Edited by Astrid Stadler, Professor and Chair of Private Law, Civil Procedure Law, Private International Law and Comparative Law, University of Konstanz, Germany, Vincent Smith, Assistant Professor, ESCP Business School, UK and France and Fernando Gascón Inchausti, Professor and Chair in Procedural Law, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

‘The European Rules of Civil Procedure are the outstanding product of years of work by the continent's most prominent proceduralists. Ideally these Rules will be adopted all across Europe. This book – written by many of the leading lights of the project – should be invaluable as this process of procedural integration moves forward. The new Rules provide a watershed, and this book provides an essential guide to this new regime.’

• Contents:Foreword xxxixTable of cases xliTable of legislation xlviiPART I GENERAL PROVISIONS1 (Rule 1) Introduction 2Fernando Gascón Inchausti, Vincent Smith and Astrid Stadler2 (Rules 2–8) General Principles: Co-operation and proportionality 11Loïc Cadiet and Soraya Amrani-Mekki3 (Rules 21–28) General Principles: Party disposition and principle of party presentation 35Loïc Cadiet and Soraya Amrani-Mekki4 (Rules 11–18) General Principles: Rights of parties 61Alexander Bruns5 (Rules 19–20, 82, 113, 116) General Principles: Languages, interpretation and translation 79Matthias Weller6 (Rules 9–10, 141) Facilitating ADR and settlements: an extension of the co-operation principle 94Laura ErvoPART II PARTIES7 (Rules 29–46) Parties to the proceedings 109Christoph AlthammerPART III CASE MANAGEMENT8 (Rules 47–50) Case management 156Stefan HuberPART IV COMMENCEMENT OF PROCEEDINGS9 (Rules 51–60) Procedural steps and contents of initial documents 180Elena D’Alessandro10 (Rules 142–146) Effects of proceedings once commenced – lis pendens 200Eva LeinPART V SERVICE AND NOTICE OF PROCEEDINGS(ERCP PART VI)11 (Rules 68–86, 134) Service and notice of proceedings 219Dimitrios Tsikrikas and Wendy KennettPART VI ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE(ERCP PART VII)12 (Rules 87–110, 128–129) General and procedural issues 252Astrid Stadler and Magne Strandberg13 (Rules 111–124, 126–127) Types of evidence 307Michael StürnerPART VII PROCEEDINGS PREPARATORY TO A FINALHEARING (ERCP PART V)14 (Rules 61–67) Proceedings before a final hearing and final hearing 338Enrique Vallines GarcíaPART VIII JUDGMENTS, RES JUDICATA AND LIS PENDENS15 (Rules 130–133, 135–140) General rules on judgments 380Christoph A Kern16 (Rules 147–152) Effect of judgments – res judicata 419Alexander BrunsPART IX MEANS OF REVIEW17 (Rules 153–183) Means of review and appeal 433John SorabjiPART X PROVISIONAL AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES18 (Rules 184–203) Provisional and protective measures 492Torbjörn AnderssonPART XI COLLECTIVE PROCEEDINGS19 (Rules 204–220, 227–228, 233–236) Collective proceedings 545Jorg Sladič20 (Rules 221–226, 229–232) Collective settlements 604Fernando Gascón InchaustiPART XII COSTS AND FUNDING21 (Rules 237–245, 125) Costs and funding 632Vincent SmithIndex 671