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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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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
Restructuring & Insolvency analysis: This is another decision concerning whether and when the court will make a winding up order on just and equitable...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) meeting of 4 July 2025 (conducted in a hybrid format at The...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The Dubai Court of Appeal in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) reaffirmed its earlier decision in Carmon...
The Law Society of England and Wales has appointed Mark Evans as its 181st president, with Brett Dixon as vice president and Dana Denis-Smith as...
The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) held the second meeting of its Working Group on 8 October 2025 to develop a Good Practices...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
UK GDPR and EU GDPR—transfers of personal data internationally and to international organisationsFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the data (Use...
Practical steps to protect or obtain access to confidential informationThis Practice Note supplements Practice Note: Trade secrets and confidential...
Cross-border enforcement—CJJA 1982 and submission to the foreign court's jurisdictionThis Practice Note considers the position under the Civil...
International arbitration—key differences between international and domestic arbitrationIn many jurisdictions, there are relatively few substantive...
Institutional arbitration—an introduction to the key features of institutional arbitrationWhat is institutional arbitration?An institutional...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Precedent R—costs budget discussion reportPrecedent R is a costs precedent. There is no formal requirement to use Precedent R but parties are...
Order granting retrospective permission to serve the claim form by alternative method or at alternative placeClaim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE...
Order granting prospective permission to serve the claim form by alternative method or at alternative placeClaim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE...
Draft order for summary judgment [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is no longer maintained. For guidance on creating a draft...
Witness statement in support of application for summary judgment [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained. For...
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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...
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
CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
an ADR organisation who promote arbitration, mediation and adjudication, see: http://www.ciarb.org/
RCJ
SCCO Guide defines this as the Royal Courts of Justice, the postal address of which is Strand, London, WC2A 2LL.
Validity period
A claim form is valid for a set period of time which starts to run from the date it is issued. The claimant must serve the claim form on the defendant during that period (the validity period).
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