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.