Supreme Court Practice Directions

The Supreme Court has updated its Practice Directions to reflect the Jackson reforms.  

The changes came into effect on 7 November 2013 and include PD13 related to costs. The opportunity has been taken to make a number of changes three years into the operation of the Supreme Court, to simplify the practice direction wherever possible and to take into account both the new Parts 44-47 of the Civil Procedure Rules and the replacement of the Legal Services Commission by the Legal Aid Agency in April of this year. Some of these developments have specifically been reflected in the practice direction. However, it remains that the scheme of Practice Direction 13 will be that “to the extent that the Supreme Court Rules and Practice Directions do not cover the situation, the Rules and Practice Directions which supplement Part 44-47 of the Civil Procedure Rules are applied by analogy at the discretion of the Costs Officers, with appropriate modification for appeals from Scotland and Northern Ireland”.

See the new Practice Directions.