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06 March 2026 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8152 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , CPR , Costs , Disclosure , Tribunals
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Civil way: 6 March 2026

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CPR extended on disclosure; Sampling on assessments; Claiming too low; Tribunal Talk

OUT OF CONTROL BUT IN ORDER

A G&T, or the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2026 (SI 2026/97) with the CPR 193rd update bobbing alongside them? I would stick with the former if I were you, unless, of course, you have a thing for interim serious crime prevention orders, the closed material procedure, or the name change of the ‘Motor Insurance Database’ that figures in the road traffic accident small claims portal to the ‘Navigate (Motor Insurance Policy Database)’. Yes, this latest procedural offering might qualify as one of the least exciting ever, but is narrowly saved when on 6 April 2026 there will come into force the new CPR 31.12A which was drafted by the rule committee’s former chair Lord Justice Birss and member Mr Justice Trower, and so there is unlikely to be any suggestion of ambiguity. The rule fills the lacuna identified in McLaren Indy LLC and another v Alpa Racing USA LLC and

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