The New IPEC Guide
Author Basher Eyre , Licence CC BY-SA 2.0 , Source Wikipedia Rolls Building Jane Lambert A new guide to the practice and procedure of the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court ("IPEC") was published yesterday and came into force immediately. It is intended to help users and potential users of the court by explaining how its procedures work and by providing guidelines where appropriate. Small Claims Track Business outside London An important announcement of the new guide is that from October 2019, there will be district judges in each of the six Business and Property Court centres outside London (Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle) to hear matters in the IPEC small claims track . Appeals from decisions in the IPEC small claims track will be filed at the relevant appeal centre indicated in PD 52B . A judge of the multi-track will be made available to hear the appeal, either locally or in London, depending on the circumstan