This Practice Note explains how practitioners should go about effecting amendments to statements of case (Pleadings). It should be read in conjunction with Practice Notes: Amending a Statement of case—introduction and Costs and Amending a statement of case—permission to amend.
This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and Application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your matter is proceeding, you may also need to be mindful of additional provisions—see further Court specific guidance.
The usual rule is that an amended statement of case does not need to show the original text (CPR PD 17, para 2.2). However, where it considers it desirable to do so, the court may order both the amendments and the original text to be shown, in which case the amendments should be shown either (CPR PD 17, para 2.2):