TY - BOOK AU - Blake,Susan H. TI - A practical approach to effective litigation SN - 9780198715948 (pbk.) AV - KD485 .B56 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Oxford, United Kingdom PB - Oxford University Press KW - Attorney and client KW - Great Britain KW - Civil procedure KW - Trial practice KW - Legal composition KW - Legal briefs KW - Pleading N1 - Includes bibliographical references and 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 ER -