The White Book contains the sources of law relating to the practice and procedures of the High Court and the County Court for the handling of civil litigation, subject to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR). These sources are supplemented by substantial and comprehensive expert commentary.
Volume 1
Volume 1 contains the core materials needed for practising in the civil courts – County Court, High Court and the Court of Appeal. It is principally devoted to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocols, together with substantial and comprehensive expert commentary.
- Section A – Full text of the Civil Procedure Rules (and Practice Directions) plus commentary
- Section B – Miscellaneous Practice Directions & Guidance are relocated to the relevant Parts to which they are applicable, eg. Pts 39, 40, 57A etc
- Section C – Pre-Action Conduct and Protocols
- Section D – Table of Time Limits
- Section E - Glossary
Volume 2
Volume 2 contains materials relating to special procedures (CPR Parts 57A to 63A, and Parts relating to Terrorism), Procedural and Court Guides, legislation and commentary on other, substantive, proceedings (eg. Housing, Business Tenancies, PI, and Insolvency) and commentaries on Contempt of Court and Limitation legislation, plus extended commentaries on the CPR generally, Rights of Audience, ADR and Interim Remedies, and other general resources, including jurisdictional & procedural legislation.
- Section A1 – Procedural Guides
- Section 1 – Court Guides
- Section 2 – Specialist Proceedings (Parts 57A-63A & Companies Act Proceedings)
- Section 3 – Other Proceedings (Housing, Business Tenancies, Contempt of Court, Human Rights, Insolvency, Personal Injury, Data Protection, Consumer Credit, Discrimination, Directors’ Disqualification, Civil Recovery, Prevention of Terrorism (Parts 76, 79, 80, 88), Devolution, Employment)
- Section 4 – Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Section 5 – International Jurisdiction & Enforcement of Judgments
- Section 6 – Administration of Funds, Property & Affairs
- Section 7 – Costs & Litigation Funding (this section houses the relocated pre-1 April 2013 Costs Parts (Parts 43x to 45x)
- Section 8 – Limitation
- Section 9 – Jurisdictional & Procedural Legislation
- Section 10 – Court Fees
- Section 11-15 – Litigation & Procedural Topics (CPR, Rights of Audience, ADR, Interim Remedies)
The 10th edition of Costs & Funding following the Civil Justice Reforms: Questions & Answers publishes with the White Book 2024. Depending on which format of the White Book 2024 you choose, your free copy will be delivered in the same format: it is published in print, as an eBook using the award-winning ProView® app, and online with the White Book on Westlaw.
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