Practical Guide to Litigation

by Jonathan Leslie, John Kingston

Overview

Against the background of Lord Woolf's interim report "Access to Justice", this text includes accounts of tactical matters and practical litigation "tips", as well as descriptions of the procedures involved. Litigation is often conducted by companies who do not have much practical experience of the processes that might be expected of them. The same applies to others who become involved in litigation without actually having to conduct the procudure as lawyers. This book is intended to give a brief, clear and comprehensive overview of litigation, arbitration and ADR in England.

Intended as a comprehensive overview of litigation, arbitration and ADR in England, this guide is aimed at clients and firms who are involved in, or assist cases, who would like to understand the process better in a non-technical way but do not want to see every statement supported by authority.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000286281
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/28/2020
Series:	Dispute Resolution Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	340
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 2 Alternative Dispute Resolution 3 Solicitors and Counsel 4 Preliminary Safeguards 5 From the Commencement of Proceedings to Trail: An Overview 6 Jurisdiction and Foreign Aspects of Litigation 7 From Instructing Lawyers To the Commencement of Proceedings 8 From the Commencement of Proceeedings to the Close of Pleadings and The Giving of Directions of Trial 9 Set-Off, Counterclaim, Contributory Negligence, Third Party nd Contribution Proceedngs, 10 Injunctions 11 Mareva Injunctins and Anton Piller Orders 12 Summary Judgement 13 Applications to Strike Out a Claim 14 Preventing Abuses of the Process of the Court: Delay and Non-Compliance 15 Interim Payments 16 Security for Costs 17 Evidence 18 Discovery 19 Witnesses of Fact 20 Expert Witnesses 21 Settlements, Payments into Court and Discontinuance 22 Preparation for Trial and Trial Management 23 Remedies and Judgments 24 Costs 25 Proceedings Commenced by Orignating Summonses 27 Proceedings in the Commercial Court 28 An outline of County Court Procedure 29 The Recognition nd Enforcement of Judgments and Arbitral Awards 30 Representative and Group Actions 31 Arbitration 32 Commercial Property Litigation 33 Insolvency Proceedings 34 Employment Litigation 35 Judicial Review 36 Litigation Involving Banks 37 Insurance Litigation 38 Contempt of Court 39 The European Court of Justice 40 The future of Litigation in England.