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21 October 2016
Issue: 7719 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way: 21 October 2016

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Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

CPR UPDATE 86

The latest update feeds on the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 3) Rules 2016 (SI 2016/788) and the Access to Justice Act 1999 (Destination of Appeals) Order 2016 (SI 2016/917)(much about…er…appeals and giving some work to High Court judges—see “Civil way”, NLJ, 7 October 2016, p 15) and is heavy on PD mutilation. Most changes came into force on 3 October 2016.

“I’m at Macclesfield and can’t get in” If you were planning a day out at the county court hearing centres at Macclesfield, Accrington, Altrincham, Aylesbury, Bridgend, Buxton, Morpeath and Berwick, Neath and Port Talbot, Tameside or Hammersmith, do something else instead. They have closed though the Port Talbot Justice Centre with roof-mounted solar panels for hot water has opened and district registries will be operational there and at Prestatyn as from 31 October 2016 (see SI 2016/974 if you don’t believe me). PD 2C is amended to reflect and also to give jurisdiction to the county court at central London to issue

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