The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) is in the process of making significant amendments to a number of the pre-action protocols and will be introducing a new debt protocol. We understand that it is likely that the following protocols will come into force on 6 April 2015: Practice Direction on pre-action conduct, professional negligence, judicial review, mortgage arrears, possession claims by social landlords (rent arrears), housing disrepair, personal injury and clinical disputes.