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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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Dispute Resolution analysis: The Civil Justice Council (CJC) has published its final report on the review of litigation funding on 2 June 2025. This...
Law360, London: A government-backed review has set out 58 recommendations to reform the litigation funding sector in England and Wales, in a move that...
This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments and key judicial decisions including...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The case concerns the defendant’s (‘Accor’) application for further security for costs from the claimant (‘Lloyds’); who...
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Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Civil appeals—court specific guidanceSTOP PRESS: the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Guide 2025 has been published—see: LNB News 04/06/2025 36—CATJ...
Issue estoppelIssue estoppel is a sub-species of the res judicata doctrine (see Practice Note: The doctrine of res judicata). In addition to the...
How to make a genuine without prejudice offerThis Practice Note identifies considerations to bear in mind when formulating and making a ‘without...
Freezing injunctions—illustrative decisions (2025)This Practice Note summarises a number of illustrative cases addressing applications for freezing...
Fixed costs—position on or after 1 October 2023This Practice Note considers the fixed costs regime which applies to most civil claims with a value of...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Precedent instructions or brief to counsel[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert...
Witness statement in support of application for a stay under art 29 of Brussels I (recast) [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is...
Witness statement in support of an application for an order declaring that the service of the claim form without the permission of the court was...
Witness statement in support of an application for return of inadvertently disclosed privileged documents[DETAILS OF DEPONENT ETC.]IN THE [COURT]Claim...
Witness statement in support of application to inspect privileged documentsFiled on behalf of the [insert party eg Claimant or Defendant]Number of...
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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
PDA
personal digital assistants such as mobile phones, pagers, etc
Serious issue to be tried
Requirement which must be met before permission to serve outside the jurisdiction will be granted by the court.
Serving
The word serving can mean different things. The meaning of the word was considered in Ageas (UK) Ltd v Kwik-Fit (GB) Ltd [2013] EWHC 3271 (QB) at para [54] where the judge noted that the ‘expression is one which can bear a number of different and conflicting meanings covering points in time before, on, and after receipt. For instance it can mean dispatch in the sense that a document is “served” from the point in time of its dispatch or sending and therefore prior to its receipt.’
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