22 September 2020
The disclosure pilot, which began in January 2019, could be extended until the end of 2021, if the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) agrees
Lord Justice Flaux, chair of the Disclosure Working Group, said the CPRC has been asked to approve a one-year extension as well as proposed amendments to the practice direction on disclosure. The proposed amendments were drawn up by a sub-group of the working group and published online this week by Flaux LJ. They include clarifying when the default obligation to disclose known adverse documents arises, and modifying the obligation to serve document preservation notices on employees.
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