What's New - 2023

Second Supplement to the 2024 Edition

The White Book 2023 published on 30th March 2023 and the First Supplement on 30th June 2023. This is the Second Supplement to the 2023 edition, offered as part of your White Book subscription, which brings both volumes of the Main Work up to date to 2nd October 2023 and the Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2023 (SI 2023/788) and the 158th CPR Update.

This supplement includes the following:

• Amendments to the CPR made by CPR Updates since publication of the First Supplement in June 2023:
• The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) Rules 2023 (SI 2023/788) makes amendments to Part 34 in respect of foreign evidence requests and to Part 52 on Appeals in respect of contempt of court proceedings. Various Parts have been amended as part of the CPR Committee's simplification programme, two of which - Parts 14 (Admissions) and 24 (Summary Judgment) - are substituted in their entirety.
• The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2023 (SI 2023/572), which extends fixed recoverable costs to all civil claims across the fast track and brings into force a new intermediate track and fixed recoverable costs for less complex claims at more than £25,000 but not more than £100,000.
  The SI substitutes new versions of Part 26 (Case Management - Preliminary Stage), Part 28 (renamed 'The Fast Track and the Intermediate Track') and Part 45 (Fixed Costs), rewritten as a consequence of the extension of fixed recoverable costs to the fast and intermediate tracks.
  Commentary to all amended and substituted Parts in the White Book has been suitably updated.
• The 156th to 158th CPR Updates make amendments to a number of Practice Directions, partly as a result of the CPRC's simplification programme (PD24 on the Summary Disposal of Claims is revoked). PD23B - Applications Under Particular Statutes is revoked but the greater part of it reappears as Practice Direction 49G - Applications Under Part III Of The Family Law Reform Act 1969 For Use Of Scientific Tests To Determine Parentage, now included after PD49F. A new miscellaneous Practice Direction - Claims Relating To EU And EEA EFTA Citizens' Rights Under Part 2 Of The Withdrawal Agreement And Part 2 Of The EEA EFTA Separation Agreement has been included at the end of Part 6.
• Associated updates are made to various Pre-Action Protocols.
• Commentary on Judicial authority of court officers in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) issued by the Judicial Office (3 August 2023) (Rule 52.24).
• Court Guides: new editions of the Senior Courts Costs Office Guide and the Guide to the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court Small Claims Track; further amendments to the Chancery Guide 2022, the King's Bench Guide 2022 and the Circuit Commercial Court Guide 2022.
• Updated High and County Court special and basic interest rates
• Commentary on the plans for integrating the mediation of small claims in the civil justice system (ADR, Section 14)

Commentary on significant case law including:

