Blackstone's Civil Practice 2015

The Right Honourable Sir Maurice Kay (Editor-in-Chief) was formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). He was a professor of law before being called to the bar in 1975 where he practiced until becoming a High Court Judge in 1995. Professor Stuart Sime is the course director of the full-time Bar professional training course at the City Law School, where he teaches civil litigation, commercial, and company law. He was a practising barrister until 2005. In his early career he spent a number of years in the litigation department of the Treasury Solicitor's Office. He is co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Civil Justice Reforms 2013, the author of A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure, co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR and co-author of The Jackson ADR Handbook (all published by OUP). Derek French is principal author of 29 editions of Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law, author of two editions of Applications to Wind Up Companies and one of Model Articles of Association for Companies, editor of 16 editions of Blackstone's Statutes on Company Law and co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Civil Justice Reforms 2013, (all published by OUP). Michael Walker (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Wandsworth County Courts, presently on secondment to the Royal Courts of Justice. Ivor Weintroub (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Bournemouth County Court, and a Recorder of the Crown and County Courts. Stuart Bridge (Editorial Advisory Board) is a Circuit Judge on the South Eastern Circuit and a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge.

Procedural checklists ; A GENERAL MATTERS ; 1. The overriding objective and sources of procedural law ; 2. Court organisation ; 3. Computing time ; 4. Remedies ; B FUNDING LITIGATION ; 5. Funding litigation ; 6. Conditional fee agreements ; 7. Community Legal Service ; C BEFORE COMMENCING A CLAIM ; 8. Pre-action protocols ; 9. Notices before action ; D COMMENCEMENT ; 10. Limitation ; 11. Where to start proceedings ; 12. Issuing proceedings ; 13. Part 8 claims ; 14. Joinder and parties ; 15. Filing and service ; 16. Service outside the jurisdiction ; E RESPONDING TO A CLAIM ; 17. Admitting the claim and requesting time to pay ; 18. Acknowledging service and filing a defence ; 19. Disputing the court's jurisdiction ; 20. Default judgment ; F SOLICITORS ; 21. Acting by a solicitor ; 22. Change of solicitor ; G STATEMENTS OF CASE ; 23. Claim form ; 24. Particulars of claim ; 25. Schedule of loss and damage ; 26. Defending a claim ; 27. Reply and subsequent statements of case ; 28. Counterclaims ; 29. Part 20 claims ; 30. Further information ; 31. Amendments to statements of case ; H INTERIM APPLICATIONS ; 32. Applications and interim orders ; 33. Striking out ; 34. Summary judgment ; 35. Possession claims against trespassers ; 36. Interim payments ; 37. Interim injunctions ; 38. Freezing injunctions ; 39. Search orders ; 40. Interim delivery up of goods ; 41. Inspection of property ; I CASE MANAGEMENT ; 42. Case management ; 43. Costs Management ; 44. Costs Capping and Costs Protection ; 45. Small claims ; 46. Fast track ; 47. Multi-track ; 48. Non-compliance, sanctions and relief ; J EVIDENCE ; 49. General law of evidence ; 50. Disclosure ; 51. Witness statements ; 52. Affidavits ; 53. Hearsay evidence ; 54. Experts and assessors ; K DISCONTINUANCE AND STAYS ; 55. Discontinuance ; 56. Stays ; L TRIAL ; 57. Witness summonses ; 58. Giving evidence without attending court ; 59. Trial bundles ; 60. Trial by jury ; 61. Trial ; 62. Non-attendance ; 63. Judgments and orders ; 64. Interest ; M COSTS ; 65. Solicitor and own client costs ; 66. Part 36 offers and payments ; 67. Security for costs ; 68. Costs orders ; 69. Qualified One-way costs shifting ; 70. Fixed costs etc. ; 71. Assessment of costs ; N ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ; 72. Arbitration claims ; 73. Alternative dispute resolution ; O APPEALS, JUDICIAL REVIEW AND EC REFERENCES ; 74. The appeals system ; 75. Hearing of appeals ; 76. Appeals to the House of Lords ; 77. Judicial review ; 78. References to the Court of Justice of the European Union ; P ENFORCEMENT ; 79. Enforcement ; 80. Enforcement of foreign judgments ; 81. Committal and sequestration ; Q INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS AND COMPANY MATTERS ; 82. Winding up and administration of registered companies ; 83. Bankruptcy ; 84. Insolvency applications and appeals ; 85. Applications under the Companies Act and Related Legislation ; 86. Director Disqualification ; R LANDLORD AND TENANT AND POSSESSION PROCEEDINGS ; 87. Mortgage Possessions ; S ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND HARASSMENT ; 88. Anti-social behaviour and harassment ; T SALE OF GOODS AND CONSUMER CREDIT ; 89. Sale of goods ; 90. Unfair contract terms ; U HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE ; 91. Human rights and civil procedure ; V TERMINOLOGY ; 92. Changes in terminology made by the CPR ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1 Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and practice directions ; Appendix 2 Pre-action protocols ; Appendix 3 Court fees orders ; Appendix 4 Selected legislation