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Make use of our costs recovery toolkit, precedents practice notes, and completing costs budget checklist. As well as funding arrangements guidance, principles of costs recovery, costs budgeting and management.
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Choose from checklists, practice notes, flowcharts and precedents to help you understand and apply to your practice to all relevant provisions and obligations – and avoid consequences for non-compliance.
Starting and progressing a civil claim
Checklists and practice notes on areas like debt claims, corporate disputes, and civil fraud to make sure you’re familiar with the particular procedural provisions governing a dispute and the underlying substantive law.
Dispute Resolution Guidance
Trying to get to grips with the law underlying your dispute? Looking at trying to settle? Puzzled by costs and funding reforms? Out of your depth on jurisdiction issues?
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Latest Dispute Resolution News
This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions including...
Law360, London: A landmark ruling holding mining giant BHP liable for a catastrophic dam collapse in Brazil signals the English courts' growing...
Law360, London: On 18 November 2025, the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) stated that it has applied for permission to appeal against...
Commercial analysis: The doctrine of waiver by election holds that, in a situation where a person is entitled to alternative rights inconsistent with...
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CATJ) has announced the launch of an online survey by the Disclosure Review Working Group to assess the operation...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Settling disputes—drafting the settlement agreementThis Practice Note considers the key issues when drafting a settlement agreement, including correct...
Tracker—Hague Judgments ConventionThis Tracker is for use when determining whether a country is a signatory to the Hague Convention on Recognition and...
Pre-action—costs recoveryThis Practice Note considers the recovery of costs incurred pre-action. It sets out provisions in the Senior Courts Act 1981...
Cross border evidence—requests to a foreign court for assistanceThis Practice Note considers applications for a letter of request to obtain deposition...
Freezing injunctions—illustrative decisionsThis Practice Note summarises a number of illustrative cases addressing applications for freezing...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Letter requesting extension of time for serving the claim form[Date][Insert claimant’s solicitors‘ name, reference and address]Dear Sirs[Insert name...
Draft order for issue of a letter of request under CPR 34.13Claim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS...
Witness statement in support of application for a letter of request under CPR 34.13Name: [insert]Witness Statement: [insert]Date: [insert]Exhibits:...
Drafting note for application notice for a letter of request under CPR 34.13General pointsApplication notice (Form N244)Application notice—Commercial...
Letter of request for taking evidenceThis Precedent is a Draft Letter of Request as required by CPR 34.13. The Precedent replicates the precedent set...
Latest Dispute Resolution Q&As
Featured Dispute Resolution content
What is a tort?
What is a tort?This Practice Note provides an introduction to tort law by addressing three questions:•what does the concept of being liable in tort...
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claim
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claimThis Practice Note outlines the key elements for establishing a claim in negligence. For...
Rescission of a contract
Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract,...
The doctrine of res judicata
The doctrine of res judicataWhat is a res judicata?A res judicata is a decision given by a judge or tribunal with jurisdiction over the cause of...
Reserved judgments
Reserved judgmentsWhat is a reserved judgment?A court can reserve judgment by giving its decision at a later date in writing, after the trial or...
Novation—why and how to novate a contract
Novation—why and how to novate a contractThere may be times when, rather than assigning the benefit of an agreement to a third party, the original...
Void contracts
Void contractsWhen is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the...
Negligence—when does a duty of care arise?
Negligence—when does a duty of care arise?This Practice Note considers the first question to ask when faced with a prospective claim in...
Declaratory relief
Declaratory reliefThis Practice Note considers when, why and how you can apply to court for declaratory relief (a declaration from the court) and what...
The different torts—property, people and animals
Tort—the different types of tortThis Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related...
The application notice—form N244
The application notice—form N244This Practice Note provides guidance on completing the most common form of application notice, form N244.This Practice...
Court etiquette
Court etiquetteThe most important rule is to be polite. If you are polite to everyone at all times, it is hard to go seriously wrong.The judgeMake...
Stay of civil proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?
Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?This Practice Note considers the question of when court proceedings can be stayed. It...
Promissory estoppel
Promissory estoppelFor guidance on the basic features of the doctrine of estoppel and the different classifications it has been subject to, see...
Grounds of appeal—appealing a finding of fact
Grounds of appeal—appealing a finding of factWhen will the court allow an appeal against a finding of fact?The appeal court will only allow an appeal...
Restitution for unjust enrichment—elements of the claim
Restitution for unjust enrichment—elements of the claimWhat is unjust enrichment and when is it used?A claim based on unjust enrichment is one which...
Interest on judgment debts
Interest on judgment debtsThis Practice Note provides guidance on claiming interest on judgment debts.For information on claiming interest when...
Misrepresentation—what statements will establish a claim?
Misrepresentation—what statements will establish a claim?This Practice Note considers the requirement for there to be a false statement of fact for an...
Associated legal terms
Points of dispute
A written statement made by the paying party identifying the areas of disagreement as to the costs to be assessed.
Pro bono representation
Legal representation provided free of charge
Wasted costs of order
SCCO Guide defines this as order against a legal representative which disallows, or, as the case may be, orders the legal representative to meet, the whole or any part of costs found to have been incurred as a result of improper, unreasonable or negligent acts or omissions on the part of the legal representative or any consequential costs.
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