Civil Procedure Rules

These amendments (the 47th update) come into force on 1 October 2008 and introduce changes in a large number of areas, for example:

Pt 6 is revised with the exception of service out of the jurisdiction and other rules have consequential amendments;

Pt 36 is amended to allow for the recovery of monies from a lump sum compensation payment claims under The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) (Lump Sum Payments) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/355);

Pts 43–47 are amended to enable costs orders to be made where the successful party was represented (wholly or partly) by a lawyer working pro bono;

Pt 52 is amended to enable permission to appeal applications for family proceedings in the court of appeal which are “totally without merit” to be dealt with on the papers alone;

Pt 78 is inserted to provide procedures to deal with the European Order for Payment and the European Small Claims Procedure. The Practice Directions are also subject to extensive amendment.