Civil Procedure Rules app for iPhone and iPad

The Civil Procedure Rules

As produced by the Ministry of Justice.

Published by the Pocket Lawyer.

INCORPORATING 50th UPDATE OCTOBER 2009.

The essential legal guide to civil proceedings in England and Wales. For lawyers, law students, litigants in person, defendants, claimants and anyone with a general interest in the law.

Civil proceedings include claims for damages, injunctions and compensation due to negligence, breach of contract and other causes of action.

It can cost hundreds of pounds to get a hefty book containing the Civil Procedure Rules. With this app you have the whole CPR, Practice Directions and Pre-Action Protocols available offline... at the tip of your fingers... at an incredible price.

Searchable and indexed by Part and Alphabetically this app is easy to navigate. Sections include:

How to start proceedings, Action that must be taken before proceedings, How to serve documents and evidence, How to respond to a claim, Default judgments, Counterclaims, The Small Claims Track, Evidence and Disclosure, Experts, Damages, Costs, Enforcing Judgments, Appeals and much more...

A special section is dedicated to Pre-Action Protocols. These set out how the parties must behave prior to commencing legal action.

Specific guidance is provided on Personal Injury, Defamation, Judicial Review, Negligence, Housing and other types of civil claim.

This app includes the 49th update as published by the Ministry of Justice in April 2009. The information in this application is published under the terms of Click-Use Licence C2009000432 and is subject to Crown Copyright.