Disclosure in the B&PCs toolkit
A guide to Practical Law Dispute Resolution's materials on the approach to disclosure under Practice Direction (PD) 57AD ("Disclosure in the Business and Property Courts"). PD 57AD took effect on 1 October 2022, replacing what was PD 51U, and implementing, on a permanent basis, the procedures that applied, from 1 January 2019 until 1 October 2022, under the Disclosure Pilot Scheme (PD 51U).
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