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Originally Posted by crisp
Its litigation.
I kinda have ideas of what to do with files but don't know whether I can actually proceed with them by letter or suggesting client takes XYZ course of action and multiply that by 50 (i have some tricky files with different types of court applications stemming from the original) and its a daily uphill battle.
So many tough judgement calls, I feel.
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That's the problem with litigation. Litigation is getting it right, saying it right and winning--all with a gun to your head
it is a lot judgment (it's also a lot trawling through the white book) and you only get that through experience.
But it is judgment on how to advise the client. The client makes the decision you just have to tell the consequences.
Just go through your files.
Do a note on the brief facts and where the file is up to issues agreeed and issues disputed and then each of the options going forward, figure out which option you like best and why and why you do not like the others.
Then schedule a review meeting with your supervisor to see what he thinks.
If neither you nor your boss is too sure on the best plan you can always punt it out for counsels opinion and let their profession indemnity insurance take the strain.
Then discuss with client and see how they want to proceed.
Applications are simple, they might seem daunting but they are not, once you have done one you have done them all, that's why you let trainees cut their teeth on them.