The Rules of the Supreme Court (Amendment) 1987
These Rules amend the Rules of the Supreme Court so as to—make amendments consequential on the creation of the combined Admiralty and Commercial Registry (rules 2 to 31);enable a defendant to require a plaintiff to serve a writ on him, where the writ has been issued but not served (rule 32);enable the court to be told whether a payment into court has been made, after the determination of liability in a trial split between liability and quantum (rules 33 and 34);permit parties to amend their pleadings by consent in all High Court proceedings (rule 35);permit a party to require his opponent to supply copies of documents which he is entitled to inspect (rules 36 to 38);provide that the undertaking not to use documents for an ulterior purpose shall cease when the document is read or referred to in open court (rule 39);apply the presumption that experts' reports should be disclosed to all High Court proceedings (rules 40 to 43);enable masters to hear interlocutory applications in Divisional Court proceedings (rules 44 to 48);give effect to section 29 of the Finance Act 1985 (enforcement of VAT tribunals' decisions by High Court) (rule 49);amend the provisions relating to costs, including the tables of fixed costs (rules 50 to 55);require notices of appeal from masters' orders to be served within 5 days after issue (rules 56 and 57);provide a procedure for appeals direct to the Court of Appeal from Special Commissioners of income tax (rule 58);extend the cases when the Court of Appeal may order that a transcript be paid for out of public funds (rule 59);amend the provisions relating to service out of the jurisdiction in arbitration proceedings (rule 60);enable an appeal by a patient to the Court of Appeal to be dismissed by consent without a hearing (rule 61);provide rules to govern applications under the Financial Services Act 1986 (rule 62);make minor miscellaneous amendments and correct obsolete references (rule 63).