Suzanne Burn

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    Changes to the Pre-Action Protocol

    2 September 2013

    The Pre-Action Protocol for personal injury claims with a value of less than £10,000 arising from road traffic accidents applies to accidents occurring after 30 April 2010, when the protocol, Practice Direction 8B and the fixed costs in part 45 came into force.

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    Case management and evidence

    24 June 2013

    Changes were made to this on 1 April in parts 3, 16-19, of the Civil Procedure Rules, including:

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    Costs management

    15 April 2013

    In January 2010 Lord Justice Jackson published his Review of Civil Litigation Costs Final Report. The core recommendations are an interlocking package, and most were implemented on 1 April 2013 in the Civil Procedure (Amendment Rules) 2013, SI 262.