Guidance

Practice Direction update 114: 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: 11 February 2020

Applies to England and Wales

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Practice Direction update 114

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Details

114th Practice Direction update

This provides for changes to PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) pilot and comes into force on 24 February 2020.

It includes the following changes.

Summary	Details
Extension of powers	Judges within the pilot will be able to consider form OCON180 (the online Directions Questionnaires) and give appropriate directions. Legal advisors already consider form OCON180, where the value of the claim is £300 or less, in consequence, it was considered appropriate for Judges to act in relation to claims above that value and up to £1,000.
Statements of Truth (contempt warning) Wording	The form of statements of truth set out in paragraph 13.1(1) and (2) will include a statement that the statement maker understands that proceedings for contempt of court may be brought against anyone who makes, or causes to be made, a false statement in a document verified by a statement of truth without honest belief in its truth.
Increase the number of pilot courts	Legal advisers will be able to consider an increased number of online Directions Questionnaires (form OCON180), by increasing the list of “preferred courts” that could be named on a party’s form OCON180, triggering consideration by a legal advisor. Table 1A within the new paragraph 20.1(1)(c) of PD 51R sets out the list of courts and their respective commencement dates.
Online admissions process	It moves the online admissions process out of “new features” into the main pilot; the effect is that the online admissions process will be generally available to those using the pilot, rather than only to selected parties, which was necessary for initial live testing
Terminology	It streamlines some terminology in the PD.
Statements of Truth dating	It requires statements of truth to be dated.

Published 11 February 2020