Dispositions Without Trial 3rd ed

This civil litigation reference has been updated to account for changes in the law since the previous edition published in 2007. It provides guidance for evaluating and conducting motions for summary judgment, for determination of issues before trial and for dismissal without delay.

The Third Edition includes a detailed review of the case law extracting key principles relating to motions, along with everyday practice tips. The text contains practical charts and tables, a trial management checklist under rule 76 and precedents for common pre-trial motions.

Features include:-

• Expanded and updated Charts of Causes of Action and Defences and their Legal Elements allows the reader to quickly confirm what the appropriate elements of most known causes of action or defences are in order to properly analyze whether to bring, and how to defend, Rule 19, 20, 21 and 76 motions; in both civil and family contexts
• Special updated Appendix on the application of summary judgment in matrimonial proceedings Updated legal precedents – law portions updated in factum for motion to set aside default judgment, factum on summary judgment motion, factum on motion to dismiss an action for delay
• Brand new Agreed Statement of Fact precedent – this precedent is combined with a new section in Chapter 7 that discusses the use of ASF as an alternative to using Requests to Admit