Zainab Hodgson
My experience covers many forms of dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediation. I have significant experience acting for clients from numerous sectors in relation to a wide variety of commercial disputes. I have particular experience in complex contractual disputes, fraud, misrepresentation claims, insurance disputes and claims with an international administrative law dimension.
My practice is international in scope and I have experience dealing with complex cross-border issues, such as conflicts of law, jurisdiction, enforcing foreign judgments and devising international litigation strategies involving multiple jurisdictions.
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PRACTICE NOTES
Electronic hearing bundles in civil proceedings: preparation, filing and courtroom use under CPR and CE-File, with judicial and court guide requirements (England and Wales)
Effective preparation of bundles
Meticulous bundle preparation underpins a calm, efficient hearing and is something practitioners should keep firmly in view as part of their overall work for any hearing. This Practice Note offers a guide to creating and deploying electronic bundles (or e-bundles) in civil proceedings in England and Wales. It sets out practical pointers on the interface between digital case management and e-bundles, the varieties of electronic bundle, judicial expectations when assembling electronic bundles, guidance in the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) on preparing bundles, effective methods for preparing and using electronic bundles, and the benefits and drawbacks of using electronic bundles. It also surveys widely applicable tools to consider when collating evidence and other documentation electronically. For general guidance on preparing a bundle for:
trial—see Practice Note: Preparing trial bundles
an interim application—see Practice Note: Preparing for an application hearing—Application bundles
an appeal—see Practice Notes: Appeals to the County Court or the High Court—the appeal bundle, Appeals to the Court of Appeal—bundles and Supreme Court—documents for appeal hearing—on or after 2 December 2024
For practical guidance on preparing bundles in PDF format, see Practice Note: Preparing electronic PDF bundles. This Practice Note...
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PRACTICE NOTES
Electronic PDF court bundles for England and Wales civil proceedings: step-by-step guidance on OCR, bookmarks, pagination, hyperlinks and default view, compliant with CPR PD 5C and CTJ guidance
The core purpose of assembling electronic bundles is to deliver a user-friendly set and ensure all hearing participants hold the same version of the court papers. This Practice Note gives guidance on preparing electronic court bundles in PDF.
Bundles for major commercial trials are likely to be filed by external bundle providers. All other bundles can be submitted to the court via the HMCTS Document Upload Centre—Professional Users Guide, or using HMCTS’ electronic filing and case management system, CE-File. The procedure for CE-File is set out in CPR PD 5C—for more on CE-File, see Practice Note: How to use CE-File—from 1 October 2025. This Practice Note should be read with Practice Note: Electronic bundles in civil proceedings and the General guidance on electronic court bundles issued by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on 29 November 2021 (CTJ guidance).
How to prepare PDF bundles—basic steps
Seven basic steps help create an electronic bundle that is as effective and easy to use as possible:
convert documents straight to PDF. Unless unavoidable, do not scan a document to create...
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