A practical approach to effective litigation
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press ,
c2009
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| Edition: | 7th ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. What is 'effective' litigation?
- 2. The roles of legal practitioners
- 3. The professional context : ethos and ethics
- 4. An overview of the litigation process
- 5. Financing litigation
- 6. Managing risk and cost benefit
- 7. Techniques for meetings with clients
- 8. Advising a client and taking instructions
- 9. Establishing, managing, and analysing facts
- 10. Managing and using legal knowledge
- 11. Defining issues to state a case
- 12. Skills in legal writing
- 13. Drafting a statement of case
- 14. Deciding who should sue whom
- 15. Pursuing appropriate remedies and relief
- 16. The vital role of evidence
- 17. Procedural rules as practical tools
- 18. Defending an action
- 19. The contract model
- 20. The tort model
- 21. Settling a case
- 22. Preparing a case for trial
- 23. Presenting a case in court
- 24. Challenging a judgment
- 25. Enforcing a judgment
- 26. Your practice