<ul>
	<li>Provides authoritative guidance on the law of compromise.</li>
	<li>Establishes the legal foundations of compromise and the essential requirements of a valid compromise.</li>
	<li>Goes through the procedure of compromise, its machinery and methods, with particular attention to Part 36 of the CPR in connection with disputes resolved within England and Wales.</li>
	<li>Considers the consequences of a compromise and the effects of a breach.</li>
	<li>Examines the enforcement of a compromise and how a compromise is put into effect.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Explains the practice of challenging the validity of (or &lsquo;impeaching&rsquo;) a compromise in order to have it set aside.</li>
	<li>Deals individually with different types of dispute, including: settlements in Chancery litigation; matrimonial, family and inheritance disputes; serious personal injury claims involving children or patients; employment contract disputes; disputes in administrative law; landlord and tenant, boundary, and construction disputes.</li>
	<li>Includes analysis of the compromise of arbitrations, domestic and international, appeals and compromises achieved through all forms of ADR.</li>
	<li>Discusses the proper role of legal advisers (whether barrister, solicitor or other appropriate representative) in the process of compromise, including consideration of skills, responsibilities, obligations and liabilities.&nbsp;</li>
	<li>Covers insurance interests and compromise.</li>
	<li>Offers guidance and advice throughout as to best practice, for example as to what professional ethics and responsibility require in various situations.</li>
	<li>Covers all aspects of the settlement of international commercial disputes whether achieved with the assistance of mediation or otherwise.</li>
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