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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 High Court has refused a class-wide anonymity order sought by 2,502 claimants in a data breach action arising from an...
The Disclosure Review Working Group (DRWG) has announced that it will consider simplifying the disclosure regime in the Business and Property Courts...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the Online Procedure Rule Committee (OPRC) meeting of 23 March 2026 (conducted in a hybrid format at the...
This week's edition of Dispute Resolution weekly highlights includes: analysis of a number of key DR developments, including the 194th Practice...
Law360, London: Justice Colin Birss said on 5 May 2026 that he is improving his judgments by using artificial intelligence (AI) to check for clarity...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
This Practice Note provides a high level oversight of the key issues for consideration in commercial cross-border disputes. A cross-border dispute is...
This Practice Note provides a route map for determining domicile for jurisdiction purposes in proceedings before the courts of England and Wales. It...
This Practice Note provides guidance on what a statute bill is and what is required for it to be compliant based on the express and implied...
Different examples of alternative service are set out in CPR PD 6A, para 9.3. However, in recent years, the types of alternative service ordered by...
This Practice Note considers making amendments to statements of case (amending pleadings, amending particulars of claim, amending the claim form,...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
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...
[Insert name and address of recipient][Insert date]PRIVATE, CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGEDDear [insert name of recipient][Insert case name and claim...
This guide provides general information about the use of expert evidence (skilled witnesses) in Scottish civil court disputes. It explains what expert...
Filed on behalf of the Applicant/[Claimant OR intended Claimant][insert initials and surname of deponent]Number of affidavit: [insert the number of...
Dear [insert name of authorised representative of the counter-party],[insert name of agreement]: [insert client name] and [insert counter-party...
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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
Appropriate office
SCCO Guide—the office in which a request for a detailed assessment hearing should be filed: it is the County Court Office or District Registry for the court in which the order for costs was made or, in all other cases, the Senior Court Costs Office (SCCO). Where the SCCO is the appropriate office for the request, it is also the appropriate office for any request or application made earlier in the detailed assessment proceedings, eg, a request for a default costs certificate, a request or application to set aside such a certificate and applications for extension of time and sanctions for delay
PDAs
Personal digital assistants such as mobile phones, pagers etc.
Retained EU law
retained EU law is a legal concept describing EU-derived rights and legislation the UK plans to preserve in UK law after Brexit. It is a defined term under EU(WA)A 2020, and the collective term given to the body of EU-derived laws the UK plans to preserve and convert into domestic UK law once the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 comes into full effect.
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