CPR Update for 2025 - From Service to Settlement

Introduction

Updated for 2025, this six-part modular webinar series will focus on key areas of the CPR that continue to be the focus of perennial disputes as to their interpretation and effect.

The aim of each module is to take a discrete area of the CPR and provide a clear and concise route through what can still be (over a quarter of a century on from the inception of the CPR) a procedural maze, by setting out common and not always obvious pitfalls and how to avoid them.

All modules will focus on the most recent cases pertinent to the area in question as well as providing an overview of the principles to be applied generally to each topic covered.

What You Will Learn

The six modules will cover the following aspects of the CPR:

Module 1 - Service of Documents

• Methods of service
• Particular issue with service by e-mail
• Where, who and what to serve
• Extensions of time to serve proceedings

Module 2 - Relief from Sanctions

• When is relief from sanctions required
• Procedural requirements for a 3.9 application
• The test to be applied with a particular emphasis on the latest authorities

Module 3 - Witness Statements

• The role of the Court in controlling witness evidence
• Translation of witness statements
• The formal requirements of witness statements
• The impact of the Business and Property Courts Practice Direction 57AC
• Dos and Don’ts in drafting witness statements

Module 4 - The Latest on Part 36

• Form and content of Part 36 offers
• Application of whether a Claimant can obtain their Part 36 benefits under Part 36.17
• The latest Part 36 caselaw

Module 5 - Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting and Fundamental Dishonesty

• Latest on mixed claims
• The impact of the 2023 rule changes
• Defining what is and what is not fundamental dishonesty
• Procedural and tactical considerations
• Discontinuance and QOCs

Modules 6 - Fixed Recoverable Costs

• On overview of the 2023 extension to fixed recoverable costs
• How it is working in practice
• Latest caselaw

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Thursday 30th October 2025

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