Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

Section 1: Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and Practice Directions as Amended

Section 2: CPR Schedules and Specialist Practice Directions

Section 3: Pre-Action Protocols

Keeping up-to-date and informed about the changes to the Civil Procedure Rules is important for practitioners and students alike. Allowing readers to do just that, this useful, quick reference book contains the full text of the Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions, and Pre-Action Protocols.

Affordable, accessible and portable, this handbook is an ideal complement to the larger narrative texts in the area - a simple and effective way to access the rules quickly. The Civil Procedure Handbook 2006 contains all Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions, and Pre-Action Protocols approved to 6 April 2006, including the 40th and 41st Updates to the CPR.

Key material included and up-to-date for 2006:-

• Re-issued Part 20, with amendments to practice and procedure relating to counterclaims and claims against third parties
• Amendments to Practice Direction 31 concerning information on disclosure of electronic documents
• Revised Practice Direction 25 on injunctions
• Amendments to Costs Practice Direction 43-48
• New Practice Direction 40E, dealing with embargoed judgments in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
• Amendments to Pre-Action-Protocols to encourage parties to engage in Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Changes to the Practice Direction on Disqualification of Directors

New to this edition:-

• The handbook includes all Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocols approved to 6 April 2006, including the 40th and 41st Updates to the CPR. Key new material includes:
• Re-issued Part 20, with amendments to practice and procedure relating to counterclaims and claims against third parties
• Amendments to Practice Direction 31 concerning information on disclosure of electronic documents Revised Practice Direction 25 on injunctions
• Amendments to Costs Practice Direction 43-48
• New Practice Direction 40E, dealing with embargoed judgments in the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Various changes to appeals provisions Amendments to Pre-Action-Protocols to encourage parties to engage in Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Changes to the Practice Direction on Disqualification of Directors