Reviews for Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings (Common Law Library)

The average rating for Bullen & Leake & Jacob's Precedents of Pleadings (Common Law Library) based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-09-14 00:00:00 Jaime Allsup THE NEW EDITION 2007/8 101 FINAL WORDS ON PLEADINGS: Key guidance on precedents from the ultimate experts To make the most of your case preparations, the new edition of “Bullen” is an essential guide for you when drafting statements of case in the civil courts. The sixteenth edition offers a detailed stock of authoritative, well structured precedents of statements of case and a guiding commentary in over one hundred areas of law (101 to be precise), with a useful overview of all the main subject areas. It is a dream book for the trainee barrister sweating over pleadings and I can see how much easier it is to use ‘Bullen’ in its handy Common Law Library format which you can rely on in court with confidence. Every aspect of the subject is covered so counsel knows there is everything in one place to refer to. It is also an indispensable book for the curious who have little knowledge of how our legal system operates as far as procedures and legal writing are concerned. NEW CASES AND PRACTICE The new edition is a complete and extensive update of previous works which is to be expected. So what do we get with it? It covers new legislation and case law including: • it reviews the Control of Noise at Work Regulations, in force from April 2006; • it includes the Consumer Credit Act, 2006; • there are up to date amendments to the Financial Services & Markets Act 2000; • it gives amendments to harassment law, and recent developments covering judicial review of the SDA harassment provision; • it examines claims for springboard injunctions and defences to claims; • it reviews the Commons Act 2006; • it discuses the Environmental Liability Directive 2004; and • it includes two new chapters on the invasion of privacy, and the assignment of contractual right. For today’s current precedents, “Bullen” sets out new precedents on claims relating to smoking in the workplace which are important now the bans are in force, and it looks at claims under the old package holiday regulations 1992. There is the eagerly awaited new precedent on Defence of NHS Trusts, a fully revised precedent on Compromise Agreements, and new precedents on the increase of rent following a review, and parole release. Practitioners will know (and students will make a grimace!) that it is always a nightmare to try ensuring that you have the most up-to-date information, so the new edition (although necessarily in two volumes now) does keep us within the current requirements of the CPR with the following useful hints on preparation by: • Containing examples of claims and defences along with practical guidance relating to each precedent; • Referring to recent relevant case law and the citation of pertinent legislation; • Providing indispensible guidance on the drafting of statements of case whilst ensuring that the practitioner is prepared with the most effective pleadings; • Including a variety of templates for drafting which can be modified with ease to suit the case you are working on; • Setting out each section in a logical, standard order, starting with a commentary and following the precedents split by claims and defences to make the work accessible and user friendly; • Covering all classes of litigation including main areas like fraud and property law to diverse areas such as entertainment law and education law; and • Providing contributions from an expert team of compilers giving guidance you can rely on. The beauty of this Common Law Library series is the revision of content in the main volumes and its regular updating service for each one which tells us what the law is, and with “Bullen” how the procedures operate currently. No other country in the world produces anything like the Common Law Library as a statement of law which includes academic and practitioner opinion. “Bullen” is at the top of the law library contenders with Chitty, Benjamin, Phipson and Clerk & Lindsell. I am delighted to welcome the hard work of the “Bullen” team; Blair, Brennan, Jacob and Langstaff, and others, for their massive contribution of wisdom to the fundamental principles of precedent of which all lawyers must have a sound understanding and appreciation now, whilst there is such a continued increase in today’s contentious litigation. Thank you so much. PHILLIP TAYLOR MBE LL.B (Hons) PGCE Barrister-at-Law Richmond Green Chambers

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-17 00:00:00 JIll Schaffer Some good details about latter-day baseball in Hoboken, but anybody interested in the creation of modern baseball in New Jersey would be advised to check out John Thorn's "Baseball in the Garden of Eden."