This article is an investigation of the question whether the innovations introduced by the new High Court Rules of Delta State are meeting the objectives for which they were made or whether the expectations of the rule makers are being met. The article is principally intended to do a survey of certain provisions of the Delta State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules with a view to critically scrutinising certain applications of the rules which are generating issues and which have posed challenges to the bar and the bench. The article also examines the impact the new Administration of the Civil Justice Law of Delta State 2022 would have on the rules and civil procedure in the High Court of Delta State of Nigeria.