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Blackstone's Civil Practice 2008

2008 Edition

Edited by William Rose, Stuart Sime, and Derek French

Price: £175.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-923148-5
Publication date: 6 September 2007
3200 pages, 246x171 mm
Series: Blackstone's Civil Practice
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Reviews
  • ''Brought together by a quality team of legal practitioners and academics, it is detailed and lucid explanation of English civil procedure, written with the fullness of a stand alone text book'' - Paul Newman, Construction Law

Description
  • The only major civil practice work to provide a comprehensive and incisive commentary based on the chronology of a claim
  • Unique topic-by-topic approach makes this an excellent strategic tool
  • Includes the full text of the CPR, Practice Directions, Pre-action Protocols and Practice Guides
  • Price includes a November 2007 paper supplement, which will contain the July 2007 CPR update plus updates to the case law
  • Accompanied by a regularly updated companion web site, together with email updater service
  • Quick reference section at the front of the book, now organised by Rule
  • Clear page design and thumbtabs to aid navigation
  • Each copy comes with a CD-ROM containing the full text, all relevant forms and hypertext linking for, among other things, references to the Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions
  • Comprehensive procedural checklists in an easy-to-follow format, giving quick access to required actions, time limits and the applicable Rules
  • An excellent starting point for every procedural issue, giving both well-researched background and guidance on the application of the Rules
  • Gives practitioners a clear statement of the law and puts analysis of precedent in context
  • Useful mixture of practical and jurisprudential advice
  • Easy-to-use, sensibly organised and thorough index
New to this edition
  • Quick references at the front of the book, organised by CPR Part and Rule, provide easy access to the relevant parts of the commentary
  • Updating supplement to be published in April 2008, which will contain the December CPR update plus updates to the case law
  • New, improved layout designed to aid navigation: the Procedural Checklists have moved to the front of the book, and thumbtabs direct the user to both the commentary and the supporting materials
  • Includes all amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules up to those introduced by the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 3) Rules 2006 (SI 2006/3435)
  • Includes changes up to Update 44
  • Includes the new CPR, Part 36 and Practice Directions 36 and 37, dealing with the abolition of payments into court as a means of making offers to settle
  • Includes the new rules governing conducting certain case-management and interim hearings by telephone
  • Includes the revocation of RSC ord 81 dealing with partnerships and sole traders, which are now brought into the main provisions of the CCR, primarily in Practice Direction 7
  • The Pre-action Protocols have been revised to strengthen the provisions dealing with the consideration of alternative dispute resolution in preference to litigation
  • New Pre-action Protocol for Rent Arrears
  • Revised Pre-action Protocol for Construction and Engineering Disputes
  • Includes new rules on withdrawing pre-action admissions
  • New Practice Directions supporting Part 8
  • eew editions of the Admiralty and Commercial Courts Guide, the Supreme Court Costs Office Guide, and the House of Lords Practice Directions and Standing Orders applicable to Civil Appeals
  • Discusses new, significant case law
Blackstone's Civil Practice 2008 provides authoritative expert description and analysis of the process of civil litigation in the county courts and in the High Court. It combines a unique narrative commentary with the full text of the Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocols and Practice Guides.

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2008 is the only civil court text to explain and analyse civil procedure in narrative chapters. Written by a team of expert practitioners and academics, the text follows the course of proceedings from funding litigation and commencement of a claim through to enforcement of judgements. The text offers lucid, practical guidance to the effective conduct of litigation - providing detailed guidance on both the general conduct of litigation and more specialist areas such as judicial review, landlord and tenant and posession proceedings, sale of goods, and consumer credit.

The narrative is supported by procedural checklists, giving quick access to details of required actions, time limits and applicable Rules and Practice Directions. The text is also cross-referenced to comprehensive appendices containing scrupulously edited and up-to-date texts of the Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions, Pre-Action Protocols and Court Guides and selected procedural legislation.

