increasing use of costs budgeting in high-value clinical negligence claims involving children or protected parties, emphasising that such decisions are made on a case-by-case basis.The court warned of potential costs consequences for uncooperative parties in the costs management process. Additionally, updates were provided on current processing times for various court procedures, indicating improvements in efficiency across Central Office operations. The user questions have been anonymised in the published minutes. Please note that the original version of the minutes contained details of the users who submitted questions, but those names have been removed from the version attached below.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (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, and future coordination of workstreams.

The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 14 April 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building and via video conference) cover a number of issues including Ministry of Justice policy updates, digital tools for Private Family Law, progress on the statutory instrument, the Inclusion Framework, the Pre-Action Model and updates from sub-committees including the Property and Possession Working Group.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 14 July 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building (Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference) cover a number of issues including the next enabling Statutory Instrument (SI), the forward look for Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC), Damages Claim Portal (DCP), and Employment Tribunals (ET), event and consultation planning, and the drafting of the core Online Procedure Rules.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 17 June 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at the Royal Courts of Justice, Rolls Building and via Microsoft Teams) cover a number of issues including the draft Possession Practice Direction, Requirement 10, the Core Online Procedure Rules statutory instrument, the Inclusion Framework and Early Resolution Model, and implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.

The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 17 November 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building (Royal Courts of Justice) and via video conference) cover a number of issues including feedback from the committee’s open meeting, prioritisation of work on the draft Inclusion Framework, possible expansion of the OPRC’s rulemaking powers (including proposals relating to online civil money and damages claims), property and possession rule development (including paper forms for non-digital users), and an update on Residential Property Tribunal digitisation and service coherence.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (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 law digital project.

Dispute Resolution analysis: 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.

Dispute resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 22 May 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Royal Courts of Justice and via MS Teams) cover a number of issues including a proposed amendment to the Core Online Procedure Rules, the scope and timing of the Possession Practice Direction and its relationship with the Civil Procedure Rules, and the inclusion framework and early resolution model.

Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 23 March 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at the Royal Courts of Justice (Rolls Building) and via MS Teams) cover a number of issues including revisions to the draft Core Online Procedure Rules, possession digital service design, the possession practice direction, digitalisation of property work in civil and tribunals, and next steps on the Inclusion Framework and Early Resolution Model.