Includes bibliographical references (p. 1051-1054) and index.

Table of Rules, Practice Directions and Protocols (SIs, CPR etc) -- Table of Treaties and Conventions -- 1. Sources and Scope of Civil Procedure -- 2. Main Pillars of the Woolf Reforms -- 3. Principles in General -- 4. Guarantees Concerning the Court's Composition -- 5. Guarantees Concerning the Court's Conduct -- 6. Leading Procedural Principles -- 7. Article 6(1) and Human Rights -- 8. The Wider Framework of Civil Justice -- 9. Access to Justice -- 10. Commencement, Service and Pleadings -- 11. Parties, Set-Off, Part 20 Claims (including Counterclaims) and Contribution -- 12. Limitation of Actions -- 13. Case-Management and Judicial Discretion -- 14. Sanctions against Procedural Non-Compliance -- 15. Avoidance of Excessive Delay -- 16. Abuse of Process -- 17. Protective Relief: Freezing Injunctions and Search Orders -- 18. Interim Relief -- 19. Default Judgments -- 20. Summary Judgment -- 21. Striking Out Claims or Defences -- 22. The Small Claims Jurisdiction -- 23. The Settlement Process -- 24. Part 36 Payments and Offers to Settle -- 25. Settlement Negotiations and Privilege: 'Without Prejudice' Communications and Conciliation Privilege -- 26. Disclosure -- 27. Legal Professional Privilege -- 28. Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Material -- 29. Privilege against Self-incrimination -- 30. Public Interest Immunity -- 31. Evidence in General -- 32. Expert Evidence -- 33. Foreign Aspects of Evidence -- 34. Trial -- 35. Conditional Fees and Funding -- 36. Costs: General Features -- 37. Special Costs Orders: Security for Costs, Non-party Costs Orders, and Wasted Costs -- 38. Appeals -- 39. Enforcement -- 40. Finality in Civil Proceedings: Claim and Issue Preclusion (Res Judicata) and Related Doctrines -- 41. Multi-Party Proceedings -- 42. Applications for Judicial Review -- 43. Transnational Civil Procedure.