The Online Procedure (Core Rules and Pilot Schemes) Rules 2026

The Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) is responsible, under the provisions of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022, for making rules for online procedure in the civil, family and tribunals jurisdictions. These rules are to be for specific kinds of online proceedings, as agreed by Parliament.

This consultation seeks views and comments on the first Online Procedure Rules to be made by the OPRC. These rules will, in the future, apply to all proceedings where there are Online Procedure Rules. To begin with, they will apply only to possession proceedings.