19 March 2009
Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 171, [2009]
Individual judges or courts do not have the power to vary the Civil Procedure Rules or practice directions. However, where there was a gap in the Rules or practice directions, pending the handing down of a practice direction, a judge has inherent jurisdiction to include procedural directions of general application in his judgment.
