Claim or action?/Übersetzungen für England

Query from a colleague: When the new Civil Procedure Rules were introduced in England and Wales in 1999, some terms were changed, e.g. "action" was generally replaced by "claim", "plaintiff" by "claimant", etc. What I am wondering about is this: How do you differentiate between Klage = "claim" and Anspruch = "claim" now? My answer: I must say that I hate the way English law changes terminology while the meaning doesn't change that much. They did it with custody of (parental responsibility) and access to (contact) children after divorce too. But the word custody is internationally understood. None of my work goes only to the UK, and most goes outside. I therefore always write 'plaintiff' and not 'claimant'. I think I would do that even if I did work for a UK client, but if the client didn't like it I'd change it. In Ireland and the USA, the term is still plaintiff. As for claim, I think I would use the same word with both meanings, and hope that the context would make it clear what was meant. I most certainly use claim for Anspruch, I think I always have. I don't think it can have lost that meaning in England, even if it's taken on another one too. I do use action. I am probably the wrong person to ask - you need to ask people who work for the UK. My question to readers: Do lawyers and translation companies in England and Wales insist on t…