{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-80.27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-80.27.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/80.27",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "80.27",
  "heading": "Failure to comply with directions",
  "text": "(1) Where a party or the special advocate fails to comply with a direction of the court, the court may serve on that person a notice which states—\n(a) the respect in which that person has failed to comply with the direction;\n(b) a time limit for complying with the direction; and\n(c) that the court may proceed to determine the proceedings before it, on the material available to it, if the party or special advocate fails to comply with the direction within the time specified.\n(2) Where a party or special advocate fails to comply with such a notice, the court may proceed in accordance with paragraph (1)(c).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 80 inserted (15.12.2011) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2011 (S.I. 2011/2970), rule 1, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/80.27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}