The Civil Procedure Rules in Action, 2nd edition

Preliminaries......Page 1
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION......Page 8
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION......Page 10
CONTENTS......Page 12
Table of Cases......Page 24
Abbreviations......Page 30
INTRODUCTION......Page 32
1 THE SCOPE AND STRUCTURE OF THE CPR......Page 38
2 THE OVERRIDING OBJECTIVE......Page 43
3 CASE MANAGEMENT......Page 59
4 THE ALLOCATION OF CASES TO ‘MANAGEMENT TRACKS’......Page 66
5 THE SMALL CLAIMS TRACK......Page 69
6 THE FAST TRACK......Page 71
7 THE MULTI-TRACK......Page 76
8 SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS......Page 82
9 STARTING A CLAIM......Page 86
10 RESPONDING TO A CLAIM (PARTS 9, 10 AND 11)......Page 89
11 STATEMENTS OF CASE, AMENDMENTS AND FURTHER INFORMATION......Page 91
12 PARTIES (PARTS 19 AND 20)......Page 103
13 DEFAULT JUDGMENTS AND SETTING THEM ASIDE OR VARYING THEM......Page 107
14 GENERAL RULES ABOUT APPLICATIONS FOR COURT ORDERS......Page 110
15 SUMMARY JUDGMENT......Page 113
16 INTERIM REMEDIES AND SECURITY FOR COSTS......Page 117
17 DISCLOSURE AND INSPECTION OF DOCUMENTS......Page 122
18 EVIDENCE......Page 130
19 EXPERTS AND ASSESSORS......Page 141
20 OFFERS TO SETTLE AND PAYMENTS INTO COURT......Page 150
21 DISCONTINUANCE (PART 38)......Page 156
22 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO HEARINGS (PART 39)......Page 158
23 JUDGMENTS AND ORDERS (PART 40)......Page 161
24 COSTS......Page 163
25 PERSONAL INJURY AND CLINICAL NEGLIGENCE......Page 176
26 OTHER FEATURES OF PERSONAL INJURY......Page 190
27 COMMERCIAL COURT PROCEEDINGS......Page 196
28 APPEALS......Page 203
29 CONCLUSION......Page 208
APPENDICES......Page 212
THE CORE RULES OF THE CPR, WITH RELEVANT PRACTICE DIRECTIONS INTERLEAVED PARTS 1 - 53......Page 224