Must or will in court rules

Procedural rules, Word choice

Where the court is to take an action, rules of court should prefer “must” to “will”, according to the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. The Rules committee has therefore made a new practice direction. In any new rules of court, or in any changes to a rule,...
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