In English law

English law

English law is the legal system of England and Wales, and is the basis of common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countries and the United States except Louisiana...

, a Practice Direction is a supplemental protocol to rules of civil and criminal procedure in the Court

Court

A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law...

s. The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

Civil Procedure Rules 1998

The Civil Procedure Rules are the rules of civil procedure used by the Court of Appeal, High Court of Justice, and County Courts in civil cases in England and Wales...

 contains a large number of Practice Directions which give practical advice on how to interpret the rules themselves. Also, individual Courts and judges may make their own Practice Directions, especially in specialist types of proceedings such as in the Patent

Patent

A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....

 Court.

External links

• A list of Practice Directions on Her Majesty's Courts Service
  Her Majesty's Courts Service
  Her Majesty's Courts Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice and is responsible for the administration of the civil, family and criminal courts in England and Wales....
  
  website
• Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions
• The Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction