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PP 2002/116

In terms of profit and loss, the successful resolution of a serious dispute can go through your books as one of your better deals. Small wonder then that Justin Michaelson, of solicitor SJ Berwin, sees the managment of litigation as no different, in its essentials, from that of any other project: see Know the law before wading in Estates Gazette 25 May 2002, p134.
Justin’s well-explained checklist should administer a severe shock to anyone, lawyer or layman, who has underestimated the effect of the reformed Civil Procedure Rules; the preaction correspondence being particularly critical.

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