• Walton v Pickerings Solicitors [2023] EWCA Civ 602 (Part 2)
• Vodafone Group Plc v IPcom GmbH and Co KG [2023] EWCA Civ 113 (Part 3)
• Warburton v Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset [2023] EWCA Civ 209 (res judicata)
• Denaxe Ltd v Cooper [2023] EWCA Civ 752
• Bhandal v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2023] EWHC 1498 (Ch)
• Tinkler v Esken Ltd (formerly Stobart Group Ltd) [2023] EWCA Civ 655
• Osbourne v Persons Unknown Category A [2023] EWHC 39 (KB) (Part 6)
• FXF v English Karate Federation Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 891 (Part 13)
• CNM Estates (Tolworth Tower) Ltd v Simon Peter Carvill-Biggs Freddy Khalastchi [2023] EWCA Civ 480 (Part 17)
• Emirates NBD Bank PJSC v Saadat-Yazdi [2023] EWHC 747 (Comm) (Part 18)
• ClientEarth v Shell Plc [2023] EWHC 1137 (Ch) (Part 19)
• Cavalleri v Mercedes-Benz Group AG [2023] EWHC 512 (KB) (Part 19, Group Litigation)
• Major v Kirishana [2023] EWHC 1593 (KB) (Part 21)
• International Game Technology plc v The Gambling Commission [2023] EWHC 1420 (TCC) (Part 32)
• Zanatta v Metroline Travel Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 224 (Part 35)
• Avantage (Cheshire) Ltd v GB Building Solutions Ltd (In Administration) [2023] EWHC 802 (TCC)
• IEH v Powell [2023] EWHC 1037 (KB) (Part 36)
• CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2023] EWHC 1905 (KB)
• University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust v Harrison [2022] EWCA Civ 1660
• Tradition Financial Services Ltd v Bilta (UK) Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 112 (Part 44)
• Tabbitt v Clark [2023] EWCA Civ 744
• Gorbachev v Guriev [2023] EWCA Civ 327 (Part 46)
• McCarthy v Jones [2023] EWCA Civ 589
• Braceurself Ltd v NHS England [2023] EWCA Civ 837 (Part 52)
• Banks v Cadwalladr [2023] EWCA Civ 219 (Part 53)
• Amersi v Leslie [2023] EWHC 1368 (KB) (Part 53)
• R (Oceana) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 791 (Admin) (Part 54)
• Re Fisher [2023] EWHC 979 (Ch) (Part 57)
• LMH v EGK [2023] EWHC 1832 (Comm) (Part 62)
• Soleymani v Nifty Gateway LLC [2022] EWCA Civ 1297
• Sharp Corp Ltd v Viterra BV [2023] EWCA Civ 7
• Jones v Birmingham City Council [2023] UKSC 27 (Part 65)
• Zubaidy v Borg [2023] EWCA Civ 148 (Part 81)
• Moge v Ealing LBC [2023] EWCA Civ 464 (Housing)
• MTA v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2023] EWHC 117 (KB) (Human Rights Act)
• Ali v Chief Constable of Bedfordshire [2023] EWHC 938 (KB) (GDPR)
• LLC Synesis v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin) (Prevention of Terrorism Proceedings)
• (R (on the application of PACCAR Inc) v Competition Appeal Tribunal [2023] UKSC 28 (Litigation funding and damages-based agreements)
• Holman Fenwick Willan LLP v Samady [2023] EWHC 125 (KB) (Solicitors Act 1974)
• URS Corp Ltd v BDW Trading Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 772 (Limitation)
• Seedo v El Gamal [2023] EWCA Civ 330
• Williamson v The Bishop of London [2023] EWCA Civ 379 (Senior Courts Act 1981)
• Mills and Reeve Trust Corp Ltd v Martin [2023] EWHC 654 (Ch) (ADR)
• Hamon v University College London [2023] EWHC 1812 (KB)
• Hadley v Przybylo [2023] EWHC 1392 (KB)

Civil Procedure News will continue to keep you abreast of developments for the remainder of the subscription year until publication of the new edition in 2024.

First Supplement to the 2023 Edition

The First Supplement to the 2023 edition of Civil Procedure brings both Volumes of the Main Work up to date to 1 June 2023 to the 155th CPR Update and includes the following new content:

• amendments to the CPR made by CPR Updates since publication of the Main Work in March 2023:
• 154th CPR Update: amendments to PD51R (The Online Civil Money Claims Pilot) and PD51ZB (The Damages Claims Pilot) with effect from 1 March and 8 March 2023;
• 155th CPR Update: amendments to PD27B (Claims under the Pre-Action Protocol for Personal Injury Claims below the Small Claims Limit in Road Traffic Accidents-Court Procedure) and to various related Pre-Action Protocols, with effect from 6 March 2023.
• court guides: amendments to the King's Bench Guide and Technology & Construction Court Guide;
• revisions to Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Practice Directions, including revised counsel fees and guideline hourly rates for solicitors;
• updated High and County Court special and basic interest rates;
• commentary on case law including Williamson v Bishop of London [2023] EWCA Civ 379 (Part 3, Section 9A Senior Courts Act 1981); Peterson v Howard De Walden Estates Ltd [2023] EWHC 929 (KB) (Part 3); Boetthcher v Xio (UK) LLP (In Liquidation) [2023] EWHC 801 (Comm) (Part 6); Osbourne v Persons Unknown Category A [2023] EWHC 39 (KB) (Part 6—6HJ); Cavalleri v Mercedes-Benz Group AG [2023] EWHC 512 (KB) (Part 19); Avantage (Cheshire) Ltd v GB Building Solutions Ltd (In Administration) [2023] EWHC 802 (TCC) (Part 35); Stubbins Marketing Ltd v Rayner Essex LLP [2023] EWHC 515 (Ch) (Part 38); Owen v Black Horse Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 325 (Part 39); R. (Isah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 268 (Part 44); LLC Synesis v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs [2023] EWHC 541 (Admin) (Part 79); Eurasian Natural Resources Corp Ltd v Dechert LLP [2023] 2 WLUK 442 (Part 81); QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWCA Civ 1541 (Part 88); X v Transcription Agency LLP [2023] EWHC 1092 (KB) (Section 3G GDPR); and Baxter v Doble [2023] (Section 13, Rights of Audience).

