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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.
Dispute Resolution Guidance
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
Law360, London: The victim of a phone-snatching in London has secured a court order compelling four companies offering digital asset exchange services...
Dispute Resolution analysis: Mr Justice Cavanagh considered an appeal from a preliminary issues hearing relating to costs assessment proceedings...
Notable updates to the 10th Edition (published April 2024) include:...
Law360, London: The son of a diamond tycoon accused of swindling US$1bn from banks lost his application for a court-ordered review of his legal bills...
Dispute Resolution analysis: In Okuashvili v JSC Tbilisi Tobacco, the High Court heard a complex jurisdictional challenge in respect of two separate...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Enforcing foreign judgments—Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 (the 1933 Act)This Practice Note considers the application of the...
Planning, interviewing and choosing witnessesThis Practice Note considers issues relating to the identification of potential witnesses and the...
Drafting witness statements—technical requirementsThis Practice Note provides information on the technical requirements when drafting witness...
Writs and warrants—permission to issue and durationThis Practice Note considers whether permission is required to obtain a writ or a warrant, how long...
Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales—related documentsThis Practice Note is to be read in conjunction with Practice Note: Overview...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Order for specific disclosureClaim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN...
Claim form (defamation)—the contentsThe purpose of the claim formThe claim form is the document used to start proceedings. It contains information...
Case management—allocation questionnaire (Form N150)—drafting notes (before April 2013) [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is...
Draft order for a worldwide freezing injunction (WFO)—Chancery DivisionClaim No. [insert claim number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND...
Model form of order following detailed assessment and authorising a further payment to the child or protected party’s legal representatives[IN THE...
Latest Dispute Resolution Q&As
Featured Dispute Resolution content
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...
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...
Tort—the different types of tort
Tort—the different types of tortThis Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related...
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...
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...
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...
Discharge by frustration
Discharge by frustrationCoronavirus (COVID-19): In addition to the below content on force majeure generally, see also:•Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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...
Forming enforceable contracts—consideration
Forming enforceable contracts—considerationThis Practice Note examines the doctrine of consideration and the key role it plays in English law in...
Derivative claim—what it is and when to use it
Derivative claim—what it is and when to use itA guide to specific terminology used in this Practice Note is provided—see below.What is a derivative...
Stay of 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...
Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?
Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?Having established that a duty of care exists (see Practice Note: Negligence—when does a duty of care...
The tort of deceit
The tort of deceitDeceit—what is it?A deceit occurs when a misrepresentation is made with the express intention of defrauding a party, subsequently...
Promissory estoppel
Promissory estoppelFor guidance on the basic features of the doctrine of estoppel and the different classifications it has been subject to, see...
Drafting the particulars of claim
Drafting the particulars of claimThis Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR....
Proprietary estoppel
Proprietary estoppelThis Practice Note considers proprietary estoppel from a generic standpoint.For industry specific guidance on proprietary estoppel...
Breach of statutory duty
Breach of statutory dutyThis Practice Note considers claims for damages for breach of statutory duty. For guidance on claims for damages for a...
Associated legal terms
Hardcopy document
A paper document
Implementation period
is defined in section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (EU(WA)A 2020) as the ‘transition or implementation period provided for by Part 4 of the withdrawal agreement and beginning with exit day and ending on IP completion day’. ‘Implementation period’ is the UK’s preferred term. The EU’s preferred term for this period is the ‘transition period’.
Legal process outsourcing
Sending out basic review work to low cost economies or outside the company/firm.
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