Course curriculum

    1. Assessment objectives

    2. What is dispute resolution about?

    3. → Overview of dispute resolution MIND MAP

    4. The Civil Courts

    5. → The Civil Courts MIND MAP

    6. The Civil Procedure Rules

    7. → The Civil Procedure Rules MIND MAP

    8. Overview of a civil claim process

    9. Key definitions

    10. Key legislation

    1. Overview of options for dispute resolution

    2. Alternative dispute resolution

    3. → Alternative dispute resolution MIND MAP

    4. Settlement

    5. → Settlement MIND MAP

    6. Mediation

    7. → Mediation MIND MAP

    8. Expert determination

    9. Arbitration

    10. Litigation and ADR

    11. PRACTISE MCQs: Different options for dispute resolution

    1. Overview of resolving a dispute through a civil claim

    2. Limitation periods in civil claims

    3. → Limitation periods in civil claims MIND MAP

    4. Parties to a claim

    5. Specified claims

    6. Causes of action

    7. → Causes of action MIND MAP

    8. Pre-action protocols

    9. Foreign elements

    10. → Foreign elements MIND MAP

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

    1. Overview of commencing proceedings

    2. Choice of court

    3. → Choice of court MIND MAP

    4. Commencement of a claim

    5. Counting time

    6. Method and timing of service

    7. Service outside the jurisdiction

    8. → Service outside the jurisdiction MIND MAP

    9. Contents of a Claim Form

    10. → Contents of a Claim Form MIND MAP

    11. Claim Form N1

    12. Contents of a Particulars of Claim

    13. Example Particulars of Claim

    14. PRACTISE MCQs: Commencing proceedings

    1. Overview of responding to a claim

    2. Responding to a claim

    3. → Responding to a claim MIND MAP

    4. Admissions

    5. Acknowledgment of Service

    6. → Acknowledgement of service MIND MAP

    7. Disputing jurisdiction

    8. Defence and Counterclaim

    9. Contents of a Defence and Counterclaim

    10. Example Defence

    11. Default judgment

    12. Discontinuing a claim

    13. → Discontinuing a claim MIND MAP

    14. Settlement during litigation

    15. Form N9 Response Pack

    16. PRACTISE MCQs: responding to a claim

    1. Overview of other statements of case

    2. Additional Claims

    3. → Additional Claims MIND MAP

    4. Reply

    5. Amending Statements of Case

    6. → Amending Statements of Case MIND MAP

    7. Requests for further information

    8. → Requests for further information MIND MAP

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: statements of case

    1. Overview of interim applications

    2. Interim applications

    3. Summary judgment

    4. → Summary judgment MIND MAP

    5. Interim prohibitory injunctions

    6. Freezing injunctions

    7. → Freezing injunctions MIND MAP

    8. Search orders

    9. Interim and summary costs orders

    10. Interim payments

    11. → Interim payments MIND MAP

    12. PRACTISE MCQs: Interim applications

    1. Overview of allocation and case management

    2. The overriding objective

    3. Allocation and directions

    4. → Allocation and directions MIND MAP

    5. Tracks

    6. → Tracks MIND MAP

    7. Court powers and sanctions

    8. → Court powers and sanctions MIND MAP

    9. Costs management

    10. PRACTISE MCQs: allocation and case management

    1. Overview of disclosure and inspection

    2. Introduction to disclosure and inspection

    3. Standard disclosure

    4. → Standard disclosure MIND MAP

    5. → Duty to search for documents MIND MAP

    6. Making or withholding disclosure

    7. → Making or withholding disclosure MIND MAP

    8. Privilege

    9. Disclosure procedure

    10. → Disclosure procedure MIND MAP

    11. Form N265 disclosure list

    12. PRACTISE MCQs: Disclosure and inspection

    1. Overview of evidence

    2. Burden and standard of proof

    3. → Burden and standard of proof MIND MAP

    4. Witness evidence

    5. → Witness evidence MIND MAP

    6. Witness statements

    7. → Witness statements MIND MAP

    8. Expert evidence

    9. Expert reports

    10. PRACTISE MCQs: Evidence

    1. Overview of trial

    2. Attendance of witnesses

    3. → Attendance of witnesses MIND MAP

    4. Pre-trial preparations

    5. → Pre-trial preparations MIND MAP

    6. Trial and judgment

    7. Courtroom conduct

    8. → Courtroom conduct MIND MAP

    9. PRACTISE MCQs: Trial

    1. Overview of costs and Part 36 offers

    2. Discretion of the court

    3. → Discretion of the court MIND MAP

    4. Determining costs

    5. → Determining costs MIND MAP

    6. Fixed costs

    7. Standard assessed costs

    8. Non-party costs

    9. → Non-party costs MIND MAP

    10. Security for costs

    11. Part 36 settlement offers

    12. PRACTISE MCQs: Costs and Part 36 offers

    1. Overview of appeals

    2. Permission and grounds

    3. Appeal routes

    4. → Appeal routes MIND MAP

    5. → Appealing to the Court of Appeal MIND MAP

    6. → Appealing to the Supreme Court MIND MAP

    7. Leapfrog appeals

    8. Allowing an appeal

    9. → Allowing an appeal MIND MAP

    10. PRACTISE MCQs: Appeals

    1. Overview of the enforcement of money judgments

    2. Investigating a judgment debtor’s means

    3. Methods of enforcement

    4. → Methods of enforcement MIND MAP

    5. Taking control of goods orders

    6. Third party debt orders

    7. Charging orders

    8. Attachment of earnings

    9. Insolvency proceedings

    10. → Insolvency proceedings MIND MAP

    11. PRACTISE MCQs: Enforcement of money judgments

    1. Instructions

    2. Dispute resolution MOCK EXAMS

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<b>James</b> <b>Richardson</b>

<b>Co-founder, Senior Lawyer &amp; Academic Author</b>

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.

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<b>Jake</b> <b>Schogger</b>

<b>Co-founder, Lawyer &amp; Education Expert</b>

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.

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