This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your...
This Practice Note considers the requirement for completing Court Form N510 (Notice for service out of the jurisdiction where permission of the court...
What is a wasted costs order?A wasted costs order is defined in CPR PD 46, para 5.1 as an order:•that a legal representative pay a sum in respect of...
Defending a tort claim—general considerationsIn reality, many claims are ‘defended’ on the basis that the defendant either did not owe the claimant a...
This Practice Note looks at the limitation period for professional negligence (prof neg) claims and explains how to determine the date of accrual in...
Brexit: The UK's departure from the EU on exit day ie Friday 31 January 2020 has implications for practitioners considering the use of ADR as it may...
This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your...
What is allocation?At an early stage in a claim, the court will provisionally allocate the claim to what it thinks is the most appropriate 'track' for...
This Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR. Depending on the court in which your...
We assume there is a contractual relationship between A and B to which C is not a party and has no third party rights under it.In answering this Q&A,...
Bringing a Part 8 claimOur Practice Note: CPR Part 8 claims (alternative procedure for claims) explains that Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998...
Claim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert location] OR [Specify...
Claim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert location] OR [Specify...
Claim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert location] OR [Specify...
Claim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert location] OR [Specify...
Practice Note: Order of play and trial timetables sets out the order of play during a trial depending on which track the case is assigned to as well...
Time for service of the claimUnder CPR 7.5(1), the claim form must be served before midnight on the calendar day four months after the date of issue...
An assignment is the transfer of a right or an interest vested in one party, the assignor, to another party, the assignee. You can assign a claim or...
When a Part 36 offer which relates to the whole of a claim is accepted, the claim is stayed on the terms of the offer: CPR 36.14(1), CPR 36.14(2). The...