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LITIGATIONARLIDGE, EADY &SMITH ON CONTEMPTCOMMON LAW LIBRARY4TH EDITIONSir David Eady and Professor A T H SmithArlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt is theleading authority on the law relating to bothcivil and criminal contempt. It covers everythingfrom the history of contempt and generalprinciples through to the latest developments inpractice and procedure.• Explains the law of contempt as it is evolvingunder the Civil Procedure Rules and theHuman Rights Act• Discusses injunctions restricting freedom ofspeech to protect privacy, and superinjunctions• Considers the impact of social media,including “Tweeting” from court and thecapacity of social media to undermine courtorders• Deals with developments in strict liabilitycontempt• Covers the latest developments in reportingcourt proceedings, including the impact ofthe Family Procedure Rules 2010JURISDICTION: United KingdomDec-2011 978 0 414 04322 0Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 416128Hardback £289.00/€368.00Available as an eBook during 2012 – see page viBULLEN & LEAKE & JACOB'SPRECEDENTS OF PLEADINGSCOMMON LAW LIBRARY17TH EDITIONGeneral Editors: The Hon Mr Justice William Blair,Lord Dan Brennan, QC, The Right Hon Professor SirRobin Jacob and The Hon Mr Justice Brian LangstaffBullen & Leake & Jacob is widely regarded asthe essential guide to drafting statements ofcase. It offers the advocate a stock ofauthoritative, structured precedents ofstatements of case complete with guidingcommentary across both mainstream andspecialist areas of practice.The 17th edition fully reflects current issues underthe CPR and developments in the individualpractice areas, with new precedents and two newchapters on competition and construction law.• Presents a wide range of contemporarytemplates for drafting which can be easilymodified for specific cases• Covers all classes of litigation from commonareas such as employment law to the moreunusual such as sport (103 areas in total)• Contains example claims and defences• Provides specific practical guidance on eachprecedentJURISDICTION: England & Wales, CommonwealthDec-2011 978 0 414 04775 4Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 497321Hardback £430.00/€547.00CIVIL COSTSLITIGATION LIBRARY4TH EDITIONSenior Master Peter HurstCivil Costs provides a thorough andauthoritative survey of the costs regime underthe Civil Procedure Rules, helping practitionersunderstand the technicalities of the law. It dealswith all areas of civil costs, from the basicprinciples of entitlement to the practical detailsof how costs are actually assessed.• Clarifies the many areas of uncertaintyrelating to costs• Covers appeals against the summary anddetailed assessment of costs• Includes chapters on costs in arbitrationproceedings, proceedings before the court ofprotection and before other tribunals• Looks at the recovery of costs• Deals with costs in proceedings before theHouse of Lords and European Court ofJustice• Gives guidance on the problems surroundingConditional Fee AgreementsJURISDICTION: United KingdomOct-2007Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 219735Hardback £250.00/€318.00BROOKE'S NOTARY13TH EDITIONNigel ReadyBrooke’s Notary is the standard work onnotarial practice. It provides comprehensiveguidance on the powers, duties and proceduresof notaries in the UK, the Commonwealth andinternational jurisdictions.• Gives guidance on all the main areas ofnotarial practice, including powers ofattorney, affidavits, declarations and shipprotests, bond and debenture operations andshare issue ballots• Examines the status of notarial acts asevidence, in both civil and common law• Explains the impact of the Legal Services Act2007, Money Laundering Regulations 2007,Companies Act 2006 and Civil ProcedureRules on notaries• Considers the Notaries Practice Rules 2001• Covers the training, admission andappointment of notaries• Features an extensive range of precedents• Includes French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italianand German forms for notarial actsJURISDICTION: United Kingdom, European Union,Commonwealth, United StatesJun-2009 978 0 421 93040 7Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 143523Hardback, 802 pp £255.00/€324.00CIVIL APPEALSPRINCIPLE AND PROCEDUREJames Leabeater, Lynne McCafferty, JamesPurchas and Sean O'SullivanCivil Appeals offers detailed proceduralguidance through the complex process ofbringing appeals in the civil courts. It explainsprocedures in a straightforward, practicalmanner and advises on the appropriateness ofbringing an appeal, and techniques for arguingit. It also examines the principles applied byappellate courts when considering appeals.• Deals with appeals from county court judges,district judges, Queen’s Bench and ChanceryMasters and bankruptcy registrars as well asHigh Court, Court of Appeal and SupremeCourt appeals• Covers appeals against decisions ofarbitrators• Cross-referenced to Sweet & Maxwell’s WhiteBook to aid further research• Contains useful procedural checklists to helpensure nothing is overlookedJURISDICTION: England & WalesDec-2010 978 0 421 96080 0Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 163947Hardback, 758 pp £175.00/€223.00CIVIL EVIDENCETHE ESSENTIAL GUIDEPRACTITIONER SERIESMartin IllerThis book looks at the subject of civil evidencefrom the perspective of the busy practitioner. Itdeals with the complex rules and proceduresfrom a highly practical perspective, helpingpractitioners use them efficiently and effectively.• Covers relevance, hearsay, oral, documentaryand expert opinion evidence• Shows how to prove facts and what can bedone to make the most of them• Identifies what evidence is vulnerable toexclusion or inadmissible• Covers private and public interest immunity,legal professional privilege and withoutprejudice communications• Provides advice on how to ensure anopponent is providing full disclosure• Shows how best to present evidence at trial• Incorporates diagrams, bullet points andsummaries to explain complex pointsJURISDICTION: England & WalesJun-2006 978 0 421 94710 8Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 156453Paperback £100.00/€127.00110 To order any of these titles please visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk