{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026/schedule/rule-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026/schedule/rule-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/696",
  "legislation_title": "The Online Procedure (Rules and Practice Directions) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/online-procedure-rules-and-practice-directions-rules-2026",
  "path": "schedule/rule/9",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Active case management of online proceedings by the court or tribunal",
  "text": "Active case management of online proceedings by the court or tribunal includes—\n(a) directing or encouraging the parties to cooperate in the management and progression of online proceedings;\n(b) directing or encouraging the parties to use other methods to resolve their disputes and helping them use those methods;\n(c) helping the parties to reach agreement about all or part of the online proceedings;\n(d) fixing and controlling timetables to move the online proceedings forward;\n(e) considering and deciding whether the outcomes of a future step are justified by its cost;\n(f) making directions that enable the online proceedings to be resolved without the parties coming to court;\n(g) making full and effective use of technology;\n(h) holding hearings and receiving evidence by phone, video or other electronic means where appropriate;\n(i) combining two or more sets of online proceedings into one, and dealing with more than one set of online proceedings together;\n(j) pausing all or part of any online proceedings or judgment without setting an end date or until a future date or event;\n(k) ordering a party to send the court or tribunal and the other parties a budget for the details of the costs they have spent or expect to spend on the online proceedings;\n(l) making any other order for the purpose of managing the case and achieving the overriding objective.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/696/schedule/rule/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:13.235300+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."
}