Blackstone's Civil Practice 2016: The Commentary

Providing detailed commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation, this is the only major civil work to adopt a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim. Written by a team of expert practitioners and academics, it provides authoritative analysis on the process of civil litigation from commencement of a claim to enforcement of judgments, addressing civil procedure in the county court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. The book also considers more specialist areas such as insolvency proceedings, sale of goods, and human rights, providing expert analysis on a comprehensive level. As well as a detailed and user-friendly index, the quick-reference guide inside the front cover provides an alternative point of access for those more familiar with the CPR. Blackstone's Civil Practice 2016: The Commentary is a concise version of this book, providing the unique commentary independently from the CPR, PD, and other appendix materials. The Commentary is directly taken from the established full service volume, Blackstone's Civil Practice 2016 which includes the text of the CPR and PD, Pre-Action Protocols, selected legislation, and court fees orders. Electronic versions of the Procedural Checklists in Blackstone's Civil Practice 2016 are available from IRIS Laserform.

1 - The overriding objective and sources of procedural law
2 - Court organisation
3 - Computing time
4 - Remedies
5 - Funding litigation
6 - Conditional fee agreements
7 - Legal Aid
8 - Pre-action protocols
9 - Notices before action
10 - Limitation
11 - Where to start proceedings
12 - Issuing proceedings
13 - Part 8 claims
14 - Joinder and parties
15 - Filing and service
16 - Service outside the jurisdiction
17 - Admitting the claim and requesting time to pay
18 - Acknowledging service and filing a defence
19 - Disputing the court's jurisdiction
20 - Default judgment
21 - Acting by a solicitor
22 - Change of solicitor
23 - Statements of case and claim forms
24 - Particulars of claim
25 - Schedule of past and future loss and expense
26 - Defending a claim
27 - Reply and subsequent statements of case
28 - Counterclaims
29 - Additional claims uner Part 20
30 - Further information
31 - Amendments to statements of case
32 - Applications and interim orders
33 - Striking out
34 - Summary judgment
35 - Possession claims against trespassers
36 - Interim payments
37 - Interim injunctions
38 - Freezing injunctions
39 - Search orders
40 - Interim delivery up of goods
41 - Inspection of property
42 - Case management
43 - Costs Management
44 - Costs Capping and Costs Protection
45 - Small claims
46 - Fast track
47 - Multi-track
48 - Non-compliance, sanctions and relief
49 - General law of evidence
50 - Disclosure
51 - Witness statements
52 - Affidavits
53 - Hearsay evidence
54 - Experts and assessors
55 - Discontinuance
56 - Stays
57 - Witness summonses
58 - Giving evidence without attending court
59 - Trial bundles
60 - Trial by jury
61 - Trial
62 - Non-attendance
63 - Judgments and orders
64 - Interest
65 - Solicitor and own client costs
66 - Part 36 offers
67 - Security for costs
68 - Costs orders
69 - Qualified One-way costs shifting
70 - Fixed costs etc.
71 - Assessment of costs
72 - Arbitration claims
73 - Alternative dispute resolution
74 - The appeals system
75 - Hearing of appeals
76 - Appeals to the Supreme Court
77 - Judicial review
78 - References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
79 - Enforcement
80 - Enforcement of foreign judgments
81 - Committal and sequestration
82 - Winding up and administration of registered companies
83 - Bankruptcy
84 - Insolvency applications and appeals
85 - Applications under the Companies Act and Related Legislation
86 - Director Disqualification
87 - Mortgage Possession claims
88 - Anti-social behaviour and harassment
89 - Human rights and civil procedure
90 - Changes in terminology made by the CPR

The Right Honourable Sir Maurice Kay (Editor-in-Chief) was formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). He was a professor of law before being called to the bar in 1975 where he practiced until becoming a High Court Judge in 1995. Professor Stuart Sime is the course director of the full-time Bar professional training course at the City Law School, where he teaches civil litigation, commercial, and company law. He was a practising barrister until 2005. In his early career he spent a number of years in the litigation department of the Treasury Solicitor's Office. He is co-author of Blackstone's Guide to the Civil Justice Reforms 2013, the author of A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure, co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR and co-author of The Jackson ADR Handbook (all published by OUP). Michael Walker (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Wandsworth County Courts, presently on secondment to the Royal Courts of Justice. Ivor Weintroub (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Bournemouth County Court, and a Recorder of the Crown and County Courts. Stuart Bridge (Editorial Advisory Board) is a Circuit Judge on the South Eastern Circuit and a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge.