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Civil Procedure Rules

CPR Part 3

The Court's Case Management Powers

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  • Judgment summaries for the Commercial Courtupdated 2026-08-20

    cited asCPR rule 3.1

    …the Second Defendant (Party C). The application was made pursuant to CPR rule 3.1(2)(g). The stay was sought to allow Party A to pursue a challenge u…

  • 2025 judgment summariesupdated 2026-03-17

    cited asCPR 3.1

    …it would be wrong to sidestep that principle by making an order under CPR 3.1(5), and in event inappropriate in all the circumstances to make such…

  • Pre-Action Protocols (PAPs)updated 2025-02-10

    cited asPart 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules

    …ction on Pre-Action Protocols and suggest that this should supplement Part 3 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The CJC is made these proposals jointly with Her Majesty’s Courts…

  • Chancery Judgmentsupdated 2025-01-14

    cited asCPR r. 3.3

    …nsions of time had been wrongly granted and should be set aside under CPR r. 3.3(5); or, alternatively, that their addition as a party (after the limi…

  • Judgmentsupdated 2023-11-07

    cited asCPR 3.4

    …not to have challenged the amendment under CPR 17.2, but rather under CPR 3.4, such that the 14 day period specified in CPR 17.2(2) did not apply.…

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