Readership: Civil law practitioners: solicitors, barristers, and the judiciary; academics; reference libraries in the UK and worldwide.
Neil Andrews, Director of Studies in Law and Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge
""Neil Andrews has produced an excellent book examining the new code of civil procedure introduced as a result of Lord Woolf's Herculean efforts. It will be of immense benefit to both academics and practitioners." Ross Cranston QC, MP"
Foreword by Lord Woolf Part I: Fundamentals 1: Sources and Scope of Civil Procedure 2: Main Pillars of the Woolf Reforms 3: Principles in General 4: Guarantees Concerning the Court's Composition 5: Guarantees Concerning the Court's Conduct 6: Leading Procedural Principles 7: Article 6(1) and Human Rights 8: The Wider Framework of Civil Justice 9: Access to Justice Part II: Commencement 10: Commencement, Service, and Pleadings 11: Parties, Set-off, Part 20 Claims (including Counterclaims) and Contribution 12: Limitation of Actions Part III: Judicial Control of the Process 13: Case-Management and Judicial Discretion 14: Sanctions against Procedural Non-Compliance 15: Avoidance of Excessive Delay 16: Abuse of Process Part IV: Protective and Interim Relief and Judicial Disposal Without Trial 17: Freezing Injunctions and Search Orders 18: Interim Payments and Injunctions Part V: Accelerated or Abbreviated Justice 19: Default Judgments 20: Summary Judgment 21: Striking Out Claims or Defences 22: The Small Claims Jurisdiction Part VI: Settlement 23: The Settlement Process 24: Part 36 Payments and Offers to Settle 25: Settlement Negotiations and Privilege: 'Without Prejudice' Communications and Conciliation Privilege Part VII: Access to Information: Disclosure and Evidence 26: Disclosure 27: Legal Professional Privilege 28: Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Material 29: Privilege Against Self-incrimination 30: Public Interest Immunity 31: Evidence in General 32: Expert Evidence 33: Foreign Aspects of Evidence Part VIII: Trial and Costs 34: Trial 35: Conditional Fees and Funding 36: Costs: General Features 37: Special Costs Orders: Security for Costs, Non-party Costs Orders, and Wasted Costs Part IX: Post-Judgment: Appeals, Enforcement and Finality 38: Appeals 39: Enforcement 40: Finality in Civil Proceedings: Claim and Issue Preclusion (Res Judicata) and Related Doctrines Part X: Specific Procedures 41: Multi-Party Proceedings 42: Applications for Judicial Review: Procedural Aspects 43: Transnational Civil Procedure
