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Lawtel Civil Procedure

About Lawtel Civil Procedure

Subscription Rates

Lawtel Civil Procedure is available as part of the Lawtel UK service (which also includes Lawtel Personal Injury, Lawtel Human Rights and Lawtel Local Government). Subscription rates depend on the type and size of your firm or organisation. An annual subscription provides any number of users within a firm or organisation unlimited access to the service. For more information on subscription packages please call 0800 018 9797 (+44 207 449 1125 for overseas callers), email helpdesk@lawtel.com or click the links on the left-hand side at the top of this screen. We will be in touch within 24 hours with your relevant subscription details.

More Details About the Service

Updated every 24 hours, Lawtel Civil Procedure delivers authoritative and up-to-date information on the latest developments affecting civil practice.

Rules and Schedules

Provides the updated full-text version of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and the provisions contained within Schedules 1 and 2 in a fully searchable format within 24 hours of being published by the Lord Chancellor's Department.

Amendments

Details of the most recent set of amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998, as issued by the Lord Chancellor's Department, and an archive of all previous amendments to the Rules are also available.

Practice Directions

Provides fully-referenced synopses of Practice Directions back to 1980. This includes PDs issued under the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (including those issued under Schedules 1 & 2) reproduced in full text and updated in light of any amendments.

Practice Tools

Procedural tools include:

  • The full text of the latest CPR Pre-Action Protocols currently in force fully updated as soon as new Protocols are published
  • The Lawtel Court Directory
  • The Commercial Court guide

Reference tools include:

  • A list of the Designated Civil Judges for each civil trial centre
  • A full History of the Reforms containing links to the relevant Lawtel UK document and/or the full text on the Lord Chancellor's Department website

Commentary

Specialist Articles which discuss specific aspects of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 and the impact of selected cases, legislation and other legal developments on civil litigation. Case Comments on court decisions affecting civil practice.

Events

Updated listing of forthcoming events, exhibitions, conferences, seminars and training courses relating to civil procedure.

Links

Direct access to public and commercial websites relating to civil procedure.

Lawtel Update Service

Delivers a daily or weekly bulletin of the latest legal developments in civil practice. This totally flexible service enables you to:

  • Set up any number of Updates
  • Content - select from a list of over 100 subject areas and from any of the Lawtel databases/services you subscribe to
  • Method of delivery - choose online or by email (HTML, Rich Text Format, Text or Customised Webpage)
  • Frequency - daily or weekly
  • Format - Full or Headline Documents

Legislation

Highlights key Public General Acts with hypertext links to the full text. Relevant Statutory Instruments are listed back to 1984 with links to the full text back to 1997. Lawtel UK's Parliamentary Bills and Command Papers databases are also included.

Case Law

Coverage of cases reported in the leading specialist law reports plus hundreds of unreported cases published each month. Decisions appear on Lawtel Civil Procedure the day after judgment is given and contain links to the full text of all available court transcripts.

Journal Abstracts

Abstracts of substantive and authoritative legal articles from leading general and specialist journals. Search by case cited, subject, publication, date and/or author to locate relevant articles. Each summary contains hypertext links to cited case law and legislation and you can receive the full text from Transcripts Express by fax within the hour.