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Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales

For an overview of the litigation process in England and Wales, see Practice Note: Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales. This overview includes details of the stages of a dispute, from pre-action considerations through to starting a claim, trial, enforcement and appeal, together with the relevant cost and funding implications. It also considers case and cost management of claims by the court, witness and expert evidence, obtaining injunctions and methods of ending a claim, including by way of settlement. This Practice Note has been drafted to be free of any unexplained jargon and without links through to other documents, so that it can be used as the basis for a letter to a client. For links through to our content that is relevant to the main stages of litigation in England and Wales, see Practice Note: Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales—related documents.

Considerations for a defendant on receipt of a claim

A claim can be brought under CPR 7 (ie most claims where there is a dispute

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