Civil Procedure Rules
Civil Procedure Rules in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Civil Procedure Rules. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.
Resources
See Also
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Police Officer
- Law Enforcement Agency
Further Reading
- Civil Procedure Rules in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- Civil Procedure Rules in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
English Legal System: Civil Procedure Rules
In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Civil Procedure Rules : CPR
(Civil Procedure Rules, CPR)
The new procedural code, which was enacted in 1998 and revoked the *Rules of the Supreme Court with effect from 26 April 1999. The Rules, a result of the reforms proposed by Lord Woolf’s Access to Justice (Final Report) 1996, now govern proceedings in the civil cases of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), the High Court, and the county courts. The CPR have been supplemented by *Practice Directions and *pre-action protocols. They have no application in certain areas, including the Mental Health Act 1983 Part IV and family and adoption proceedings.
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