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THE ADMIRALTY & COMMERCIAL COURTS GUIDE |
| 7th Edition: 2006 |
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| Approved for Publication by |
The Rt Hon Lord Phillips of Worth
Matravers, Lord Chief Justice:
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| The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of
the Rolls |
| and Head of Civil Justice. |
| 16 November 2006 |
| Introduction |
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| It is now nearly 5 years since the last edition of the
Admiralty & Commercial Court Guide. During that time there have been many
amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules and the court has received numerous
suggestions from practitioners for improvements to the Guide. This new edition
reflects an enormous amount of work by my colleagues to revise the Guide to
reflect those amendments and to take on board the suggestions. I am
particularly grateful to Mr Justice Anthony Colman who has undertaken the role
of editor in chief. As before, the Guide is not intended to provide a blueprint
for litigation to which practitioners and the court must unthinkingly conform.
The interests of efficiency and justice are paramount and the Guide must be
treated as a flexible instrument so as to enable the Court to continue to
provide a service to the international business community of the highest
quality. Comments about the new edition are always welcome. A working group
under the chairmanship of Mr Justice Richard Aikens is to be set up to consider
ways of further improving the service which the Court provides. The next
edition may thus not be so long in gestation. |
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| The Hon Mr Justice David Steel |
| Judge in charge of the Commercial and Admiralty Courts |
| December 2006 |