Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is dispute resolution about?

    3. The Civil Courts

    4. The Civil Procedure Rules

    5. Overview of a civil claim process

    6. Key definitions

    7. Key legislation

    1. Overview of options for dispute resolution

    2. Alternative dispute resolution

    3. Settlement

    4. Mediation

    5. Expert determination

    6. Arbitration

    7. Litigation and ADR

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Different options for dispute resolution

    1. Overview of resolving a dispute through a civil claim

    2. Limitation periods in civil claims

    3. Parties to a claim

    4. Specified claims

    5. Causes of action

    6. Pre-action protocols

    7. Foreign elements

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: resolving a dispute through a civil claim

    1. Overview of commencing proceedings

    2. Choice of court

    3. Commencement of a claim

    4. Counting time

    5. Method and timing of service

    6. Service outside the jurisdiction

    7. Contents of a Claim Form

    8. Claim Form N1

    9. Contents of a Particulars of Claim

    10. Example Particulars of Claim

    11. PRACTISE MCQs: Commencing proceedings

    1. Overview of responding to a claim

    2. Responding to a claim

    3. Admissions

    4. Acknowledgment of Service

    5. Disputing jurisdiction

    6. Defence and Counterclaim

    7. Contents of a Defence and Counterclaim

    8. Example Defence

    9. Default judgment

    10. Discontinuing a claim

    11. Settlement during litigation

    12. Form N9 Response Pack

    13. PRACTISE MCQs: responding to a claim

    1. Overview of other statements of case

    2. Additional Claims

    3. Reply

    4. Amending Statements of Case

    5. Requests for further information

    6. PRACTISE MCQs: statements of case

    1. Overview of interim applications

    2. Interim applications

    3. Summary judgment

    4. Interim prohibitory injunctions

    5. Freezing injunctions

    6. Search orders

    7. Interim and summary costs orders

    8. Interim payments

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Interim applications

    1. Overview of allocation and case management

    2. The overriding objective

    3. Allocation and directions

    4. Tracks

    5. Court powers and sanctions

    6. Costs management

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: allocation and case management

    1. Overview of disclosure and inspection

    2. Introduction to disclosure and inspection

    3. Standard disclosure

    4. Making or withholding disclosure

    5. Privilege

    6. Disclosure procedure

    7. Form N265 disclosure list

    8. PRACTISE MCQs: Disclosure and inspection

    1. Overview of evidence

    2. Burden and standard of proof

    3. Witness evidence

    4. Witness statements

    5. Expert evidence

    6. Expert reports

    7. PRACTISE MCQs: Evidence

    1. Overview of trial

    2. Attendance of witnesses

    3. Pre-trial preparations

    4. Trial and judgment

    5. Courtroom conduct

    6. PRACTISE MCQs: Trial

    1. Overview of costs and Part 36 offers

    2. Discretion of the court

    3. Determining costs

    4. Fixed costs

    5. Standard assessed costs

    6. Non-party costs

    7. Security for costs

    8. Part 36 settlement offers

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Costs and Part 36 offers

    1. Overview of appeals

    2. Permission and grounds

    3. Appeal routes

    4. Leapfrog appeals

    5. Allowing an appeal

    6. PRACTISE MCQs: Appeals

    1. Overview of the enforcement of money judgments

    2. Investigating a judgment debtor’s means

    3. Methods of enforcement

    4. Taking control of goods orders

    5. Third party debt orders

    6. Charging orders

    7. Attachment of earnings

    8. Insolvency proceedings

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Enforcement of money judgments

    1. Instructions

    2. Dispute resolution MOCK EXAMS

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James Richardson

Co-founder, Senior Lawyer & Academic Author

James is a highly experienced solicitor and academic legal author. He trained and qualified at major transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells, where he worked for years in their Commercial Litigation, Product Liability, and Insurance team. After stints in Hong Kong, Munich, and working as an M&A Underwriter, James moved in-house and is currently Head of Legal, Risk and Compliance at Insurtech scale-up Cuvva.

James also founded and ran Law Answered for a decade, where he published 42 critically-acclaimed revision guides for postgraduate law courses, which have helped tens of thousands of students through their exams.

Connect with James on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jamrichardson

Jake Schogger

Co-founder, Lawyer & Education Expert

Jake Schogger is a best-selling commercial awareness author, ex-Magic Circle lawyer, co-founder of Law Student Academy, and the founder and CEO of legal careers platform Commercial Law Academy.

He trained at Freshfields, then spent years at a boutique law firm advising start-ups and scale-ups on a range of corporate, commercial and employment matters. He has also published eight books covering career development and legal education (including two best-sellers), worked extensively as a career coach, and delivered countless employability and skills presentations at leading universities and law firms across the UK.

Connect with Jake on LinkedIn via www.linkedin.com/in/jakeschogger

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