Amendments to Practice Directions
Amendments to Forms

All amendments following changes to the Costs Rules (shown above with an asterisk), came into force on 3 July. All other changes come into force on 14 August.

Amendments to existing Practice Directions:

Part 2B | para 3.1(e) amended*
Part 6 | para 8.3 inserted*
Part 6B | para 10.2 amended
Part 7 | new cross reference following para 3.9*
Part 8 | new cross reference following para 2.2*
Part 10 | new cross reference following para 5.5*
Part 15 | new cross references following para 1.4* and 3.4*, new para 3.2A
Part 16 | new cross reference following para 14.3*
Part 19B | para 16.2 amended*
Part 23 | para 6.1A moved
Part 26 | new para 2.1*, para 7.4(4)* amended
Part 28 | para 6.1(4) amended*
Part 37 | para 4.3 amended
Part 39 | para 1.5(7) amended*
Part 40B | para 1.5 amended
Part 42 | paras 1.2* and 2.2* amended, and cross reference inserted after 2.7*
Part 43-48 | para 11.7* amended, new para 17.8(2)*, para 19.3(2) amended*, para 14.4(2) amended*, para 21.5(1)-(6) amended*, para 40.14 amended*, para 40.15(1) amended*
Part 49 | para 8.3 amended*
Part 52 | para 8.1 amended
Directors' Disqualification | Annex 1 amended

Amendments to existing forms (all PDF files):

N251 | new form - Notice of funding of case or claim*
N253 | new form - Notice of amount allowed on provisional assessment*
N256 | new form - Final assessment of costs (County Court - court only)*
N256HC | new form - Final assessment of costs (High Court - court only)*
N258 | new form - Request for a Detailed Assessment Hearing (general form)*
N258A | new form - Request for a Detailed Assessment (Legal aid/Legal Services Commission only)*
N258B | new form - Request for a Detailed Assessment (Costs payable out of a fund other than the Community Legal Service Fund)*
N258C | new form - Request for a Detailed Assessment Hearing pursuant to an Order under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974*
N260 | new form - Statement of Costs (summary assessment)*

Zip Format

The following (including the amendments) are available in Zip format:

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

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