ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. Contents • New costs rules and practice directions • Transitional provisions for funding agreements • Reform of conditional fee agreements • Ban on referral fees • Reform of After the Event insurance • Damages based agreements • Increased sanctions under Part 36 • Non-pecuniary general damages—10% increase • Proportionality • Payments on account • Qualified one way costs shifting • Costs management • Case management • Disclosure • Witnesses of fact • Expert evidence • Appeals New costs rules and practice directions A wholesale review of the costs rules and practice directions was undertaken by a subcommittee of the CPR Committee. Removal of rules relating to funding agreements has resulted in

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. THIS PRACTICE NOTE HAS BEEN UPDATED IN LINE WITH SI 2014/867, PUBLISHED ON 2 APRIL 2014. April 2014 sees a number of changes to the CPR rules and practice directions over a number of different dates. Here, we set out a quick summary followed, for convenience, by the CPR changes in table format so the date on which changes occur are clear. The changes are made under SI 2014/407 unless stated otherwise. The SIs coming into force There are currently four SIs which are bringing changes to the CPR into force. It is anticipated that there will be a further one to deal with the new 28 day extension of time by party agreement to enable this new

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note sets out a summary of the upcoming CPR changes. The new provisions come into force on 5 and 6 April 2015. The main change occurs with the new Part 36 and consequential changes to costs rules. Other changes are seen in relation to children and protected parties, transfer of proceedings, judicial review and fixed costs. The changes also implement provisions within the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, s 84 and 87 dealing with judicial review. The changes are set out in SI 2014/3299 and making document as well as SI 2015/670 for which the making document is not yet available. We are in the process of amending our content where relevant. Part

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. CPR 45—fixed costs The Ministry of Justice has signed April 2018 Update to the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018, SI 2018/239 which sets out changes due to come into force on Friday, 6 April 2018. The SI has been signed

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note sets out a summary of the CPR changes which came into force on Thursday 31 July 2014. The 74th CPR update provides for a new practice direction 2C to deal with starting proceedings in the County Court. The practice direction applies to proceedings in the County Court. It clarifies for practitioners were claims and applications should be commenced and whether they may be sent, or transferred to,

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. When do the changes come into force? The amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) came into force on Sunday, 1 October 2017. The three Making documents came into force on the following dates: • 89th update: 8 August 2017 • 90th update: 8 August 2017 • 91st update: 31 August 2017 In relation to the pilot schemes these came into force on the following dates: • Practice direction 51Q—The County Court advisers pilot scheme. This applies to claims started in the County Court Business Centre and the County Court Money Claims centres (CCMCC) since 29 July 2017. It is set out in the 89th update together with consequential changes to other parts of the CPR • Practice

ARCHIVED: this archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. There are a number of changes to the Civil Procedure Rules taking effect in the period 14 December 2011 to 6 April 2012, as follows: Amendments effective 1 January 2012—Dilapidations Protocol With effect from 1 January 2012 a new pre-action protocol for dilapidations claims was introduced and, with it, amendment to the Practice Direction - Pre-action Conduct in order to make reference to the new protocol. The Dilapidations Protocol applies to commercial property situated in England and Wales and relates to claims for dilapidations against tenants at the termination of a tenancy. It includes (at Annex A) a timetable for the exchange of schedules of dilapidations and responses and envisages negotiations and quantification of

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note summarises the CPR changes coming into force on 1 December 2014 as a consequence

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. Underlying documents The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2016, SI 2016/234 sets out the changes to the Parts of the CPR. The Making Document, circulated by the Ministry of Justice on Thursday 25 February 2016, sets out changes to the practice directions. Coming into force date February 2016 • 23 February 2016—changes to CPR PD 12 dealing with Default Judgment. The amendments deal with the coming into force of the Hague Convention on the Choice of Court Agreements last year • 23 February 2016—changes to CPR PD 74A dealing with Enforcement of judgments in different jurisdictions. The amendments deal with the coming into force of the Hague Convention on the Choice of Court Agreements last year 1

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This following amendments will be made to the CPR on the dates as set out below. These changes are contained in The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2017, SI 2017/95 and the 88th Update Practice Direction amendments Making Document. In force on 28 February 2017—costs in Aarhus Convention claims, judicial review and Admiralty claims Changes to CPR 45 and CPR PD 45—costs in relation to Aarhus Convention claims Section VII of CPR 45 is substituted with a new section for the purposes of giving effect to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) and ensuring such claims are not 'prohibitively expensive'. New CPR 45.43 creates limits

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. This Practice Note sets out the CPR changes which will come into force on 10 January 2015 as set out in SI 2014/2948. The changes are being brought in to ensure that the CPR provisions take into account the provisions within the Brussels I (recast) regulation which will apply, subject to transitional provisions, from 10 January 2015. Note: the content within Lexis+® UK DR refers to the recast regulation as Brussels I (recast). The CPR provisions refer to the same regulation as the Judgments Regulation. Definitions CPR definitionsCPR pre 10 January 2015 CPR from 10 January 2015 “the Judgments Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and

ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not maintained and is for background information purposes only. Further, some of the links may not direct you to the provisions as at the date the guidance in this Practice Note was published. For further information on previous and/or subsequent amendments to the CPR, see: CPR updates—overview and Procedure Rule Committee minutes—overview. Judicial review—reduction in time limits As from 1 July 2013, the time limit