Blackstone's Civil Practice 2015 ― The Commentary

Providing detailed commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation, this is the only major civil work to adopt a narrative approach based on the chronology of a claim. Written by a team of expert practitioners and academics, it provides authoritative analysis on the process of civil litigation from commencement of a claim to enforcement of judgments, addressing civil procedure in the county court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. The book also considers more specialist areas such as insolvency proceedings, sale of goods, and human rights, providing expert analysis on a comprehensive level.

Commentary is combined with the text of the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), Practice Directions (PD), and Pre-Action Protocols and Procedural Checklists, all fully cross-referenced to the text to ensure ease of use for the busy practitioner. As well as a detailed and user-friendly index the quick-reference guide inside the front cover provides an alternative point of access for those more familiar with the CPR.

You may be interested to know that The Commentary is directly taken from the established full service volume,Blackstone's Civil Practice 2015 which includes the text of the CPR and PD, Pre-Action Protocols, selected legislation, and court fees orders.

Electronic versions of the Procedural Checklists in Blackstone's Civil Practice 2015 are available from IRIS Laserform.

Prof Stuart Sime, City Law School,Derek French, Legal writer and editor

The Right Honourable Sir Maurice Kay (Editor-in-Chief) was formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal and Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division). He was a professor of law before being called to the bar in 1975 where he practiced until becoming a High Court Judge in 1995.


Professor Stuart Sime is the course director of the full-time Bar professional training course at the City Law School, 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 co-author ofBlackstone's Guide to the Civil Justice Reforms 2013, the author of A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure, co-author of A Practical Approach to ADR and co-author ofThe Jackson ADR Handbook (all published by OUP).


Derek French is principal author of 29 editions of Mayson, French and Ryan on Company Law, author of two editions ofApplications to Wind Up Companies and one of Model Articles of Association for Companies, editor of 16 editions ofBlackstone's Statutes on Company Law and co-author of Blackstone'sGuide to the Civil Justice Reforms 2013, (all published by OUP).


Michael Walker (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Wandsworth County Courts, presently on secondment to the Royal Courts of Justice.


Ivor Weintroub (Editorial Advisory Board) is a District Judge, Bournemouth County Court, and a Recorder of the Crown and County Courts.


Stuart Bridge (Editorial Advisory Board) is a Circuit Judge on the South Eastern Circuit and a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge.