Pre-action protocols

Reform proposals

The Civil Justice Council (CJC) published an interim report on the subject of the pre-action protocols (PAPs) in November 2021. The interim report was said to address the role PAPs should play in a modern and increasingly digitalised civil justice system. In particular, it canvassed a number of reform options to the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols (setting out 'revised draft text and a proposed joint stocktake template' at Appendix 4) and the existing PAPs, plus the creation of new PAPs in certain areas. However, no recommendations were made at that stage, but rather the interim report was said to have been published for the purposes of allowing the CJC to consult as widely as possible.

Having provoked considerable discussion among the legal profession and other interested parties, the CJC published its final report (part 1) in August 2023. The key recommendations were summarised at para 1.7, and included:

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the overriding objective being amended to include express reference to the need to comply with, and enforce, PAPs
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the Practice Direction Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols being replaced with a new PAP which should be included as a practice

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