SKILL ROADMAP 57 · SPECIALISED LEGAL FIELDS

Commercial Litigation

Commercial Courts Act → Pre institution mediation → Pleadings → Case management → Summary judgment → Interim relief → Enforcement

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1 What this path is

Commercial litigators handle business disputes over contracts, recovery, IP and other commercial matters.

The work involves strict timelines, document heavy disputes and business clients.

Learn the Commercial Courts Act.
Learn: the Commercial Courts Act 2015, including what counts as a commercial dispute and its specified value.
Practise: by classifying sample disputes.
Learn pre institution mediation.
Learn: Section 12A and when it applies.
Practise: by drafting a mediation application.
Draft commercial pleadings.
Learn: the stricter rules on pleadings and documents.
Practise: by drafting a commercial suit with a statement of truth.
Learn case management.
Learn: case management hearings and timelines.
Practise: by preparing a case management schedule.
Learn summary judgment.
Learn: Order XIIIA of the CPC as applied to commercial disputes.
Practise: by drafting a summary judgment application.
Seek interim relief.
Learn: injunctions and attachment before judgment.
Practise: by drafting an injunction application.
Enforce decrees.
Learn: execution proceedings.
Practise: by drafting an execution petition.

You run commercial disputes independently.

These checklists are for honest self assessment. They are not an official certification.

Commercial litigation firms and chambers.

Pleadings and applications.