4th Edition

Commonwealth Caribbean Civil Procedure

    328 Pages
    by Routledge-Cavendish

    328 Pages
    by Routledge-Cavendish

    This new fourth edition of a well-established book is a timely response to the continuing development of the new rules of civil procedure in force in most of the jurisdictions of the English-speaking Caribbean. The new edition has been substantially revised to cover amendments to, and recent case law interpreting and applying, the Civil Procedure Rules of the various territories. It is essential reading for law students and legal practitioners in the region.

    1. Introduction 2. Commencement of proceedings 3. Responding to a claim 4. Service out of the jurisdiction 5. Parties and joinder 6. Ancillary claims 7. Default judgments 8. Summary judgment 9. Case management 10. Amendments to statements of case 11. Applications for court orders 12. Interlocutary injunctions 13. Freezing 'Mareva' injunctions and orders 14. Dosclosure and inspection of documents 15. Requests for further information 16. Security for costs 17. Offers to settle and payments into court 18. Interim payments 19. Striking out and discontinuance 20. Expert witnesses 21. Affidavits 22. Witness statements 23. Pre-trial review 24. Trial, judgments and orders 25. Costs 26. Enforcement of judgments 27. Appeals

    Biography

    Gilbert Kodilinye MA (Oxon), LLM (Lond), TEP, Barrister (England and Wales) and of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)

    Vanessa Kodilinye LLB, LLM (UWI), LLM (IT and Telecoms) (Strathclyde), Dr rer publ (Leuphana), Solicitor (England and Wales) (non-practising), Attorney-at-Law (Barbados)