Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales


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Practice notes

Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales


Published by a UUÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ Dispute Resolution expert

Practice notes
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This Practice Note sets out an overview of a litigation process for a dispute in England and Wales. It contains a summary of the main stages that most civil litigation disputes are likely to comprise, from pre-action considerations through to starting a claim, trial, enforcement and appeal, together with the relevant cost and funding implications. It also considers case and cost management of claims by the court, witness and expert evidence, obtaining injunctions and methods of ending a claim, including by settlement.

This Practice Note is set out in a format that can be adapted as a letter to a client to explain the main stages of most civil litigation disputes, and so does not contain links out to other relevant content in Lexis+® UK. See Practice Note: Overview of the litigation process in England and Wales—related documents for links to content that is relevant to these main stages of litigation, using the same headings as in this Practice Note.

Each dispute will involve different considerations but the following is a summary of the

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Pre-action definition
What does Pre-action mean?

This is the period prior to proceedings being issued.

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