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19 February 2018 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7773 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Civil way

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CPR PD 52 arrives; Demanding abroad; Video review; Counsel clashes.

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Phew! CPR PD 92 finally came into force on 20 November 2017 which means that the Business and Property Courts no longer have to make up how they operate (see ‘Civil Way’, NLJ 10 November 2017, p16). There’s a PD 93 too just to compensate for the wait which came into force the next day. I’ll save that for after Christmas. But here’s an alert: new accelerated possession claim forms were brought in on 1 December 2017 with the N5B split into N5B England and N5B Wales and new defence forms for each.

Family Catch Up Reprise You are hereby deemed to have read about Participation Directions (see ‘Civil way’, NLJ 24 November 2017, p13). PD 36AA has come up to expectations. It does provide for a ground rule hearing where a family court has concluded that a vulnerable party or witness or protected party should give evidence. At it, consideration must be given to directing that any questions

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