extend or shorten the time for compliance with any rule, practice direction or court order (even if an application for extension is made after the time for compliance has expired);

adjourn or bring forward a hearing;

require that any proceedings in the High Court be heard by a Divisional Court of the High Court;

require a party or a party’s legal representative to attend the court;

hold a hearing and receive evidence by telephone or by using any other method of direct oral communication;

direct that part of any proceedings (such as a counterclaim) be dealt with as separate proceedings;

stay^(GL) the whole or part of any proceedings or judgment either generally or until a specified date or event;

consolidate proceedings;

try two or more claims on the same occasion;

direct a separate trial of any issue;

decide the order in which issues are to be tried;

exclude an issue from consideration;

dismiss or give judgment on a claim after a decision on a preliminary issue;

order any party to file and F47exchange a costs budget;

take any other step or make any other order for the purpose of managing the case and furthering the overriding objective F60, including hearing an Early Neutral Evaluation with the aim of helping the parties settle the case.

make it subject to conditions, including a condition to pay a sum of money into court; and

specify the consequence of failure to comply with the order or a condition.

the amount in dispute; and

the costs which the parties have incurred or which they may incur.

ascertaining from an unrepresented party the matters about which the witness may be able to give evidence or on which the witness ought to be cross-examined; and

putting, or causing to be put, to the witness such questions as may appear to the court to be proper.

it may give any person likely to be affected by the order an opportunity to make representations; and

where it does so it must specify the time by and the manner in which the representations must be made.

to make an order of its own initiative; and

to hold a hearing to decide whether to make the order,

a party affected by the order may apply to have it set aside^(GL), varied or stayed^(GL); and

the order must contain a statement of the right to make such an application.

within such period as may be specified by the court; or

if the court does not specify a period, not more than 7 days after the date on which the order was served on the party making the application.

the court’s order must record that fact; and

the court must at the same time consider whether it is appropriate to make a civil restraint order.

that the statement of case discloses no reasonable grounds for bringing or defending the claim;

that the statement of case is an abuse of the court’s process or is otherwise likely to obstruct the just disposal of the proceedings; or

that there has been a failure to comply with a rule, practice direction or court order.

the court has struck out a claimant’s statement of case;

the claimant has been ordered to pay costs to the defendant; and

before the claimant pays those costs, F50the claimant starts another claim against the same defendant, arising out of facts which are the same or substantially the same as those relating to the claim in which the statement of case was struck out,

the court’s order must record that fact; and

the court must at the same time consider whether it is appropriate to make a civil restraint order.

the court makes an order which includes a term that the statement of case of a party shall be struck out if the party does not comply with the order; and

the party against whom the order was made does not comply with it.

the order referred to in paragraph (1)(a) relates to the whole of a statement of case; and

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the court has made an order giving permission to proceed with a claim for judicial review F21; or

the fee payable for a hearing specified by the F75Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008 (Fees Order 2008) is not paid.

pay the fee; or

make an application for F22full or part remission of the fee,

full or part remission of a fee is refused, the court will serve notice on the claimant requiring payment of the full fee by the date specified in the notice; or

part remission of a fee is granted, the court will serve notice on the claimant requiring payment of the balance of the fee by the date specified in the notice.

F15the claim will automatically be struck out without further order of the court; and

the claimant F32will be liable for the costs which the defendant has incurred unless the court orders otherwise.

a claimant applies to have the claim reinstated; and

the court grants relief,

if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which a claimant is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;

in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the claimant.

“Fees Order 2008” means the Civil Proceedings Fees Order 2008;

“trial date” means the date of the trial in relation to which the trial fee is payable, and if the trial in relation to which the trial fee is payable is scheduled to commence during the course of a specified period, “trial date” means the date of the Monday of the first week of that specified period;

“trial fee” means fee 2.1 set out in the Table in Schedule 1 to the Fees Order 2008 and payable for the trial of a case on the multi-track, fast track or small claims track;

“trial fee payment date” means the date by which the trial fee must be paid, calculated in accordance with the Fees Order 2008;

“revised trial fee payment date” means, if an application for fee remission is denied in whole or part, the revised date by which the fee or part of it is to be paid, calculated in accordance with the Fees Order 2008.

that the claimant is required to pay the full trial fee by the revised trial fee payment date; and

of the consequences of non-payment of the trial fee.

that the claimant is required to pay the balance of the trial fee by the revised trial fee payment date; and

of the consequences of non-payment of the balance of the trial fee.

the claimant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the trial fee;

the claimant has not applied to have the trial fee remitted in whole or part; and

the trial fee has not been paid on or before the trial fee payment date,

the claimant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the trial fee;

the claimant has applied to have the trial fee remitted in whole or part;

remission is refused or only part remission of the trial fee is granted;

following the decision on remission, the claimant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the full trial fee or balance of it; and

the full trial fee or balance of it (as appropriate) has not been paid on or before the revised trial fee payment date,

a claimant applies to have the claim reinstated; and

the court grants relief,

if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which the claimant is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;

in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the claimant.

