Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 59 inserted (25.3.2002) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 5) Rules 2001 (S.I. 2001/4015), rule 1(c), Sch. 3
F2Pt. 59 heading substituted (1.10.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/889), rules 1(1), 7(1)
59.11—(1) All [F3Circuit Commercial claims] are treated as being allocated to the multi-track, and Part 26 does not apply.
(2) The following parts only of Part 29 apply—
(a)rule 29.3(2) (appropriate legal representative to attend case management conferences and pre-trial reviews); and
(b)rule 29.5 (variation of case management timetable) with the exception of rule 29.5(1)(c).
(3) As soon as practicable the court will hold a case management conference which must be fixed in accordance with [F4Practice Direction 59].
(4) At the case management conference or at any hearing at which the parties are represented the court may give such directions for the management of the case as it considers appropriate.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Pt. 59 substituted (1.10.2017) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/889), rules 1(1), 7(2)(c)
F4Words in rule 59.11(3) substituted (6.4.2010) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No.2) Rules 2009 (S.I. 2009/3390), rules 1(2), 34(b)