The practice directions of the House of Lords are continuously revised and improved. This edition includes many small changes to which special attention does not need to be drawn. Such changes are intended to make the practice directions less minutely prescriptive as to the form of documents etc lodged in respect of appeals. The direction numbers remain the same, except that:

directions 1.18 - 1.20 are new, and old directions 1.18-1.20 are renumbered 1.21 - 1.23

old direction 2.4 (which dealt with applications for permission to appeal out of time) is omitted and old direction 2.5 is renumbered 2.4

direction 37 has been revised, with consequential internal renumbering

The following directions contain significant changes from the previous edition (January 2006):

directions 1.7 - 1.11 (which clarify the procedures for appeals from Scotland and set out more clearly when leave to appeal is and is not required. Direction 1.9 makes it clear that it must be Scottish counsel who certify the reasonableness of any appeal from Scotland.)

directions 1.14 - 1.16 (which establish simplified procedures for dealing with applications for permission to appeal)

direction 1.18 (which is new and deals with applications for permission to appeal to the House after a refusal by the Court of Appeal to reopen an appeal or application to it under Taylor v Lawrence)

directions 1.19 - 1.20 (which are new and deal with applications for permission to appeal to the House when permission to apply for judicial review is refused by a court below)

directions 3.16 - 3.17 (which simplify the procedures for seeking waivers of fees. The requirement that a petitioner must first seek public funding before applying for a waiver is dropped.)

direction 3.21 (which acknowledges the right of the competition authorities in EU member states to intervene in applications by other persons for permission to appeal)

direction 4.7 (which clarifies the criteria used by the Appeal Committee in deciding applications for leave to appeal)

directions 4.10 and 4.14 (which clarify the procedures under which respondents may make written submissions to Appeal Committees)

directions 4.25 - 4.28 (which are new and establish procedures for dealing with applications for leave to appeal, and any subsequent appeal, in proceedings arising out of the Hague Convention and the revised Brussels II regulation)

direction 19.1 and 19.4 - 19.5 (which simplify the procedures for making submissions on costs)

directions 20 (which set out revised procedures and timetables whereby counsel obtain judgments in advance of their delivery in the House)

  direction 37.1 (which acknowledges the right of the competition authorities in EU member states to intervene in appeals)

direction 41 (which simplifies the procedures governing time limits in publicly funded appeals)