Ius gentium: comparative perspectives on law and justice ;
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Intro; Preface; Contents Overview; Contents; About the Author; Materials Abbreviated; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 The Three Paths of Justice; 1.3 The Woolf Reforms; 1.4 The Jackson Changes (2013); 1.5 Four Enduring Features of the English Process; 1.6 Six Phases of Court Proceedings; 1.7 Concluding Remarks; 2 Principles and Transnational Dimensions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Four Aims of Civil Justice; 2.3 American Law Institute/UNIDROIT Project (2000-2006); 2.4 European Convention on Human Rights; 2.5 European Statutory Changes; 2.6 The EU Ban on Anti-suit Injunctions
2.7 European Account Preservation Order2.8 Cross-Border Mediation Within the EU; 2.9 Competition Law and Civil Procedure; 2.10 Concluding Remarks; 3 First Instance Proceedings; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Case and Costs Management and Sanctions; 3.3 Accelerated Relief in General; 3.4 Interim Payments; 3.5 Interim Injunctions; 3.6 Default Judgments; 3.7 Preliminary Issues; 3.8 Summary Judgment; 3.9 Striking Out Claims or Defences; 3.10 Disclosure; 3.11 Pre-action Disclosure; 3.12 Disclosure Against Non-parties; 3.13 Party to Party Disclosure in General; 3.14 Restriction on Use of Disclosed Material
3.15 Privileges in General3.16 Legal Advice Privilege; 3.17 Litigation Privilege; 3.18 Experts; 3.19 The 'Single, Joint Expert' System; 3.20 Party-Appointed Experts; 3.21 Trial; 4 Appeals and Finality; 4.1 Appeals; 4.2 Res Judicata and Finality; 5 Costs and Funding; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Costs-Shifting Rule; 5.3 Qualified One Way Costs Shifting; 5.4 Standard and Indemnity Costs; 5.5 Criteria for Awarding Indemnity Costs; 5.6 Costs Budgets; 5.7 Costs Capping and Protective Costs Orders; 5.8 Machinery for Determining Costs; 5.9 Settlement Offers; 5.10 Non-parties and Costs
5.11 Third Party Funding5.12 Wasted Costs Orders; 5.13 Conditional Fee Agreements; 5.14 Damages-Based Agreements; 5.15 Security for Costs; 6 Enforcement of Court Judgments and Orders; 6.1 Money Judgments; 6.2 Injunctions and Other Non-money Judgments; 7 Protective Relief; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Freezing Relief; 7.3 Notification Orders; 7.4 Civil Search Orders; 7.5 Civil Orders for Custody of Passports; 8 Multi-party Litigation; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The Test Case Mechanism; 8.3 Consolidation and Joinder; 8.4 Group Litigation Orders; 8.5 Representative Proceedings
8.6 UK Class Litigation in Competition Law8.7 Conclusion; 9 International Commercial Arbitration; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Main Features of English Arbitration Law; 9.3 Choosing Arbitration; 9.4 Arbitration's Allure; 9.5 The Arbitration System's Warts; 9.6 Appointment Invitations; 9.7 Arbitration Agreements; 9.8 Commencement; 9.9 Confidentiality; 9.10 Conduct of the Proceedings; 9.11 Speed, Efficiency, and Discipline; 9.12 Hearings; 9.13 Giving of Awards; 9.14 Challenges to Awards; 9.15 Enforcing Awards; 9.16 Enhancing the Arbitral Infrastructure; 9.17 Conclusion; 10 Mediation in England
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This book details the English system of civil litigation, covering court proceedings in England and Wales. It enables American lawyers to gain an overview of the main institutions of English Civil Procedure, including mediation and arbitration.