Civil Litigation 2020 2021

Download or read book Civil Litigation 2020/2021 written by Browne and published by College of Law Publishing . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 755 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil Litigation is a thorough, up to date and practical introduction to the Civil Procedure Rules and the principles and tactics used in pursuing a civil case. The civil process has been divided into five stages, starting with pre-action considerations, moving on to examine the issue and service of proceedings, before considering interim matters, trial and enforcement. The aim of the book is to equip readers with the knowledge necessary to enable them successfully to navigate their way through these stages. The text has a user-friendly structure and includes checklists and specimen documents which build up into a case study forming a useful overview of the civil litigation process. The appendices incorporate helpful templates, flow diagrams, case study documents and copies of the more common court forms used in civil litigation. This edition incorporates developments in early neutral evaluation, contempt of court, pre-action disclosure, ADR, drafting statements of truth, security for costs, disclosure, legal professional privilege, without prejudice privilege, drafting witness statements, evidence of fact, expert evidence, Part 36, skeleton arguments, costs and proportionality, and enforcement. New cases include Lomax v Lomax [2019] (early neutral evaluation); Jet2 Holidays Ltd v Hughes & Hughes [2019] (contempt of court); Hunt v Caddick (Mill Harbour) Ltd [2019] (pre-action disclosure); Ohpen Operations UK Ltd v Invesco Fund Managers Ltd [2019] (ADR); Woodward v Phoenix Healthcare Distribution Ltd [2019] (service of claim form); Civil Aviation Authority v R (on behalf of the application of Jet2.com Ltd) [2020] (disclosure); BGC Brokers LP v Tradition (UK) Ltd [2019] (without prejudice); Promontoria (Oak) Ltd v Emanuel [2020] (evidence); Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Ltd v Zafar [2019] and Mustard v Flower [2019] (expert evidence); King v City of London Corporation [2019] and Calonne Construction Ltd v Dawnus Southern Ltd [2019] (Part 36); West v Stockport NHS Foundation Trust [2019] (proportionality); and W Nagel (a firm) v Pluczenik Diamond Company NV [2019] (enforcement).