Guidance

Practice Direction update 112: Online Civil Money Claims

Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) pilot.

• From: Civil Procedure Rule Committee and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 23 October 2019

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Practice Direction update 112

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Details

112th Practice Direction update

This provides for a narrow, technical amendment to the working of the in-force provisions of the 111th PD update and comes into force on 28 November 2019.

The 111th PD update included amendments to PD 51R – Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) pilot in relation to IT changes to OCMC, which were to apply to all claims submitted on or after the in-force date of 9 September 2019.

The provisions on coming into force were applied to all the amendments included in the 111th update. This included amendments not just on IT changes, but also amendments extending the duration of both the OCMC pilot (and the County Court Online pilot, PD 51S), so that the pilots continue in operation until 30 November 2021.

As there may be claims that were begun before the in-force date for the 111th update (i.e. 9 September 2019) that could still be in the OCMC pilot beyond the previous pilot end date of 30 November 2019, the 112th PD update ensures that in-force provisions in the 111th Update in relation to the OCMC Pilot are amended, to make it clear that the extension of the pilot/Practice Direction will apply to pre-existing claims.

Published 23 October 2019