This work examines the duties and obligations of barristers and solicitors engaged in the conduct of litigation. It explores the duties of litigation lawyers to their clients and to the court, and provides comprehensive treatment of the profressional negligence claims and wasted costs applications which may arise from breach of such duties. The major themes dealt with include: the impact of the Woolf Reforms, duties to third parties, standards of care abd proportionality, alternative dispute resolution, advice on litigation funding, unattractive cases, selective advocacy, wasted costs orders, and professional negligence claims.