pay the fee; or

make an application for F26full or part remission of the fee,

full or part remission of a fee is refused, the court will serve notice on the defendant requiring payment of the full fee by the date specified in the notice; or

part remission of a fee is granted, the court will serve notice on the defendant requiring payment of the balance of the fee by the date specified in the notice.

the defendant applies to have the counterclaim reinstated; and

the court grants relief,

if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which the defendant is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;

in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the defendant.

that the defendant is required to pay the full trial fee by the revised trial fee payment date; and

of the consequences of non-payment of the trial fee.

that the defendant is required to pay the balance of the trial fee by the revised trial fee payment date; and

of the consequences of non-payment of the balance.

the defendant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the trial fee;

the defendant has not applied to have the trial fee remitted in whole or part; and

the trial fee has not been paid on or before the trial fee payment date,

the defendant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the trial fee;

the defendant has applied to have the trial fee remitted in whole or part;

remission is refused or only part remission of the trial fee is granted;

following the decision on remission, the defendant has had notice in accordance with this rule to pay the full trial fee or balance of it; and

the full trial fee or balance of it (as appropriate) has not been paid on or before the revised trial fee payment date,

a defendant applies to have the counterclaim reinstated; and

the court grants relief,

if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which the defendant is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;

in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the defendant.

where the fee is payable by the claimant, the claim will automatically be struck out without further order of the court;

where the fee is payable by the defendant, the defence will automatically be struck out without further order of the court,

the paying party applies to have the claim or defence reinstated; and

the court grants relief,

if the order granting relief is made at a hearing at which the paying party is present or represented, 2 days from the date of the order;

in any other case, 7 days from the date of service of the order on the paying party.

requires a party to do something within a specified time, and

specifies the consequence of failure to comply,

for litigation to be conducted efficiently and at proportionate cost; and

to enforce compliance with rules, practice directions and orders.

where the claim is commenced on or after 22nd April 2014 and the amount of money claimed as stated on the claim form is £10 million or more; or

where the claim is commenced on or after 22nd April 2014 and is for a monetary claim which is not quantified or not fully quantified or is for a non-monetary claim and in any such case the claim form contains a statement that the claim is valued at £10 million or more; or

where in proceedings commenced on or after 6th April 2016 a claim is made by or on behalf of a person under the age of 18 (a child) (and on a child reaching majority this exception will continue to apply unless the court otherwise orders); or

where the proceeding are the subject of fixed costs or scale costs; or

the court otherwise orders.

where the stated value of the claim on the claim form is less than £50,000, with their directions questionnaires; or

in any other case, not later than 21 days before the first case management conference.

may, on its own initiative or on application, order the parties to file and exchange costs budgets in a case where the parties are not otherwise required by this Section to do so;

shall (other than in an exceptional case) make an order to file and exchange costs budgets if all parties consent to an application for such an order.

record the extent to which the F86budgeted costs are agreed between the parties;

in respect of F87the budgeted costs which are not agreed, record the court’s approval after making appropriate revisions;

record the extent (if any) to which incurred costs are agreed

all other recoverable costs of the budgeting and costs management process shall not exceed 2% of the total of the incurred costs (as agreed or allowed on assessment) and the budgeted (agreed or approved) costs.

in the form approved or agreed with re-cast figures; and

annexed to the order approving the budgeted costs or recording the parties’ agreement.

serve particulars of the variation proposed on every other party, using the form prescribed by Practice Direction 3E;

confine the particulars to the additional costs occasioned by the significant development; and

certify, in the form prescribed by Practice Direction 3E, that the additional costs are not included in any previous budgeted costs or variation.

may not approve costs incurred before the date of any costs management hearing; but

may record its comments on those costs and take those costs into account when considering the reasonableness and proportionality of all budgeted costs.

‘costs capping order’ means an order limiting the amount of future costs (including disbursements) which a party may recover pursuant to an order for costs subsequently made; and

‘future costs’ means costs incurred in respect of work done after the date of the costs capping order but excluding the amount of any additional liability.

the whole litigation; or

any issues which are ordered to be tried separately.

it is in the interests of justice to do so;

there is a substantial risk that without such an order costs will be disproportionately incurred; and

whether there is a substantial imbalance between the financial position of the parties;

whether the costs of determining the amount of the cap are likely to be proportionate to the overall costs of the litigation;

the stage which the proceedings have reached; and

the costs which have been incurred to date and the future costs.

there has been a material and substantial change of circumstances since the date when the order was made; or

there is some other compelling reason why a variation should be made.

fix the date and time estimate of the hearing of the application;

indicate whether the judge hearing the application will sit with an assessor at the hearing of the application; and

include any further directions as the court sees fit.