Practice Direction update 103: Online Civil Money Claims
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims pilot.
Applies to England and Wales
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103rd Practice Direction update
These amendments come into effect at 11am on 14 January 2019. They relate to the Online Civil Money Claims project which went live in March 2018.
The project offers a pilot digital service for money claims for less than £10k. The service is available to litigants in person so that they can populate text boxes easily and swiftly, establish clear information about what to do next at each stage and check the progress of the online claim with maximum flexibility to match user feedback.
The amendments provide for Admissions, Part Admissions, Part defence/Part Admissions and Defence having already paid to be within the scheme.
Other, technical (naming and numbering) changes are included to allow for greater scope to add in future provisions with a reduced impact on the flow of numbering and therefore usability.
The name amendments include a change of name for the whole pilot, with the pilot to be called the Online Civil Money Claims pilot.
There are no new or amended forms associated with this update.
Take notice and looking ahead
The next CPRC Statutory Instrument (SI) containing rule changes, and an accompanying PD update are anticipated in January/February 2019. Rule changes within the SI are anticipated to be effective from April 2019. Further communication will follow in due course.