Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Contents:

The new landscape

scope of the CPR and transitional provisions

funding litigation

pre-action protocols

commencement of actions

statements of case

applications

interim injunctions

case management

small claims

fast track

multi-track

sanctions

disclosure

evidence

witnesses

experts

offers to settle

discontinuance

trial

costs

appeals

enforcement

matters omitted from the CPR. Appendices: protocols

rules

practice directions. (Part contents.)

This guide is designed to make the adjustment to the reform of the Civil Procedure System (26 April 1999) as easy as possible. All aspects of the new system are explained. The text also contains materials that practitioners will need in court from the outset: The Civil Procedure Act 1997; the Civil Procedure rules; practice directions; pre-action protocols; and forms.