Further updates will publish in the Second Supplement in the Autumn. Civil Procedure News will continue to keep you abreast of developments for the remainder of the subscription year.

CPR Updates

The White Book 2023 is up-to-date to the latest civil procedure legislation (the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2023 (SI 2023/105)) and the 153rd CPR Update. The SI, in particular, amends Parts 17, 19, 20, 21 and 38 as part of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee's duty to simplify the Civil Procedure Rules, and amends rule 44.14 in respect of qualified one-way costs shifting. The 153rd PD Update in particular revokes PDs 19A, 51Y and 55C, due to simplification work and as a result of Covid-19 arrangements ceasing to have effect.

All statutory instruments and practice direction updates from the supplements to the 2022 edition are included (the 141st to 150th CPR Updates) plus the 151st and 152nd Updates which published following publication of the Third Supplement in December 2022.

Court Guides

• New edition of the King's Bench Guide
• Amendments to the Chancery Guide
• New edition of the Patents Court Guide
• Plus a revised Courts Directory Appendix

Practice Guidance

• Practice guidance from the Lord Chief Justice on Modes Of Address In Courts And Tribunals (December 2022) (Pt 39)
• Local Practice Notes regarding Business & Property Courts in Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle
• Practice Note on Disclosure in the Insolvency and Companies List (Chd)

Legislation updates

• Building Safety Act 2022
• Civil Enforcement of Road Traffic Contraventions (Approved Devices, Charging Guidelines and General Provisions) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/71)
• Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/500)
• Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2022 (SI 2022/929)
• Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
• Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022
• Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022
• Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/1166)

Case law

All commentary has been updated with the latest significant case law. A selection includes:

Pt 1- AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16

Pt 3 - R (The Good Law Project Ltd) v Sec. of State for Health and Social Care [2022] EWCA Civ 355

Pt 5 - Hayden v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2022] EWHC 2693 (KB)

Pt 6 - Simon v Tache [2022] EWHC 1674 (Comm); CA Indosuez (Switzerland) SA v Afriquia Gaz SA [2022] EWHC 2871 (Comm); Gorbachev v Guriev [2022] EWCA Civ 1270; EWHC 1907 (Comm)

Pt 18 - Brown v JMW Solicitors LLP [2022] EWHC 2848 (SCCO)

Pt 19 - Alame v Royal Dutch Shell Plc [2022] EWHC 989 (TCC) (Group Litigation); Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 951

Pt 24 - Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell [2021] UKSC 3

Pt 25 - Re G (Court of Protection: Injunction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1312; Barking & Dagenham LBC v Persons Unknown [2022] EWCA Civ 13; Liberty Homes (Kent) Limited v Kanagaratnam Rajakanthan [2022] EWHC 2201(TCC)

Pt 31 - Loreley Financing (Jersey) No 30 Ltd v Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1484; Genius Sports Technologies Ltd v Soft Construct (Malta) Ltd [2022] EWHC 2637 (Ch) (Standard disclosure of large volumes of electronic data); Jinxin Inc v Aser Media PTE Ltd and Others [2022] EWHC 2856 (Comm)

