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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.
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Latest Dispute Resolution News
Dispute Resolution analysis: Mr Justice Henshaw, sitting in the Commercial Court, confirmed that the court cannot compel an applicant to provide...
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) announced on 27 May 2025 that it will not proceed with plans to introduce a new core duty requiring barristers to 'act...
This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions including...
Construction analysis: This is the latest instalment in a series of decisions arising out of claims by a developer (BDW) against its structural...
The World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO AMC) has announced the 2025 WIPO ADR Young Article Competition,...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Corporate insolvency for dispute resolution practitioners: company voluntary arrangementsThis Practice Note is a summary of company voluntary...
Contractual set-offA set-off is the right of one party, Party A, who is owed money by another party, Party B, to ensure payment by setting off the...
Staying execution of a money judgmentThis Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR....
Types of dispute resolution clauses—litigation, mediation, multi-tier, hybrid and carve-out clausesMany contracts contain dispute resolution clauses....
Trial witness statements in the Business and Property Courts under CPR PD 57ACThis Practice Note sets out the requirements for witness statements for...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Witness statement in support of application for permission to instruct own expert to give evidence when dissatisfied with single joint expert’s...
Calderbank claimant settlement offer pre-action[ON YOUR LETTERHEAD]WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS[SUBJECT TO CONTRACT][Insert date][Insert name...
Standard multi-track directions—no expert evidenceClaim No.[insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF...
Model form of summary assessment order (child or protected party)[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[Chancery OR King’s Bench]SENIOR COURT COSTS...
Letter responding to request for consent to relief from sanctions[insert name and address of claimant or defendant or claimant's or defendant’s legal...
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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...
Negligent misstatement—defences and remedies
Negligent misstatement—defences and remediesThere are a number of ways in which liability for negligent misstatement may be avoided and/or limited....
Associated legal terms
Depository Trust Corporation (DTC)
One of the clearing systems used for European debt securities offerings (for US dollar denominated offerings)
Incremental back-ups
When information is stored on a back-up tape by saving only the additional information since the last back up, rather than capturing all the information on available.
Royal Courts of Justice
SCCO Guide refers to the RCJ and defines this as the Royal Courts of Justice, the postal address of which is Strand, London, WC2A 2LL.
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