Practical Guide to Litigation

Jonathan Leslie is a partner at Travers Smith, where he specialises in Commercial Litigation. John Kingston is also a partner at Travers Smith, where he heads the Commercial Litigation Department.

Alternative dispute resolution; solicitors and counsel; preliminary safeguards; from commencement of proceedings to trial - an overview; jurisdiction and foreign aspects of litigation; from instructing lawyers to the commencement of proceedings; from the commencement of proceedings to the close of proceedings and the giving of directions for trial; set-off, counterclaim, contributory negligence, third party and contribution proceedings; injunctions; "Mareva" injunctions and "Anton Piller" orders; summary judgement; application to strike out a claim; preventing abuses of the process of the court - delay and non-compliance; interim payments; security for costs; evidence; discovery; witnesses of fact; expert witnesses; settlements, payments into court and discontinuance; preparations for trial and trial management; remedies and judgements; costs; appeals; proceedings commenced by originating summonses; proceedings in the commercial court; an outline of county court procedure; the recognition and enforcement of judgements and artbitral awards; arbitration; commercial property litigation; insolvency proceedings; employment litigation; judicial review; litigation involving banks; insurance litigation; contempt of court; the European Court of Justice; the future of litigation in England.