Pt 36 - Grant v FR Acquisitions Corp (Europe) Ltd [2022] EWHC 3366 (Ch); Moradi v The Home Office [2022] EWHC 3125 (KB); University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust v Harrison [2022] EWCA Civ 1660

Pt 38 - Pycom Ltd v Campora [2022] 7 WLUK 114

Pt 40 - AIC Ltd v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria [2022] UKSC 16, [2022] WLR 3223, R (The Counsel General for Wales) v The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 181, [2022] WLR 1915; Public Institution for Social Security v Banque Pictet & Cie SA [2022] EWCA Civ 368; George v Cannell & Anor [2022] EWCA Civ 1067; Tinkler v Esken Ltd [2022] EWHC 1375 (Ch)

Pt 42 - Bott & Co Solicitors Ltd v Ryanair DAC [2022] UKSC 8; Candey Ltd v Crumpler and another (as Joint Liquidators of Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd (In Liquidation) [2022] UKSC 35

Pt 44 - Achille v Lawn Tennis Association Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1407; Pathan v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2022] EWHC 3244 (KB)

Pt 46 - Belsner v Cam Legal Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1387; The Anti-Trafficking and Labour Exploitation Unit v Secretary of State for Justice [2022] EWHC 1962 (Admin)

Pt 47 - AKC v Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust [2022] EWCA Civ 630

Pt 52 - Anwer v Central Bridging Loans Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 201, Ceredigion Recycling & Furniture Team v Pope [2022] EWCA Civ 22

Pt 54 - R. (Good Law Project) v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2022] EWCA Civ 355; EWHC 298 (Admin); R. (Counsel General for Wales) v Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [2022] EWCA Civ 118

PD57AD - The Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International [2022] EWHC 3054 (Comm)

Pt 63 - Sandoz Ltd v Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company [2022] EWHC 1279 (Pat); Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd v Bristol-Myers Squibb Holdings Ireland Unlimited Company [2021] EWHC 1123 (Pat); Alcon Eye Care UK Ltd & anr v AMO Development LLC [2022] EWHC 955 (Pat)

Pt 69 - Bacci v Green [2022] EWCA Civ 1393

Pt 81 - Avery-Gee v Coppen [2022] EWHC 2958 (Ch); Breen v Esso Petroleum Co Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1405

Section 3G (Data Protection) AB v Chief Constable of British Transport Police [2022] EWHC 2749 (KB)

Section 7A (Litigation Funding After 1 April 2013) - Candey Ltd v Tonstate Group Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 936

Section 7C (The Solicitor's Act 1974) - Belsner v Cam Legal Services Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1387

Pt (Admiralty Claims) - Mv Pacific Pearl Co. Limited V Nyk Orpheus Corp And Anor [2022] EWHC 2828 (Admlty)

Housing (Section 3A) - Brake v The Chedington Court Estate Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 1302; R (ZK) v Havering LBC [2022] EWHC 1854 (Admin); Norton v Haringey LBC [2022] EWCA Civ 1340

Section 15 AIG Europe SA v John Wood Group plc [2021] EWHC 2567 (Comm); Re G (Court of Protection: Injunction) [2022] EWCA Civ 1312

Other enhancements or additions:

• Omission of Section AA on Covid procedures as up to date guidance has been incorporated into Court Guides
• Pt 57A (Business & Property Courts) and related material relocated to Volume 2 as a new Section 2AA as part of Specialist Proceedings
• Commentary on Contempt of Court Proceedings relocated from Volume 2 to sit with Pt 81 in Volume 1
• The commentary to Pt 40 revised and reordered and Miscellaneous Practice Directions appended to Pt 40 tidied up
• Relocation and renumbering of various Practice Directions to Pt 49 further to the 149th and 152nd CPR Updates

Online-only content:

• Various sections of the Rent Act 1977 relocated to online-only
• Old Pts 36x, 53x and 81x now removed from online-only resource