The Civil Procedure Rules Ten Years On

Abstract

Ten years after the Civil Procedure Rules changed the landscape of civil justice in England and Wales, this book presents an analysis, by some of the leading judges, academics, and practitioners involved in civil litigation in the UK, of the effectiveness of the Woolf Reforms, and the challenges facing civil procedure today. The book includes sections on the nature of the CPR as ‘a new procedural code’, case management, costs and funding, civil evidence (including the changes to expert evidence under the CPR), alternative dispute resolution, the influence of the CPR on reforms in civil law jur ... More