Act of Sederunt (Ordinary Cause Rules) Amendment (Commercial Actions) 2001
This Act of Sederunt inserts a new Chapter (Chapter 40) into the Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 (S.I. 1993/1956) (“the Rules”) to make provision for a new category of actions (commercial actions) (paragraph 2(5)). The rules comprising the new Chapter 40 provide as follows:–rule 40.1 defines a commercial action;rule 40.2 provides for who may hear a commercial action;rules 40.3-40.6 and 40.13-40.17 provide for various matters of procedure in commercial actions;rules 40.7-40.9 provide for certain aspects of pleading in commercial actions;rule 40.10 and 40.12 provide for a Case Management Conference, which will be held in place of an Options Hearing in commercial actions; andrule 40.11 specifies the period of notice for applications for summary decree in commercial actions as 48 hours.