The Commercial Court - 2nd Edition, by Stephen Dowling
Author: Stephen Dowling
Publisher: Round Hall
Publication Date: 31/12/2012
ISBN: 9781858006826
Jurisdiction: Ireland
The Commercial Court, 2nd edition provides you with a practical and unique guide to the rules and procedures in the Commercial Court. This title gives you unique access to expert direction on bringing a case before the court and is an in-depth assessment of how proceedings are conducted and controlled by the Commercial Court Judge.
Key Features:
- Provides extensive coverage on practice and procedure in the Commercial Court and examines how the rules have been applied in practice
- Examines the proceedings that are eligible for the Commercial list, and considers those that are not
- Gives you a complete understanding of the provisions of Order 63A of the Rules of the Superior Courts and explores the scope of the powers of the Commercial Court Judge
- Brings you up-to-speed with all aspects of case management including directions hearings, case management conferences and pre-trial conferences
- Explores the relationship between the Commercial Court and alternative dispute resolution
- Helps you to run cases smoothly and avoid the potentially high cost of default and delay
New to this Edition
- Discusses the new practitioner's handbook for the Commercial Court
- New trends in case management
- Recent developments in striking out pleadings in Commercial Court
- New case law on amendments to pleadings
- Developments relating to e-discovery
- New obligations in large-scale discovery
- Recent judgments on modular trials
- New costs decisions where trials are split
- Developments in relation to fixing preliminary issues
- Developments in relation to ADR and mediation
- Changes to Order 84 and the impact on commercial judicial review proceedings
- New case law on evidence in commercial litigation
- Recent decisions clarifying the use of witness statements during trial
- Developments in applications for non-suit in the Commercial Court
- Recent case law on evidence by video link
- Developments in relation to costs and issue based orders
- Seeking costs against non-parties
- Developments in seeking protection against costs
About the Author
Stephen Dowling is a barrister practising in commercial litigation.