Enforcement and Remedies: Land and Buildings
This part of the topic index contains resources on enforcement and remedies in relation to land and buildings. Please select the resource that you require by clicking on the relevant tab below.
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| 1 | Arbitration: a ten-minute guide Need to find out about arbitration in ten minutes? This practice note aims to provide a bird's eye view of the most important features of arbitration and arbitration law, from commencement of proceedings right through to enforcement of awards. Links to more detailed discussion are provided. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | County courts: jurisdiction and overview This note provides an overview of the county courts and their jurisdiction. It also: Explains the hierarchy of the civil courts in England and Wales. Considers the jurisdiction of the High Court. Looks at in which court proceedings should be commenced. Provides a general overview of the Civil Procedure Rules. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Enforcement: toolkit A toolkit with links to PLC materials dealing with enforcement proceedings in relation to: Money judgments. Civil litigation proceedings (county court). Criminal litigation proceedings. Arbitration claims. Debt claims. Employment Tribunal judgments. Misrepresentation, negligence, restitution and breach of contract claims. Bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings. Insolvency proceedings. Property and planning enforcement proceedings. Health and safety proceedings. Parking enforcement proceedings. Financial services. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | General Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct An overview of the General Practice Direction on Pre-Action Conduct (PDPAC) and the consequences of non-compliance. The PDPAC applies to all pre-action conduct in the civil courts including the county court. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Judicial review: a quick guide A quick guide to judicial review, including who can apply for a review, what decisions can be reviewed and the remedies which may be granted. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | An introduction to judicial review This practice note provides an introduction to the substantive law relating to judicial review. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Appearing before the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) ... A note setting out some practical steps parties should take when preparing for an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights) against a decision notice issued under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) by the Information Commissioner. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 A commentary on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1277) which implemented the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) in the UK by introducing a general prohibition on traders treating consumers unfairly and requiring businesses not to mislead consumers through acts or omissions or subject them to aggressive commercial practices. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Practical guidance from the House of Lords for banks and ... The House of Lords, in Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2), gave practical guidance for dealing with taking a guarantee from a person, where the relationship between the guarantor and the principal debtor is non-commercial. This note sets out that guidance, explaining the roles and relationship of the bank, the solicitor, and the guarantor. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: public sector implications A note on the Protection of Freedoms Bill which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 to become the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Saving defective notices This practice note explains the principle established in the House of Lords' case of Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Assurance Co Ltd [1997] UKHL 19 and its subsequent application to defects in both contractual and statutory notices. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Vicarious liability This practice note addresses the circumstances in which vicarious liability arises, at common law and under statute. It also looks at the implications of vicarious liability, and the alternative bases for attributing liability where vicarious liability is not applicable. | Practice notes | Maintained |