[issued on 11 March 1999]

New Practice Directions
Amendments to Practice Directions
General editorial changes

New Practice Directions

The Vice Chancellor has made the following new Practice Directions:

Part 40 Part 40b | Judgments and Orders: | A - Accounts and Inquiries B - Judgments and Orders
Part 42 | Change of Solicitor
Part 43 | Costs | Scope of costs rules and definitions
Part 44 | Costs | General rules about costs
Part 45 | Costs | Fixed costs
Part 46 | Costs | Fast track trial costs
Part 47 | Costs | Procedure for detailed assessment of costs and default provisions
Part 48 | Costs | Special cases
Part 49a Part 49b Part 49c Part 49d Part 49e Part 49f Part 49g | Specialist Jurisdictions: | A - Contentious Probate Proceedings B - Applications under the Companies Act 1985 C - Technology & Construction Court D - Commercial Court E - Patents etc. F - Admiralty G - Arbitration
Schedule 1 | RSC Order 31 | Sale etc of Land by order of the Court

Amendments to Practice Directions

The Vice Chancellor has also made the following amendments to the Practice Directions issued in January:

Part 7 | new paragraph 4.
Part 8 | new paragraphs 5.5 and 5.6
Part 12 | paragraph 1.2(3), rule reference amended paragraph 3, form numbers amended
Part 16 | paragraphs after 6 re-numbered existing paragraph 11.3 deleted new paragraph 16.3
Part 20 | paragraph 5.1 amended new paragraph 7.6
Part 21 | new paragraph 6.3
Part 23 | paragraph 9.6 amended
Part 26 | paragraph 2.1 amended
Part 28 | paragraph 6.1(4) amended
Part 30 | paragraph 5.3, rule reference amended
Part 31 | new paragraph 7
Part 32 | paragraph 3.1 amended new paragraph 15.4 paragraph 17.1 amended paragraph 18.5, rule reference amended
Part 35 | paragraph 2 amended
Part 37 | paragraph 1.3 amended paragraph 5, amended rule reference
Part 51 | new paragraph 19(3)(d)

General editorial changes

Part 27 | paragraph 11(1)(b), layout amended, to make sense of rule clear
Form N9C | Section 12 re-numbered
Form N150 | Section A amended Notes (Section A, Settlement) amended

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