O'Hare & Browne: Civil Litigation

This book explains how the Civil Procedure Rules work in practice. The book covers the entire spectrum of civil litigation providing a step-by-step guide through all stages of a civil action. Features:

• Provides a practical, comprehensive and detailed guide covering all areas of civil litigation in the High Court and County Court
• Guides you through the procedure involved in any civil matter
• Covers all stages of litigation in a logical sequence from pre-action to enforcement and appeals
• Expert authors provide tactical and strategic advice, examples, tips and solutions
• Cross-refers to the Civil Procedure Rules and the White Book

The 21st edition has been fully revised and includes new chapters, sections and fuller coverage on:

• The fixed costs regimes for most cases on the fast track and intermediate track, with examples and explanations of how these new rules affect costs under Part 36 and costs of appeals (costs are now covered in seven chapters)
• Challenges to the jurisdiction of the court following the service of the claim form which was made late or was otherwise irregular (a new section on Part 11)
• Guidance on the Court of Appeal’s restatement of the court’s powers to compel parties to attempt ADR and on the new pilot scheme for compulsory mediation in many small claims
• New cases on the effect of failure to cross-examine expert witnesses and on the making of orders for cross-examination at hearings other than trials
• Two further new chapters on mediation and the intermediate track
• Plus coverage of many other recent rule changes and case authorities (including amendments of pleadings, representative actions, injunctions against persons unknown, imaging orders and DDOs, debt relief orders and debt respite schemes)

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1. The Civil Court System in Outline
2. Personal Injury Cases
3. Acting for a new claimant client
4. Parties to Actions
5. Steps to be taken before commencing court proceedings
6. Limitation of Actions
7. Procedure under the RTA and EL/PL Protocols
8. Service of Documents in court proceedings
9. Proceedings Under Pt 7 and Pt 8
10. Drafting Statements of Case
11. Interim Applications
12. Default Judgment
13. Admissions and Requests for Time to Pay
14. Disposal Hearings
15. Counterclaims and Other Additional Claims (Pt 20)
16. Summary Judgment
17. The Small Claims Track (Pt 27)
18. The Fast Track (Pt 28)
19. The Intermediate Track (Pt 28)
20. The Multi-Track (Pt 29)
21. Costs budgeting in most multi-track claims
22. Cases not Governed by Standard Track Allocation
23. Cases With a Foreign Element
24. Interim Injunctions
25. Interim Payments
26. Security for Costs
27. Experts
28. Disclosure and Inspection
29. Evidence
30. Judicial Case Management: General Points
31. Judicial Case Management: Particular Points
32. Discontinuance
33. Change of Solicitors
34. Part 36 Offers to Settle
35. Termination of an Action by Consent
36. Drafting Witness Statements, Affidavits and Skeleton Arguments
37. Preparations for Trial
38. Trial
39. Entitlement to costs
40. Fixed costs
41. Summary Assessment
42. Detailed Assessment of costs
43. Costs: Special Cases
44. Interest
45. Enforcement of Money Judgments
46. Enforcement of Other Judgments
47. Insolvency
48. Applications to Set Aside or Vary Orders
49. Appeals up to the Court of Appeal
50. Appeals to the UK Supreme Court

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