European Rules of Civil Procedure

Contents:

Foreword xxxix
Table of cases xli
Table of legislation xlvii

PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
1 (Rule 1) Introduction 2
Fernando Gascon Inchausti, Vincent Smith and Astrid Stadler
2 (Rules 2-8) General Principles: Co-operation and proportionality 11
Loic Cadiet and Soraya Amrani-Mekki
3 (Rules 21-28) General Principles: Party disposition and principle of party presentation 35
Loic Cadiet and Soraya Amrani-Mekki
4 (Rules 11-18) General Principles: Rights of parties 61
Alexander Bruns
5 (Rules 19-20, 82, 113, 116) General Principles: Languages, interpretation and translation 79
Matthias Weller
6 (Rules 9-10, 141) Facilitating ADR and settlements: an extension of the co-operation principle 94
Laura Ervo

PART II PARTIES
7 (Rules 29-46) Parties to the proceedings 109
Christoph Althammer

PART III CASE MANAGEMENT
8 (Rules 47-50) Case management 156
Stefan Huber

PART IV COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS
9 (Rules 51-60) Procedural steps and contents of initial documents 180
Elena D'Alessandro
10 (Rules 142-146) Effects of proceedings once commenced - lis pendens 200
Eva Lein

PART V SERVICE AND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS
(ERCP PART VI)
11 (Rules 68-86, 134) Service and notice of proceedings 219
Dimitrios Tsikrikas and Wendy Kennett

PART VI ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE
(ERCP PART VII)
12 (Rules 87-110, 128-129) General and procedural issues 252
Astrid Stadler and Magne Strandberg
13 (Rules 111-124, 126-127) Types of evidence 307
Michael Stu?rner

PART VII PROCEEDINGS PREPARATORY TO A FINAL
HEARING (ERCP PART V)
14 (Rules 61-67) Proceedings before a final hearing and final hearing 338
Enrique Vallines Garcia

PART VIII JUDGMENTS, RES JUDICATA AND LIS PENDENS
15 (Rules 130-133, 135-140) General rules on judgments 380
Christoph A Kern
16 (Rules 147-152) Effect of judgments - res judicata 419
Alexander Bruns

PART IX MEANS OF REVIEW
17 (Rules 153-183) Means of review and appeal 433
John Sorabji

PART X PROVISIONAL AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES
18 (Rules 184-203) Provisional and protective measures 492
Torbjoern Andersson

PART XI COLLECTIVE PROCEEDINGS
19 (Rules 204-220, 227-228, 233-236) Collective proceedings 545
Jorg Sladic
20 (Rules 221-226, 229-232) Collective settlements 604
Fernando Gascon Inchausti

PART XII COSTS AND FUNDING
21 (Rules 237-245, 125) Costs and funding 632
Vincent Smith

Index 671