• Contains the full text of the Civil Procedure Rules, Practical Directions and Pre-Action Protocols
• Provides key court forms and procedural checklists useful for the busy practitioners
• Clear, accessible layout - a simple and effective way to access the rules quickly
• Portable and unannotated, so the user can make their own notes
• A unique resource, ideal as a complement to the more narrative works in this area

New to this edition

• The handbook includes all Civil Procedure Rules, Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocols approved to 6 April 2009, including the 46th, 47th and 48th updates to the CPR
• Key new material within the CPR itself includes: Revised Part 6 on service and new Practice Directions to that Part. Changes to Part 43-47 on costs to take into account pro bono representation. Part 56 procedure for applications under s.214 of the Housing Act 2004 and Tenancy Deposit Schemes. PD 40E and PD52 Amendments to provisions relating to electronic handing down of judgments.

Readership: Civil law practitioners ( solicitors, barristers, the judiciary); students on the LPC and BVC courses; academics and reference libraries in the UK and worldwide

Edited by Victoria Williams, Barrister, Corum Chambers

Review(s) from previous edition

"I had the 2006 and 2007 editions and found them invaluable. - Henry Coates, Solicitor, Moseley, Chapman and Skemp

1:
Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and Practice Directions as Amended
2:
CPR Schedules and Specialist Practice Directions
3:
Pre-Action Protocols