The Rules came into force on 26 April 1999

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[as at 29 March 2000]
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- Additions & Amendments [as at 29 March 2000]
- Current versions including latest update
- Current Zip format including latest update
- Consultation papers [the most recent published on 17 March 2000]
- User recommendation - remember to refresh
- Ordering printed or CD-ROM copies [NEW]
- Commentaries on the new rules
- E-mail queries

GENERAL MATTERS

- Effective Date - the 13th update comes into force on Monday 3 April.

- Next update - the 14th update will be available on Friday 28 April.

- CD-ROM now available - the Civil Procedure Rules are now available in a CD-ROM version from The Stationery Office. For further information click here.

FORMS & COURT GUIDES

- Availability - all new CPR forms which need to be completed by the parties are available on the Court Service website. The forms are interactive, ie they may be completed on screen, printed off and sent to the courts. Court Service forms available on the web currently total 190 :

  * CPR general - 74
  * Admiralty - 28
  * Children Act - 20
  * Complaints - 1
  * Commercial - 18
  * Costs - 21
  * Criminal Appeals - 10
  * Divorce - 9
  * Divorce (costs) - 3
  * Technology & Construction - 4
  * Young Witnesses - 2

  and there are 64 information leaflets:

  * CPR general - 26
  * Attachment of earning - 1
  * Civil Appeals - 1
  * Claims - 9
  * Complaints - 1
  * Courts Charter - 15
  * County Court fees - 1
  * Deaf user guide - 1
  * Divorce - 5
  * Family Law Act - 1
  * Probate - 1
  * Squatters - 2

  Forms produced by courts are only available from courts.

- Queries - we continue to receive queries about the forms. Click here for some answers. If you don't find the answer to your question you can e-mail the Court Service headquarters.

- Landlord and Tenant Acts (1927, 1954, 1985 and 1987) - for information about applications under these acts click here.

Court Guides - Further information about the operation of the new rules and practice directions in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and the Mercantile Courts are contained in guides, printed copies of which are available from the respective courts. They have also been posted on the Court Service website:

- Commercial Court Guide [ format]
- Chancery Division Guide
- Mercantile Courts Guide

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

Three Statutory Instruments relate to the new rules:

- The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (SI 1998/3132)

- The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 1999 (SI 1999/1008 (L8))

- The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (SI 2000/221 (L1)) [NEW]

ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS
[HTML links have been removed from all except the latest set]

- 1st set [11 March 1999]
- 2nd set [1 April 1999]
- 3rd set [19 April 1999]
- 4th set [26 May 1999] [incorporating practice directions issued in Set 3a on 7 May]
- 5th set [28 June 1999]
- 6th set [29 July 1999]
- 7th set [27 August 1999]
- 8th set [27 October 1999]
- 9th set [30 November 1999]
- 10th set [17 December 1999]
- 11th set [28 January 2000]
- 12th set [28 February 2000]
- 13th set [3 April 2000]
- 14th set [2 May 2000]

CURRENT VERSIONS

The current versions (including the latest set of additions and amendments) now available are:

- Lord Chancellor's foreword and contents
- Civil Procedure Rules
- Practice Directions
- Glossary
- Schedule 1 - RSC
- Schedule 2 - CCR
- Protocols
- Court forms
- Index [PDF & Word 6 formats only]

ZIP FORMAT

The following (including the latest set of additions and amendments) are available in Zip format:

The complete set |  | HTML |  | Word 6
Lord Chancellor's foreword and contents |  | HTML |  | Word 6
Civil Procedure Rules and Glossary |  | HTML |  | Word 6
Practice Directions |  | HTML |  | Word 6
Schedules |  | HTML |  | Word 6
Protocols |  | HTML |  | Word 6

If you have any questions about ZIP formatting we recommend you contact your IT adviser.

CONSULTATION PAPERS

- Reform of the Family Appeals System (CPR Part 52) [NEW]: responses sought by 25 April 2000.

- Human Rights Act 1998 consultation paper - Rules & Practice Directions: responses sought by 25 April 2000.

- Deddf Iawnderau Dynol 1998 papur ymgynghorol - Rheolau a Chyfarwyddiadau Ymarfer

- The Government's responses to the consultation paper "Conditional Fees: Sharing the risks of litigation".

- Proposals for change to civil court fees: responses were sought by 25 February 2000.

- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) - a discussion paper: responses were sought by 25 February 2000.

- Conditional Fees: Sharing the risks of litigation: responses were sought by 26 November 1999.

- Defamation Act 1996: responses were sought by 10 November 1999.

- New Civil Procedure Rules on Appeals - CPR Part 59: responses were sought by 25 October 1999.

- Expert Witness - A draft Code of Guidance for Experts under the Civil Procedure Rules has been prepared by a working party: comments were sought by 11 October. Click here for more details.

USER RECOMMENDATION - REMEMBER TO REFRESH!

To ensure that you are viewing the latest version of a rule, practice direction, etc. we strongly recommend that each time you open a file, you should refresh it.

This refreshing is especially important where you bookmark pages, but also it will overwrite and update a file that may have been "cached" earlier by your computer.

PAPER & CD-ROM COPIES

Paper copies (ISBN 011 3801173) and CD-ROM versions (ISBN 011 7819727) of the Rules, including the monthly updating service, may be ordered through The Stationery Office, tel: 0870-600 5522.

COMMENTARIES

On the following websites you will find generally useful commentaries on the Civil Procedure Rules.

Please note that no responsibility is accepted by or on behalf of the Lord Chancellor for any errors, omissions, or misleading statements on these websites or on any site to which they may connect. No mention of any organisation, company or individual, whether on these websites or on other sites to which they are linked imply any approval or warranty as to the standing and capability of any such organisations, company or individual on the part of the Department.

- Beagle - Civil Procedure Rules
- Delia Venables: Legal Resources
- LawOnline: Woolf
- Nick Holmes: Infolaw
- Lancaster Buildings, Northern Intellectual Property Chambers
- Rowe & Maw: Litigation and dispute resolution
- Simmons & Simmons: Woolf Commentaries [website format recently revised]
- 2 Temple Gardens: Woolf Commentary
- YAWS - Yet Another Woolf Site

E-MAIL QUERIES

Please read carefully - you'll receive a quicker response if you send your query/comment to the right place.

- Any questions you may have about the contents of rules and practice directions should be sent to:
  civiljustice@lcdhq.gsi.gov.uk

- Questions about CPR forms should be sent to:
  cust.ser.cs@gtnet.gov.uk

- Comments or questions about the CPR website should be sent to:
  web.comments@lcdhq.gsi.gov.uk

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