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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.
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Latest Dispute Resolution News
The Master of the Rolls has announced updated guideline hourly rates for solicitors, effective in England and Wales from 1 January 2026, implementing...
Practice Directions for the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) were amended on 22 December 2025. The...
PI & Clinical Negligence analysis: In a personal injury claim, the court was faced with an application by the claimant to rely on a covert recording...
Dispute Resolution analysis: In a landmark ruling on 27 March 2025 (available in French here), the Belgian Supreme Court (Cour de cassation/Hof van...
Law360, London: Getty Images Inc on 16 December 2025 won its application to revive part of its copyright infringement claim against Stability AI Ltd,...
Latest Dispute Resolution Practice Notes
Conditional fee agreements—definition and requirementsWhat is a CFA?A CFA is defined as:‘An agreement with a person providing advocacy or litigation...
Without prejudice—exceptions to protection from admissibilityThis Practice Note looks at exceptions to the ‘without prejudice’ rule. There are...
Representative claimsThis Practice Note gives guidance on representative claims under CPR 19.8 where more than one person has the same interest in a...
Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note considers exclusion and limitation of liability in business-to-business (B2B) contracts. It...
Wilful misconduct and deliberate default in commercial contractsThis Practice Note sets out guidance upon the meaning, use and importance of commonly...
Latest Dispute Resolution Precedents
Construction Pre-Action Protocol letter of claim—professional negligence claim against architect or engineerNote:•this Practice Note gives specific...
Defendant’s response to a letter of claim[ON YOUR FIRM’S LETTERHEAD][Insert name and address of the claimant’s solicitors, including any reference...
Draft letter to client about disclosure—small claims trackPrivate & confidential[Insert name and address of client][insert date]Dear [insert name of...
Precedent L—Order for detailed assessment (client)Schedule of cost precedents—Precedent LOrder on Client’s Application for Detailed Assessment of...
Draft order for relief from sanctionsClaim No. [insert claim number].[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES...
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Featured Dispute Resolution content
What is a tort?
What is a tort?This Practice Note provides an introduction to tort law by addressing three questions:•what does the concept of being liable in tort...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Declaratory relief
Declaratory reliefThis Practice Note considers when, why and how you can apply to court for declaratory relief (a declaration from the court) and what...
The different torts—property, people and animals
Tort—the different types of tortThis Practice Note identifies the main torts (bar negligence and nuisance, which are covered elsewhere in our related...
The application notice—form N244
The application notice—form N244This Practice Note provides guidance on completing the most common form of application notice, form N244.This Practice...
Court etiquette
Court etiquetteThe most important rule is to be polite. If you are polite to everyone at all times, it is hard to go seriously wrong.The judgeMake...
Stay of civil 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...
Promissory estoppel
Promissory estoppelFor guidance on the basic features of the doctrine of estoppel and the different classifications it has been subject to, see...
Grounds of appeal—appealing a finding of fact
Grounds of appeal—appealing a finding of factWhen will the court allow an appeal against a finding of fact?The appeal court will only allow an appeal...
Restitution for unjust enrichment—elements of the claim
Restitution for unjust enrichment—elements of the claimWhat is unjust enrichment and when is it used?A claim based on unjust enrichment is one which...
Interest on judgment debts
Interest on judgment debtsThis Practice Note provides guidance on claiming interest on judgment debts.For information on claiming interest when...
Misrepresentation—what statements will establish a claim?
Misrepresentation—what statements will establish a claim?This Practice Note considers the requirement for there to be a false statement of fact for an...
Associated legal terms
Case management
The procedural role of the court in ensuring the disposal of disputes in accordance with the overriding objective.
Optical character recognition
Defined in CPR PD 31B para 5(9) to mean the computer facilitated recognition of printed or written text characters in an electronic image in which the text based contents cannot be searched electronically.
Standard disclosure
This is a legal term which sets out the normal scope of disclosure which requires a party to disclose documents which support or adversely affect its case and/or support or adversely affect another party's case.
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