All copies of Blackstone's Civil Practice 2008 come complete with a CD-ROM, which is issued simultaneously with the bound book. The CD-ROM includes hypertext linking for, among other things, references to the Civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions. The CD-ROM also includes all relevant forms. The book will be comprehensively updated in November 2007 by a paper supplement, included in the price, containing the July CPR update plus updates to the case law. The book is also accompanied by a regularly updated companion web site.

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Readership: Primary: civil law practitioners (solicitors, barristers, the judiciary); students on the Bar Vocational and Advanced Legal Practice Courses. Secondary: academics and reference libraries in the UK and worldwide.

Contents
General Matters
1. The Overriding Objective and Sources of Procedural Law
2. Court Organisation
3. Computing Time
4. Remedies
Funding Litigation
5. Funding Litigation
6. Conditional Fee Agreements
7. Community Legal Service
Before Commencing a Claim
8. Pre-action Protocols
9. Notices before Action
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
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
Solicitors
21. Acting by a Solicitor
22. Change of Solicitor
Statements of Case
23. Claim Form
24. Particulars of Case
25. Schedule of Loss and Damage
26. Defending a Claim
27. Reply and Subsequent Statements of Case
28. Counterclaims
29. Additional Claims under Part 20
30. Further Information
31. Amendments to Statements of Case
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
Case Management
42. Case Management
43. Small Claims
44. Fast Track
45. Multi-track
46. Non-compliance, Sanctions and Relief
Evidence
47. General Law of Evidence
48. Disclosure
49. Witness Statements
50. Affidavits
51. Hearsay Evidence
52. Experts and Assessors
Discontinuance and Stays
53. Discontinuance
54. Stays
Trial
55. Witness Summonses
56. Giving Evidence without Attending Court
57. Trial Bundles
58. Trial by Jury
59. Trial
60. Non-attendance
61. Judgments and Orders
62. Interest
Costs
63. Solicitor and Own Client Costs
64. Part 36 Offers
65. Security for Costs
66. Costs Orders
67. Fixed and Predictable Costs on Judgments etc.
68. Assessment of Costs
Alternative Dispute Resolution
69. Arbitration Claims
70. Alternative Dispute Resolution
Appeals, Judicial Reviwe and EC References
71. The Appeals System
72. Hearing of Appeals
73. Appeals to the House of Lords
74. Judicial Review
75. References to the European Court of Justice
Enforcement
76. Enforcement
77. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
78. Committal and Sequestration
Insolvency Proceedings and Companies Matters
79. Winding Up and Administration of Registered Companies
80. Bankruptcy
81. Insolvency Applications and Appeals
82. Applications under the Companies Act 1985
83. Director Disqualification
Landlord and Tenant and Possession Proceedings
84. Leases and Licenses
85. Forfeiture
86. Introduction to the Statutory Codes
87. Assured Tenancies under the Housing Act 1988
88. Recovering Possession under the Housing Act 1988
89. Secure Tenancies under the Housing Act 1985
90. Homelessness and Housing Act 1996 Appeals
91. Protection from Eviction
92. Business Tenancies
Anti-Social Behaviour and Harassment
93. Anti-social Behaviour and Harassment
Sale of Goods and Consumer Credit
94. Sale of Goods
95. Supply of Goods and Services
96. Unfair Contract Terms
97. Consumer Credit
Human Rights and Civil Procedure
98. Human Rights and Civil Procedure
Terminology
99. Changes in Terminology made by the CPR
Appendix 1: Civil Prpcedure Rules 1998 and Practice Directions
Appendix 2: Pre-Action Protocols
Appendix 3: Court Guides
Appendix 4: Forms
Appendix 5: Court Fees Orders
Appendix 6: Selected Legislation

Authors, editors, and contributors


Edited by William Rose, Circuit Judge,
Stuart Sime, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, Inns of Court School of Law, and
Derek French, Legal writer and editor


Links to web resources and related information
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English law
English legal system: civil procedure
English legal system: litigation
English legal system: law of evidence

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