Includes index.
What is 'effective' litigation?
The roles of legal practitioners
The professional context : ethos and ethics
An overview of the litigation process
Financing litigation
Managing risk and cost benefit
Techniques for meetings with clients
Advising a client and taking instructions
Establishing, managing, and analysing facts
Managing and using legal knowledge
Defining issues to state a case
Skills in legal writing
Drafting a statement of case
Deciding who should sue whom
Pursuing appropriate remedies and relief
The vital role of evidence
Procedural rules as practical tools
Defending an action
The contract model
The tort model
Settling a case
Preparing a case for trial
Presenting a case in court
Challenging a judgment
Enforcing a judgment
Your practice.
A practical approach to effective litigation by Susan H. Blake. ISBN 9780199550302. Published by Oxford University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.