Editing English law (section)

===Legal remedies===
A [[Legal remedy|remedy]] is "the means given by law for the recovery of a [[right]], or of [[Financial compensation|compensation]] for its infringement".<ref>Law Dictionary (10th ed) - E.R.Hardy Ivamay - Butterworths</ref>  Most remedies are available only from the court, but some are "[[Self-help (law)|self-help]]" remedies; for instance, a party who lawfully wishes to cancel{{efn|Using [[Anticipatory repudiation|repudiation]] or [[Rescission (contract law)|rescission]], (as the case may be)}} a contract may do so without leave;{{efn|If the other party feels that the first was wrong to cancel, he may ask a court to "[[Declaratory judgment|declare]] the contract subsisting".<ref>See ''[[Hong Kong Fir Shipping Co Ltd v Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd]] 1961] EWCA Civ 7''</ref>}}<ref>[[Misrepresentation Act 1967]] s.2</ref> and a person may take his own steps to "[[Nuisance abatement|abate a private nuisance]]".  

Formerly, most civil actions claiming damages in the [[High Court]] were commenced by obtaining a [[writ#History#Rationalisation of writs|writ]] issued in the Queen's name. After 1979, writs have merely required the parties to appear, and writs are no longer issued in the name of the Crown.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1716/made Rules of the Supreme Court (Writ and Appearance) 1979 (Statutory Instrument 1979, No. 1716)], [https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1980/feb/07/rules-of-the-supreme-court-writ-and discussed in House of Lords in 1980]</ref> After the [[Woolf Reforms]] of 1999, almost all civil actions other than those connected with insolvency are commenced by the completion of a Claim Form <ref>...as prescribed by Rules 7 ''How to start proceedings'' and 8 ''Alternative procedure for claims'' of the [[Civil Procedure Rules]])</ref> as opposed to a writ, originating application, or a summons.<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/contents/made The Civil Procedure Rules 1998]</ref>