A Model Civil Procedure Code for England and Wales

Auteur
John Sorabjiis Associate Professor ofLaw at University College London and a memberof the Civil Justice Council. He has previouslyserved as the Deputy Private Secretary to HMKing Charles III and, separately, as the PrincipalLegal Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice and theMaster of the Rolls. He has also been a visitingprofessor at Université Pantheon-Assas. He is the author of many titles including English CivilJustice after Woolf and Jackson: A Critical Analysis(CUP, 2014), a contributing editor and author of Fosketton Compromise(Sweet & Maxwell,2015, 2020 and 2024), CivilLitigation in a Comparative Context(West Academic Press,2nd edition,2017),Zuckerman on Civil Procedure(Sweet & Maxwell,2021),and the ELI-UNIDROIT Model European Rules ofCivil Procedure(OUP, 2021). He is also a General Editorof Civil Procedure (The White Book) (Sweet & Maxwell, 2024).

Résumé
In this work, John Sorabji proposes a new model civil procedure code for England and Wales. Through careful examination of existing and model rules and commentary, he outlines a simplified seventeen-part approach to civil procedure, which covers all stages from issue to judgment, appeal, and enforcement.