The Civil Procedure Rules 1998 No. 3132 (L. 17)

PART 40 E+W [F1 JUDGMENTS, ORDERS, SALE OF LAND ETC]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 40 heading substituted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rules 1(b), 18(1)

[F2 II SALE OF LAND ETC. AND CONVEYANCING COUNSEL E+W

Textual Amendments

F2 Pt. 40 Section 2 inserted (2.5.2000) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2000 (S.I. 2000/221), rule 1(b), Sch. 4 Pt. 2

Reference to conveyancing counsel E+W

40.18— (1) The court may direct conveyancing counsel to investigate and prepare a report on the title of any land or to draft any document.

(2) The court may take the report on title into account when it decides the issue in question.

(Provisions dealing with the fees payable to conveyancing counsel are set out in the practice direction relating to Part 44)]