––– Executive Summary –––
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Table of Contents
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Section 1: Introduction
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Section 2: A new code or selective amendment [Proposals 74 and 75 Recommendation 1]
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Section 3: Procedural reform and the Basic Law
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Section 4: Defining the underlying objectives and the court's case management powers [Proposals 1 to 3 Recommendations 2 to 4]
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24 - 27
Section 5: Pre-action protocols [Proposals 4 and 5 Recommendations 5 to 9]
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28 - 31
Sections 6 and 7: Commencing proceedings and disputing jurisdiction [Proposals 6 and 7 Recommendations 10 to 17]
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Section 8: Default Judgments and admissions [Proposal 8 Recommendation 18]
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Section 9: Pleadings [Proposals 9 to 13 Recommendations 19 to 36]
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41
Section 10: Summary disposal of proceedings [Proposal 14 Recommendation 37]
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42 - 43
Section 11: Sanctioned offers and payments [Proposal 15 Recommendations 38 to 43]
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44 - 46
Section 12: Interim remedies and Marevas in aid of foreign proceedings [Proposals 16 and 17 Recommendations 44 to 51]
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47
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Section 13: Case management, timetabling and milestones [Proposals 18 and 19 Recommendations 52 to 62]
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53
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Section 14: Dockets, specialist lists and vexatious litigants [Proposals 20 to 22 Recommendations 63 to 69]
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60 - 61
Section 15: Multi-party litigation and derivative actions [Proposals 23 and 24 Recommendations 70 and 71]
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62
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Section 16: Discovery [Proposals 25 to 29 Recommendations 72 to 80]
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Section 17: Interlocutory applications and summary assessment of costs [Proposals 30 to 32 Recommendations 81 to 92]
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71
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Section 18: Wasted costs [Proposals 33 and 34 Recommendations 93 to 97]
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75 - 77
Section 19: Witness statements and evidence [Proposals 35 to 37 Recommendations 98 to 100]
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78
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Section 20: Expert evidence [Proposals 38 to 40 Recommendations 101 to 107]
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84 - 85
Section 21: Case managing trials [Proposal 41 Recommendations 108]
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86 - 89
Section 22: Leave to appeal [Proposals 42 to 47 Recommendations 109 to 118]
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90 - 92
Section 23: Appeals [Proposals 48 to 50 Recommendations 119 to 121]
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93 - 96
Section 24: General approach to inter-party costs [Proposal 51 Recommendation 122]
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Section 25: Costs transparency [Proposals 52, 53, 55 and 56 Recommendations 123 to 129]
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104
Section 26: Challenging one's own lawyer's bill [Proposal 54 Recommendation 130]
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105 - 108
Section 27: Taxing the other side's costs [Proposals 57 to 61 Recommendations 131 to 136]
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109
Section 28: CPR Schedule [Proposal 62 Recommendation 137]
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Section 29: Alternative dispute resolution [Proposals 63 to 68 Recommendations 138 to 143]
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Section 30: Unrepresented litigants
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115 - 118
Section 31: Judicial review [Proposals 69 to 73 Recommendations 144 to 149]
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119
Section 32: Material support for the reforms [Proposals 76 to 80 Recommendation 150]
