Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface to the Sixth Edition
Table of Contents
Table of Cases
Table of Legislation
Table of Civil Procedure Rules
Table of Rules of the Supreme Court
Chapter 1: The Origin and Development of the Commercial Court
Commercial Court Users' Conference 1960
Consequences of the 1962 Report
The New Order 72
Introduction of Judicial Arbitration
The Commercial Court Becomes a Court
Court Business 1975 to the Present
The Court and Arbitration
Increase in Number of Commercial Judges

The Civil Justice Review and The Commercial Court
The Lord Chancellor's Consultation Paper
The Civil Justice Review Final Report
The Guide to Commercial Court Practice
The Civil Procedure Rules
The Report and Recommendations of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party
The Admiralty and Commercial Registry and Listing Office
The Commercial Court on the Web
Commercial Court Sits During Long Vacation
Hearings of Commercial Applications
Commercial Court Users' Committee
Commercial Court Index of Judgments
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Reports of the Court

Commercial Court Work for the Twelve Months Ending July Each Year
Hearings
A New Building for the Court
Chapter 2: The Commercial Court Users' Committee
Chapter 3: The Business of the Commercial Court, The Rules and Practice Directions and The Commercial Court Guide
The Practice Directions
What is a Commercial Claim?
Other Features of CPR Part 58 and The Practice Direction
The Commercial Court Guide
The Report and Recommendations of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party
Chapter 4: Commencement of Proceedings and Statements of Case

Before Commencement of Proceedings
Commencement of Proceedings: the Issue and Service of a Claim Form
Issuing the Claim Form
The Part 7 Claim Form
The Part 8 Claim Form
Service of the Claim Form
Service Generally
Service Outside the Jurisdiction: Where no Permission is Required
Service Outside the Jurisdiction: Where Permission is Required
Acknowledgment of Service
Statements of Case
Trial without Statements of Case
Form of Statements of Case in the Commercial Court: the Guide

Form of Statements of Case in the Commercial Court: the Reality, and The Way Forward
Content of Statements of Case in the Commercial Court
Statements of Truth
Case Summaries
Service and Filing of Statements of Case
Particulars of Claim
Defence
Reply
List of Issues
Amendments to Claim Forms and Statements of Case
Further Information
Part 20 Proceedings
The First Stages of a Commercial Action
Chapter 5: Case Management
Case Management in the Commercial Court Generally
Fixing and Timing of the Case Management Conference