


(f) reduce the costs of resolving the dispute.Ĥ. (e) support the efficient management of those proceedings and (d) consider a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) to assist with settlement (c) try to settle the issues without proceedings Before commencing proceedings, the court will expect the parties to have exchanged sufficient information to. This Practice Direction applies to disputes where no pre-action protocol approved by the Master of the Rolls applies.A person who knowingly makes a false statement in a pre-action protocol letter or other document prepared in anticipation of legal proceedings may be subject to proceedings for contempt of court.īack to top Objectives of pre-action conduct and protocolsģ. (The current pre-action protocols are listed in paragraph 18.)Ģ. They are approved by the Master of the Rolls and are annexed to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). Pre-action protocols explain the conduct and set out the steps the court would normally expect parties to take before commencing proceedings for particular types of civil claims. Objectives of pre-action conduct and protocolsĬompliance with this practice direction and the protocolsġ.
