| 1 | County courts: toolkit A toolkit to guide users through key maintained PLC content on county court procedure and enforcement. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Early determination: an overview A summary of all the various ways in which actions can be determined early, without the need for a full trial | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Interest toolkit A guide to PLC's resources on interest that are likely to be of most relevance to dispute resolution lawyers. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Issuing and responding to Part 8 claims This is a practical guide to issuing and responding to proceedings under Part 8, the alternative procedure for claims. It includes the circumstances when the Part 8 procedure may or must be used and the procedural steps required for Part 8 claims. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Limitation periods: an overview An overview of limitation periods. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Responding to a claim: key action points This note deals with the key procedural and practical points that solicitors will need to address if their client receives service of proceedings (within the jurisdiction). | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Security for costs: an overview This practice note provides an overview of security for costs applications in civil proceedings. It covers the general issues to be considered when applying for security for costs and how a court will decide whether to make an order. More detailed guidance on particular aspects of this topic, and the procedural requirements for applications, are dealt with in separate practice notes. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | Claiming and responding to interest claims: the procedure This note considers: How to plead a claim for interest. The consequences of failing to plead a claim for interest. How to respond to a claim for interest. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Defending a professional negligence claim: a guide for ... A practical guide for solicitors who are instructed to defend a claim in negligence against a professional. It covers the following stages of a claim: pre-action issues (including the professional negligence pre-action protocol), evidence, privilege, and settlement. As many professionals have professional indemnity insurance, the note covers some of the issues that may arise when acting for either the insurer or an insured (or both). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Electronic communication: filing and sending documents by e ... This note provides guidance on filing and sending documents in litigation by e-mail, as detailed in CPR Practice Direction 5B: Electronic communication and filing of documents. It details what can and what cannot be sent or filed at court by e-mail. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Electronic Working Scheme: filing and managing proceedings This Practice note considers Practice Direction 5C - Electronic Working Scheme - which came into force on 1 April 2010. IMPORTANT NOTE: On 20 April 2012, HM Courts and Tribunals Service announced that the electronic working system (introduced for the jurisdictions of the Royal Courts of Justice now in the Rolls Building) was to be shut down. The Royal Courts of Justice e-working mailbox is no longer available. HMCTS remains "fully committed" to delivering an electronic filing, document management and listing system "at the earliest opportunity" although there is currently no target date for implementation. We will be monitoring developments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | High Court fees: a quick guide This note sets out the fees payable in the High Court in relation to certain key stages in proceedings. For details of fees in the county court, see Practice note, County court fees: a quick guide. For the fees payable in the Supreme Court, see Practice note, Supreme Court fees: a quick guide. Note that the Ministry of Justice has launched a consultation paper on changes to fees and the fees structure in the High Court and the Court of Appeal Civil Division (see Legal update, Consultation on changes to fees in the High Court and Court of Appeal). | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | How can a defendant avoid a default judgment? A defendant who fails to file an acknowledgment of service or a defence to a claim within the time limits provided is at risk of having a default judgment entered against him. This practice note provides practical advice to defendants on how to avoid default judgments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Implementation of Jackson LJ's recommendations (specific ... This note tracks implementation of each of Lord Justice Jackson's recommendations for reform of civil litigation costs (including those not formally presented as recommendations) in specific types of litigation. The note links to a separate note dealing with all other recommendations. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Requests for Further Information under CPR 18 A short practical guide to making and responding to Requests for Further Information in litigation under CPR 18. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Responding to a statutory demand: a guide for companies A statutory demand is often the first stage in winding up or compulsory liquidation proceedings, before a creditor presents a winding up petition. It is crucial that a company's directors deal with a statutory demand appropriately. This note is a practical guide to the issues that a company should consider if a creditor serves a statutory demand, Form 4.1, under the Insolvency Act 1986. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Responding to a winding-up petition: a guide for companies This note is a practical guide for companies that receive a winding up petition. A winding-up petition may have serious consequences for a company and it is crucial that its directors promptly take appropriate action. Among the isses considered are validation orders, injunctions to prevent a petition being advertised, the consequences of paying the petition debt, and the grounds on which a petition can be challenged. | Practice notes | Maintained |