Civil procedure in England and Wales

As a civil litigation (English Civil Procedure ) is called the law of England and Wales, an area of ​​law that regulates the flow of legal proceedings and the enforcement of judgments in civil law.

History

The Civil Procedure Law of England has undergone a far-reaching reform since the 1980s, which was initiated by the United Kingdom's accession to the EC. First steps were the Supreme Court Act 1981, the County Courts Act 1984 and the Civil Jurisdictions and Judgments Act 1982. Finally in 1999 was followed by a major reform by Lord Woolf's drafts. The procedural law is governed entirely by law now, with the exception of foreclosure. Therefore, the new Civil Procedure Rules (CPR ) govern the uniform procedure in all civil cases in the High Court and the County Courts. Supporting ideas of reform are the active case management and access to justice ( access to justice ').

Organisation of justice

Litigants

Parties of a process can be both natural and legal persons. Representation by attorneys was marked in English law for a long time by the cleavage of the legal profession in barrister and solicitor, which has been weakened in 1990.

Law of evidence

The evidence law (' law of evidence ') forms according to the English conception of a separate field of law that is uniformly applicable to civil and criminal proceedings.