Students who enjoyed the PCLL pre-requisite Civil Procedure course (“the General Course”) may find this course fruitful. It bridges the degree level General Course and the PCLL LAWS 5004 Civil Litigation Practice course, as well as other PCLL civil litigation derivative courses (such as LAWS 5022 Conference Skills and LAWS 5020 Trial Advocacy). In particular, students who are interested in civil litigation and practising as barristers or litigation solicitors should find this course useful. This course builds on some of the General Course’s themes, exploring these in greater detail. It also introduces the concepts and contents of various new topics for which there was no time and space to develop in the General Course. This design of this course is in many respects similar to that of the General Course. Realism is the key theme. The course mimics many of the substantive issues that students will face in practice. It tests them on much of the content and many of the skills that students will be applying as soon as they begin practice.