The Crown Court (Amendment) Rules 2009
These Rules will come into force on 5 April 2010. They make two amendments to the Crown Court Rules 1982. Rule 3 inserts a new Part IIA and rule 5A giving the Crown Court explicit case management powers when dealing with civil cases. In practice these will be appeals against magistrates’ courts’ orders made in civil proceedings. The powers are substantially the same as those that can be exercised in criminal proceedings under Part 3 of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005.