The Chancery Guide has been significantly updated to take account of the Jackson reforms, Briggs review and introduction of e-filing.
The guide provides information about the conduct of litigation in the Chancery Division in the Rolls Building in London. Sir Terence Etherton, Chancellor of the High Court, said the Guide required updating due to the rapid pace of change in recent years.
New sections have been added to it to take account of specialist work such as bankruptcy and company proceedings, pensions and competition claims, and there is an extended section on litigants in person.
It sets out the criteria applied during the process of triage of cases.Other changes take account of costs management and other Jackson reforms, the Chancery Modernisation Review conducted by Lord Justice Briggs, removal of restrictions on the jurisdiction of Chancery Masters, shorter trials and flexible trials, and the introduction of CE-file and electronic filing.
