The Essential Guide to winning in litigation Litigation is a blood sport, a gladiatorial contest. Each side names its champions who are ordered to fight to the death. Litigation is brutal. But it is also full of finesse and strategy. It is as much a mind game as a fight game. Litigation is as much, if not more, an art as it is a skill. Litigation is a battle of wills, a test of character and intellect. It is a test of stamina. Litigation is a matter of honour for the good litigator. Litigation is war and this is the art of how to win in any court anywhere in the world.