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Make use of our costs recovery toolkit, precedents practice notes, and completing costs budget checklist. As well as funding arrangements guidance, principles of costs recovery, costs budgeting and management.
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Choose from checklists, practice notes, flowcharts and precedents to help you understand and apply to your practice to all relevant provisions and obligations – and avoid consequences for non-compliance.
Starting and progressing a civil claim
Checklists and practice notes on areas like debt claims, corporate disputes, and civil fraud to make sure you’re familiar with the particular procedural provisions governing a dispute and the underlying substantive law.
Dispute Resolution Guidance
Trying to get to grips with the law underlying your dispute? Looking at trying to settle? Puzzled by costs and funding reforms? Out of your depth on jurisdiction issues?
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Latest Dispute Resolution News
Dispute Resolution analysis: The court has dismissed two disclosure-related applications by Noel Clarke at the outset of his libel and data protection...
The House of Commons Modernisation Committee has launched an inquiry examining accessibility and comprehension of parliamentary procedures. The...
The Master of the Rolls and Deputy Head of Civil Justice gave evidence to the Justice Select Committee regarding County Court operations. Sir Geoffrey...
The 182nd Practice Direction (PD) update comes into force on 20 March 2025. This update introduces changes to the Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC)...
Dispute Resolution analysis: Emma Carr and Louise Macdonald of Gowling WLG consider recent news from the Court of Appeal confirming that it will soon...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Adjourning trial—illustrative decisionsThis Practice Note provides illustrative decisions of cases in which applications to adjourn trials have been...
Tracker—Hague jurisdiction projectThis Tracker sets out the work of the Hague Convention on Private International Law (HCCH) on the jurisdiction...
Freezing injunctions—cross-undertakings and fortificationThis Practice Note refers to the undertakings required in order to obtain a freezing...
Authenticity of disclosed documents—CPR 32.19This Practice Note considers the deemed authenticity of disclosed documents under CPR 32.19, the burden...
Res judicata and foreign judgmentsThis Practice Note considers res judicata and provides an introduction as to whether it can be raised in respect of...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Draft memo for client about disclosure and privilegeThis precedent draft memo should be read (and potentially be sent) with the relevant precedent...
Extended Disclosure list of documents—Disclosure Scheme in the Business and Property Courts[Insert details of proceedings]Extended Disclosure list of...
Initial Disclosure list of documents—Disclosure Scheme in the Business and Property Courts[Insert details of proceedings]Initial Disclosure list of...
Letter of instruction to own expert (with drafting notes)Private & confidential[insert name and address of expert][insert date]Dear [insert name of...
Drop-hands settlement offer—post issue of proceedings[ON YOUR LETTERHEAD][WITHOUT PREJUDICE SAVE AS TO COSTS][Insert date][Insert name and address of...
Latest Dispute Resolution Q&As
Featured Dispute Resolution content
Rescission of a contract
Rescission of a contractWhat is rescission of a contract?The remedy of rescission is available to a party whose consent, in entering into a contract,...
The doctrine of res judicata
The doctrine of res judicataWhat is a res judicata?A res judicata is a decision given by a judge or tribunal with jurisdiction over the cause of...
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claim
Negligence—key elements to establish a negligence claimThis Practice Note outlines the key elements for establishing a claim in negligence. For...
Tort—the different types of tort
Tort—the different types of tortThis Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related...
Novation—why and how to novate a contract
Novation—why and how to novate a contractThere may be times when, rather than assigning the benefit of an agreement to a third party, the original...
Reserved judgments
Reserved judgmentsWhat is a reserved judgment?A court can reserve judgment by giving its decision at a later date in writing, after the trial or...
Negligence—when does a duty of care arise?
Negligence—when does a duty of care arise?This Practice Note considers the first question to ask when faced with a prospective claim in...
Discharge by frustration
Discharge by frustrationCoronavirus (COVID-19): In addition to the below content on force majeure generally, see also:•Coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Void contracts
Void contractsWhen is a contract a void contract?A void contract is one that is wholly lacking in legal effect. A contract will be void where:•the...
Forming enforceable contracts—consideration
Forming enforceable contracts—considerationThis Practice Note examines the doctrine of consideration and the key role it plays in English law in...
Derivative claim—what it is and when to use it
Derivative claim—what it is and when to use itA guide to specific terminology used in this Practice Note is provided—see below.What is a derivative...
Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?
Stay of proceedings—when can you apply to stay a claim?This Practice Note considers the question of when court proceedings can be stayed. It...
Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?
Negligence—when is the duty of care breached?Having established that a duty of care exists (see Practice Note: Negligence—when does a duty of care...
The tort of deceit
The tort of deceitDeceit—what is it?A deceit occurs when a misrepresentation is made with the express intention of defrauding a party, subsequently...
Promissory estoppel
Promissory estoppelFor guidance on the basic features of the doctrine of estoppel and the different classifications it has been subject to, see...
Drafting the particulars of claim
Drafting the particulars of claimThis Practice Note provides guidance on the interpretation and application of the relevant provisions of the CPR....
Proprietary estoppel
Proprietary estoppelThis Practice Note considers proprietary estoppel from a generic standpoint.For industry specific guidance on proprietary estoppel...
Breach of statutory duty
Breach of statutory dutyThis Practice Note considers claims for damages for breach of statutory duty. For guidance on claims for damages for a...
Associated legal terms
Exit day
Defined by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 as 31 January 2020 at 11:00 p.m.
Full forensic image
A method of capturing data that fully secures the integrity and authenticity of any ESI, including metadata.
Unless order
An order directing that a specified sanction will be imposed unless the party concerned takes a specified step before a given date.
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