Litigation liabilities / Brian Watson ; foreword by the Lord Woolf.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight : Palladian Law Pub., c2002.

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Legal ethics -- Great Britain.

Lawyers -- Malpractice -- Great Britain.

Attorney and client -- Great Britain.

Actions and defences -- Great Britain.

Part 1. Duties of litigators and advocates: Ch 1. Sources of obligation

Ch 2. Particular obligations

Ch 3. Standard of care

Part 2. The Litigation process: Ch 4. Pre-action

Ch 5. Post issue

Ch 6. Trial

Part 3. Defence and mitigation: Ch 7. Defences

Ch 8. Mitigation

Part 4. Loss and causation: Ch 9. General principles

Ch 10. Claims for loss of litigation opportunity

Ch 11. Evaluation - specific case types

Ch 12. Other heads of damage

Part 5. Claims handling: Ch 13. Professional negligence claims

Ch 14. Claims for fees

Ch 15. Wasted costs orders

App 1: Code of Conduct of Bar of England and Wales

App 2: Bar Council's written standards for the conduct of professional work

App 3. Solicitors' Practice Rules 1990

App 4: Solicitors' Costs Information and Client Care Code 1999

App 6. Courts and Legal Services Act 1990

App 7. Approved Rules of Conduct of the Law Society

App 8: Wasted costs - civil proceedings

App 9: Wasted costs - criminal proceedings

App 10: Civil Procedure Rules 1998 - Part 1

App 11: Limitation hazards

App 12: Terms of Work on which Barristers offer their Services to Solicitors 2001

App 13: Contractual Terms on which Barristers off their Services to Solicitors 2001

App 14: Obligations of Counsel and Solicitors under APIL/PIBA5

App 15. Obligations of Counsel and Solicitors under the Chancery Bar Association's Model Conditional Fee Agreement, Version 2002.1

App 16. Practice directions - protocol

App 17. Professional negligence pre-action protocol and guidance notes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1902558529

lvii, 613 p. ; 23 cm