Practice Notes provide information about particular aspects of the Court's practice, procedure and organisation. They sit alongside the Rules of Court to provide guidance in relation to the conduct of proceedings. Lawyers with the conduct of proceedings are expected to be familiar with their content and act in accordance with that guidance unless directed otherwise.
From 30 January 2017 the Court introduces a new system of publishing and organising its Practice Notes to make them easier to locate and navigate and ensure the information provided is up to date.
Each Practice Note is designated with the letter "SC" followed by an abbreviation denoting the Division of the Court to which it applies or the General designation followed by a number.
| SC CA | Court of Appeal |
| SC CC | Commercial Court |
| SC CL | Common Law Division |
| SC CR | Criminal Division |
| SC GEN | General |
Where changes are made to a Practice Note, it will retain its designation. The body of the Practice Note will contain its new operative date and a history of amendments and a copy of the superseded version will be retained in the Practice Notes Archive.
Notices to the Profession provide information to practitioners about matters of a more temporal nature such as advising which judges are responsible for which specialist lists for the year; reminders to the profession about certain rules and practices if it appears there is confusion or non-compliance and notices from the Prothonotary or a Registrar about a matter of registry practice.
| Practice note | Division | Date of publication | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Practice Note relates to the process for approval of members' schemes of arrangement. | Commercial Court | SC CC 9 Schemes of arrangement (pdf 415.09KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to clarify how parties and/or lawyers can advise the Court of their forms of address and pronunciation. | Criminal Law Division, Civil Division, Common Law Division, Commercial Court, Court of Appeal, General | Practice Note SC Gen 21 - Appearing in Court (pdf 199.64KB) Practice Note SC Gen 21 - Appearing in Court (docx 56.04KB) | |
Notice to the Profession - Establishment of Commercial and Retail Leases List This Notice to the Profession relates to a new cross-divisional specialist list for the management of commercial and retail lease matters. |
Common Law Division, Commercial Court, Notice to the Profession | Notice to the Profession - Establishment of Commercial and Retail Leases List (pdf 128.98KB) | |
| This Notice relates to changes to file inspections and affidavits for proceedings in the Common Law Division and Commercial Court. | Common Law Division, Commercial Court, Notice to the Profession | Notice to the Profession - Changes to File Inspections and Affidavits (pdf 241.50KB) Notice to the Profession - Changes to File Inspections and Affidavits (docx 105.04KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe the procedures to be followed in the Admiralty List. | Commercial Court | SC CC 4 Admiralty (pdf 162.70KB) | |
| Commercial Court | Practice Note SC CC 6 - Cross Border Insolvency (pdf 290.89KB) | ||
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe and provide guidance on the procedures to be followed in the Arbitration List. This revised Practice Note was issued on 22 March 2021 and replaced the… | Commercial Court | SC CC 3 - Commercial Arbitration Business (pdf 274.07KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe and provide guidance on the procedures to be followed by practitioners and parties conducting litigation in the Commercial Court. It takes effect from… | Commercial Court | SC CC 1 Commercial Court (First revision) (doc 774.00KB) SC CC 1 Commercial Court (First revision) (pdf 503.53KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to confirm and clarify the circumstances in which an ‘Entry to List fee’ is payable in the Commercial Court. This Practice Note was reissued on 21 December 2017… | Commercial Court | SC CC 7 Imposition of fees (First revision) (docx 53.01KB) SC CC 7 Imposition of fees (First revision) (pdf 156.32KB) | |
| The purpose of this Practice Note is to describe the procedure to be followed in respect of applications to enter judgments and issue debt certificates pursuant to the Building and Construction… | Commercial Court | SC CC 2 TEC List Security for Payments (doc 92.00KB) |