Civil Litigation Course

It provides students with a thorough grasp of practice and procedure, and the rules and principles as applied by the courts.

Taking a pragmatic rather than an academic approach to the topic, the course provides a comprehensive overview on all the major areas of civil litigation

The course will consist of selected topics chosen from the following: general principles and practice of civil litigation, including: the organisation, jurisdiction and functions of the civil courts and of the legal profession.

  
Course Structure

 

-       The Civil Courts

-       The Overriding Objective and Human Rights

-       The Courts approach under the Civil Procedure Rules

 

 

-       Funding Litigation & Client Care

-       Initial interview and instructions

-       Pre-action protocols

-       Basic limitation rules under the Limitation Act 1980

 

 

-       The Claim Form

-       Service and Filing

-       Other Forms

-       Tracks under the Woolf Reforms

-       Rules and Compliance

-       Sanctions

   

 

-       Civil Court Procedure

-       Witnesses and Expert Witnesses

-       Hearsay Evidence

-       Part 36 Offers

-       Damages or Compensation?

 

o   Legal Word Processing & Essentials of Application & procedure (Practical sessions)


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