[issued on 7 May 1999]

The Practice Directions listed below came into effect on 26 April 1999, having been made jointly by -

1. the Lord Chief Justice as president of the Queen's Bench Division;

2. the Master of the Rolls as president of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal;

3. the Vice-Chancellor as vice-president of the Chancery Division; and

4. the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of the Lord Chancellor, pursuant to section 5 of the Civil Procedure Act 1997.

The practice directions will be available from the Stationery Office in their published format with the next set of amendments from 26 May 1999. In the meantime, court users may use the practice directions in their present format as posted on this site.

Part 2 - Application and Interpretation of the Rules | Allocation of Cases to Levels of Judiciary
Part 33 - Miscellaneous rules about evidence | Civil Evidence Act 1995
Part 34 - Depositions and court attendance by witnesses | Fees for Examiners
Schedule 1 - RSC Order 53 | Application for Judicial Review
Schedule 1 - RSC Order 54 | Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus
Directors Disqualification Proceedings |
The use of the Welsh language in cases in the civil courts in Wales |
Cyfarwyddiadau Ymarfer ar Ddefnyddio'r Iaith Gymraeg mewn achosion yn y llysoedd sifil yng Nghymru |

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Schedules |  | HTML |  | Word 6
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