Civil Litigation (Practitioner Series)

by JohnO'Hare (Author), RobertN.Hill (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $64.78

  This is a how to guide to all types of litigation in the Queen's Bench Division and the county court, setting out the skills and strategies needed in the professional conduct of these cases. This edition takes both the practitioner and student through all the stages of an action, from the preliminary stages of litigation to service of documents, drafting pleadings, payments into court, trial and enforcement of judgments. Key changes in this edition relate to topics of increasing importance, such as: legal aid which covers franchising; a section on drafting witness statements; pre-trial remedies, covering the recent substantial Practice Direction on Marevas and Anton Piller Orders; discovery and how to prevent cards on the table litigation being swamped by boxes on the floor discovery; important developments in automatic directions and automatic striking out; and developments to costs such as new taxation procedures, prescribed rates in legal aid cases, conditional fee agreements and wasted costs orders.

• Used

  Paperback
  1986

  $3.36

• Used

  Hardcover
  1993

  $3.36

  This is a how-to guide to all types of litigation in the Queen's Bench Division and county court, setting out the skills and strategies needed in the professional conduct of these cases. The reader is guided through the preliminary stages, to service of documents, payments into court, trial and enforcement of judgments. This expanded and updated edition now includes new sections on: security for costs; contentious business agreements; directions in county court cases; and specific directions concerning trial documentation Registration and more. It examines the impact which the Social Security Act 1989 has on payment and Calderbank offers, it shows how to use and challenge statutory demands and it covers the new rules, directions and practice on exchange of witness statements. The coverage of insolvency issues now contains a full account of statutory demands - when to use them and how to challenge them. The section on advocacy skills has also been update.