The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Rules amend—

(a) rule 3.8 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (CPR), to provide that where a rule, practice direction or court order requires a party to do something within a specified time and specifies the consequences of failure to comply, the parties may, by prior written agreement, extend up to a maximum of 28 days the time for doing the act in question, provided that any hearing date is not put at risk as a result;

(b) rule 54.22, to provide that the President of the Queen’s Bench Division will be responsible for nomination of both specialist planning judges and other judges to hear Planning Court claims;

(c) rule 4 of the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2014 (SI 2014/407), to remove a typographical error which would otherwise suggest that the list included in that rule is incomplete; and

(d) rule 25(1) of the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) Rules 2014 (SI 2014/867), to remove a potential doubt as to the effect of that transitional provision in respect of an amendment made in the same Rules to rule 3.12(1) CPR.