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Lifting an automatic stay pre CPR

The court should stand back and assess the overall significance and weight of all the relevant circumstances when determining whether to lift an automatic stay imposed upon proceedings issued before the coming into force of the Civil Procedure Rules, having considered each of the items listed in rule 3.9.

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