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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
The Civil Justice Council’s final report on the procedure for determining mental capacity in civil proceedings addresses how mental capacity is...
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) have revealed further details about their forthcoming Case Management...
TMT analysis: The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of the tort of malicious falsehood, in particular the effect of section 3 of the Defamation...
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) has updated the information on its website regarding its registry opening hours. The update includes details of closures...
Dispute Resolution analysis: The minutes of the CPR Committee (CPRC) meeting of 4 October 2024 (conducted in a hybrid format at The Rolls Building...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Legal professional privilege—cases decided from 2020This Practice Note lists cases decided in and since 2020 in the field of legal professional...
Cross border enforcement of default judgmentsThis Practice Note considers both the ability to enforce an English court default judgment in another...
Cross-border service—setting aside an order granting permission to serve out of the jurisdictionThis Practice Note considers how to make an...
Obtaining evidence—bilateral treatiesThis Practice Note considers the way in which a letter of request can be issued by the English court where the...
Misrepresentation—what is inducement?This Practice Note considers the requirement for the representor both to have intended to and actually to have...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Letter requesting consent to application for relief from sanctions[insert name and address of Claimant or Defendant or Claimant or Defendant’s legal...
Draft order requiring the parties to discuss and to co-operate on giving disclosure of electronic documentsClaim No. [insert claim number][IN THE HIGH...
Order for extension of time to serve the claim formClaim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE][[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF...
Letter requesting extension of time for serving the claim form[Date][Insert claimant’s solicitors‘ name, reference and address]Dear Sirs[Insert name...
Letter requesting extension of time for compliance with rule, practice direction or court order[Insert name and address of defendant or defendant's...
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
Additional liability
Items of costs which are recoverable in certain circumstances.
Evidence in chief (and see “cross-examination”)
The evidence given by a witness for the party who called him.
Privilege
The right or duty of a party to withhold a disclosed document from inspection.
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