Title A practical approach to effective litigation / Susan Blake

Edition Eighth edition Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	KL 82.2 A1 Bla/Apa 2015		AVAILABLE
MELB	KL 82.2 A1 Bla/Apa 2015		AVAILABLE
WATERFT LAW	KL 82.2 A1 Bla/Apa 2015		AVAILABLE
WATERFT LAW	KL 82.2 A1 Bla/Apa 2015		AVAILABLE

Description xlix, 578 pages ; 25 cm Contents 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Attorney and client -- Great Britain. Civil procedure -- Great Britain. Trial practice -- Great Britain. Legal composition. Legal briefs -- Great Britain. Pleading -- Great Britain. LC no. 2014957925 ISBN 9780198715948 (paperback) 0198715943 (paperback)

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