Alphabetische Übersicht der Abkürzungen für Gerichte, Organisationen, Verbände und juristische Fachbegriffe in England
ABI Association of British Insurers (www.abi.org.uk)
ABS Alternative Business Structures (Organisationsformen für Kanzleien)
ACL Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)
ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution
AML anti-money laundering
APIL Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (www.apil.org.uk)
AQ Allocation Questionnaire
A/S acknowledgement of service
ATE after-the-event (litigation) insurance
BAILII British and Irish Legal Information Institute (www.bailii.org)
BAME Black, Asian and minority ethnic
BCM Better Case Management
BC Bar Council (je nach Kontext ggf. auch: Borough Council)
BMIF Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund
B&PC Business & Property Courts (Abteilung des High Court, Chancery Division)
BSB Bar Standards Board (www.barstandardsboard.org.uk)
BTE before-the-event (litigation) insurance; auch: LEI
C Chancellor (Oberster Richter am High Court, Chancery Division)
CA Court of Appeal (auch: EWCA)
CC County Court (je nach Kontext u.U. auch County Council)
CCA 1984 County Courts Act 1984
CCBC The County Courts Business Centre, Northampton
CCMC costs and case management conference
CCR County Court Rules 1981
CDD client due diligence
CEA Civil Evidence Act 1968, 1972, 1995
CEDR The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (www.cedr.com)
CFA conditional fee agreement
CG Chancery Guide
ChBA Chancery Bar Association (www.chba.org.uk)
ChD Chancery Division
ChFDR Chancery financial dispute resolution
CJ Circuit Judge
CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union (bis 1.12.2009 "ECJ")
CJC Civil Justice Council
CLS Community Legal Service
CLSA 1990 Courts and Legal Services Act 1990
CMC case management conference
CNF claims notification form
COMBAR The Commercial Bar Association (www.combar.com)
Comm Ct Commercial Court
CPD continuing professional development
CPFO Civil Proceedings Fee Order 2008
CPR Civil Procedure Rules 1998
DBA damages-based agreement
DDJ Deputy District Judge
DJ District Judge
DPS Disclosure Pilot Scheme
DQ directions questionnaire
DRD disclosure review document
DX document exchange
EAT Employment Appeal Tribunal
ECHR European Court of Human Rights
ECJ European Court of Justice (now CJEU)
ENE early neutral evaluation
EWCA England and Wales Court of Appeal (auch: CA)
EWHC The High Court of Justice of England and Wales
FamD Family Division
FOCIS Forum of Complex Injury Solicitors (https://focis.org.uk)
FRC fixed recoverable costs
GHRs Guideline hourly rates for solicitors (www.gov.uk/guidance/solicitors-guideline-hourly-rates )
GLO group litigation order
HCJ High Court Judge
HL House of Lords (seit 10/2009 ersetzt durch den Supreme Court, SC)
HMCS Her/His Majesty’s Courts System (2005 bis 2011)
HMCTS Her/His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal System (seit 2011)
HMRC Her/His Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
HWF help with fees (siehe auch Formular EX160A)
IBA The International Bar Association
ICL The Insolvency and Companies List
ICLR The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England & Wales (www.iclr.co.uk)
JAC Judicial Appointments Commission (https://judicialappointments.gov.uk)
JCPC Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (www.jcpc.uk)
KBD King’s Bench Division (bisher: QBD)
KBG King’s Bench Guide (bisher: QBG)
KC King’s Counsel (bisher: QC)
KYC know your client
LA 1980 Limitation Act 1980
LBC letter before claim
LC Lord Chancellor
LCD Lord Chancellor's Department (jetzt: MoJ)
LCLCBA London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association (https://lclcba.com)
LCJ Lord Chief Justice
LEI legal expenses insurance; siehe auch: BTE
LFA litigation funding agreement
LJ Lord Justice
LJJ List of Lords Justices (Berufungsrichter)
LL Law Lord
LSB Legal Services Board (https://legalservicesboard.org.uk)
LSLA London Solicitors Litigation Association (www.lsla.co.uk)
Mag. Magistrate
MCOL Money Claim Online (www.moneyclaim.gov.uk)
MF McKenzie friend (neuerdings auch häufiger „litigation friend“)
MJ Mr. Justice
MoJ Ministry of Justice (www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice)
MR Master of the Rolls
MRO medical reporting organization
NCBA Northern Chancery Bar Association (www.nchba.org.uk)
ODR online dispute resolution
OIC Official Injury Claim (www.officialinjuryclaim.org.uk)
OLC Office for Legal Complaints (www.legalombudsman.org.uk)
P President
PBA Property Bar Association (www.propertybar.org.uk)
PC Privy Council
PCO protective costs order
PCOL Possession claim online (www.gov.uk/possession-claim-online-recover-property)
PD Practice Direction
PI personal injury
PIBA Personal Injuries Bar Association (www.piba.org.uk)
PII professional indemnity insurance
PI Protocol pre-action protocol for personal injury claims
POC particulars of claim
PTR pre-trial review
QBD Queen’s Bench Division (nun: KBD)
QBG Queen’s Bench Guide (nun: KBG)
QC Queen’s Counsel (nun: KC)
QOCS qualified one-way costs shifting
RCJ Royal Courts of Justice
REL Registered European Lawyer (seit Brexit nicht mehr relevant)
RFL Registered Foreign Lawyer
RSC Rules of the Supreme Court 1965
RTA road traffic accident
SC Supreme Court (oft auch zitiert als: UKSC)
SCA 1981 Senior Courts Act 1981
Sch Schedule
SCR Supreme Court Rules 2009
SDT Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (www.solicitorstribunal.org.uk)
SI statutory instrument
SJE single joint expert
SRA Solicitor’s Regulation Authority (www.sra.org.uk)
TCC Technology and Construction Court
TECBAR Technology and Construction Bar Association (https://tecbar.org)
TeCSA Technology and Construction Solicitors Association (https://tecsa.org.uk)
TPF third party funding
UKSC The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (oft auch nur: SC)
VC Vice Chancellor
Die Liste ist ein Auszug aus dem Handbuch "Der Zivilprozess in England"
