Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022

by Sime, Stuart; French, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780192862402
• ISBN10: 0192862405
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2022-04-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 provides a detailed and accessible commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation. Written by a team of expert practitioners and academics, it adopts a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim, providing authoritative analysis from commencement of a claim through to enforcement of judgments, and addressing civil procedure in the County Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. The work also considers specialist areas such as insolvency proceedings, sale of goods and human rights, providing expert analysis on a comprehensive level.

This expert commentary is combined with a range of useful reference materials to aid with court preparation and practice - such as procedural checklists and a quick-reference guide to the most important and useful paragraphs which often need to be accessed in a hurry. The digital and ebook versions of the work additionally include extensive appendices covering the text of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), Practice Directions, and Pre-Action Protocols, all fully cross-referenced to the text. (Note that the hardback version of Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 does not include these appendices.)

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022: Digital Pack includes a hardcopy of the work alongside a digital version that can be accessed through the LawReader app on PC, Mac, Android devices, iPad or iPhone. LawReader offers an ebook with enhanced searchability and functionality, ensuring that you have easy access to the complete work wherever you are. A standard PDF ebook of the work (including appendices) is also available through your preferred ebook provider.

Author Biography

Stuart Sime, Course Director, City Law School, UK,Derek French, Freelance editor and writer in business and legal publishing for over 30 years,

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 37 editions of Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law, author of four editions of Applications to Wind Up Companies and one of Model Articles of Association for Companies, editor of 25 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).

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of Rules, Practice Directions, Protocols, Other Secondary Legislations, and Court Guides
Procedural Checklists
A. General Matters
B. Funding Litigation
C. Before Commencing a Claim
D. Commencement
E. Responding to a Claim
F. Solicitors
G. Statements of Case
H. Interim Applications
I. Case Management
J. Evidence
K. Discontinuance
L. Trial
M. Costs
N. Alternative Dispute Resolution
O. Appeals, Judicial Review, and EU References
P. Enforcement
Q. Insovlency and Companies Proceedings
R. Mortgage Possession Claims
S. Anti-Social Behaviour and Harassment
T. Sale of Goods and Unfair Contracts
U. Human Rights and Civil Procedure
V. Terminology
Ebook and LawReader Only
Appendix 1: Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and Practice Directions
Appendix 2: Pre-Action Protocols
Appendix 3: Court Fees Orders
Appendix 4: Selected Legislation
Index