The Jackson ADR Handbook

Susan Blake spent several years in practice at the Bar dealing with a variety of civil cases in all levels of courts. She was formerly Course Director of the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law (now part of The City Law School), having played a major part in devising and implementing the BVC. She became Director of Studies in 1998, and has been an Associate Dean at City Law School, London, since 2003. She is Programme Director for the LLM in Civil Litigation and Dispute Resolution that was introduced in 2010. She is the author of A Practical Approach to Effective Litigation and co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR, both published by Oxford University Press, Julie Browne is a deputy course director of the bar vocational course at City University London, where she teaches advocacy, civil litigation, drafting, company law and commercial law. She was called to the Bar in 1989 and during 10 years in full-time practice, she undertook a wide variety of general civil and commercial work, including insolvency, company and property litigation. She is the series editor of the 14 bar vocational manuals, a contributor to Blackstone's Civil Practice, and co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR, both published by Oxford University Press. She is also an experienced CPD trainer in advocacy, evidence, case preparation, drafting, and litigation. Professor Stuart Sime is the course director of the full-time bar professional training course at City University London, where he teaches civil litigation, commercial and company law. He was a practising barrister until 2005. In his early career he spent a number of years in the litigation department of the Treasury Solicitor's Office. He is joint Editor of Blackstone's Civil Practice, the author of A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure and co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR, all published by Oxford University Press.