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Civil Procedure

The only service delivering The White Book online in a fully searchable, regularly updated format.

Civil Procedure Rules, Prospective Amendments and Forms

Westlaw UK Civil Procedure contains the updated full text version of the Civil Procedure Rules (including supplementary Practice Directions) and details of all forthcoming Rule and Practice Direction amendments. The service also provides access to all relevant forms, which are fully searchable and available to download.

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Commentary

The White Book

Full-text commentary from this highly distinguished work edited by an eminent author team led by The Right Honourable Lord Justice May. Provides all the required practice information for both the High Court and County Court including the Civil Procedure Rules and the re-enacted RSC and CCR.

Civil Procedure News

Published 10 times a year and authored by Ian Scott, this highly topical newsletter provides regular updates on developments in High Court and County Court procedures, including the new CPR, statutory changes and recent case developments. This service is available to download on the day of official publication.

Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings

Authored by a team of experts led by Lord Brennan QC, William Blair QC, Brian Langstaff QC and The Honourable Sir Robin Jacob, this leading text provides an unrivalled collection of precedents for a wide variety of practice areas.

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Legal Journals Index

An archive index to journal articles on civil procedure issues, the Legal Journals Index provides an abstracting and indexing service including articles from hundreds of UK and EU legal journals. Links to the full text of Sweet & Maxwell's journals are also available.

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Legislation Analysis Documents

This unique document is available for every individual provision of legislation currently in force and includes hypertext links direct to the full text, historical and prospective law as well as links to cases, other relevant legislation and secondary sources.

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Cases

Case coverage includes ICLR's Law Reports back to 1865. Westlaw UK Civil Procedure also offers the full set of Sweet & Maxwell's Civil Procedure Reports dating from 1999 (when the new Civil Procedure Rules came into effect). These reports cover all key decisions relating to Civil Procedure Rules and are updated as soon as events occur. You can also access transcripts of the latest civil procedure cases within hours of approval by the courts.

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Case Analysis Documents

This unique document (available for all cases on Westlaw UK) includes a digest of the case with hypertext links direct to cited cases, legislation and journal articles. History relating to the case is also included with a red flag warning of a case overruling or reversal.

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Current Awareness

Tailored summaries of the day's events and releases in civil procedure practice and law. The first update is available by 9am each working day with further updates throughout the day as events happen.

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