Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 26 substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rule 1(1), Sch. 1 (with rule 2)
26.5.—(1) A party may, when filing the completed directions questionnaire, make a written request for the proceedings to be stayed while the parties try to settle the case by alternative dispute resolution or other means.
(2) If all parties request a stay the proceedings shall be stayed for one month and the court shall notify the parties accordingly.
(3) If the court otherwise considers that such a stay would be appropriate, the court may direct that the proceedings, either in whole or in part, be stayed for one month, or for such other period as it considers appropriate.
(4) The court may extend the stay until such date or for such specified period as it considers appropriate.
(5) Where the court stays the proceedings under this rule, the claimant must tell the court if a settlement is reached.
(6) If the claimant does not tell the court by the end of the period of the stay that a settlement has been reached, the court shall give such directions as to the management of the case as it considers appropriate.]