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- A case leaves David forced to choose between profit and principles.
- David is asked by Detective Sergeant Allington to look into the circumstances surrounding his wife's death. Margaret offers David a partnership once again.
- A case involving the son of a Leeds industrialist brings David Main into partnership with fellow solicitor Henry Castleton.
- A Brazilian couple, friends of a girlfriend of Main's have an adoption problem. The case is filled with a variety of unexpected situations, which lead to a drama conclusion.
- David Main receives devastating news. In the aftermath, he and Walter Clegg's efforts see them straying onto the wrong side of the law in their attempts to see that justice is done. The future is a major worry for both of them.
- A shotgun toting yob gets killed when trespassing.
- The conflict between David's private life and his passion for work reaches crisis point.
- Main clashes again with an old adversary, Det. Chief Supt. Guthrie, over the activities of a new security organisation, and ex-con Gil Vasey becomes a bone of contention which threatens to severely strain Main's working relationships.
- David agrees as a favour to handle the amicable divorce of two of his friends, but things go sour and he finds he is involved in the case more deeply than he thought.
- David is seriously considering a partnership with Andrew Retford but there are more than a few things to iron out.
- A Brazilian couple, friends of a girlfriend of Main's have an adoption problem. The case is filled with a variety of unexpected situations, which lead to a drama conclusion.
- Can a woman practising as a solicitor keep heart and mind apart when her client is a very attractive man? Margaret Castleton's conviction of her client's innocence produces a series of surprising results.
- Will David Main help save his solicitor father from prison? Edward Main's gestapo means of prosecution are being questioned. David is forced to review his own attitude to his work, his clients, -and, incidentally, those of Sarah Courtney.
- David's ire is fired up when he is asked to defend a man on an assault charge, he quickly discovers that the case is part of a wider plot involving corrupt council officials and their plan to build a new complex.
- Main takes up his cudgels on behalf of a man buying a house from a developer operating a new homes scam.
- Main defends a pop singer with an unfavourable contract, and a man accused of giving a suspected paedophile a kicking. Meanwhile, Main's wife hires a private detective to source evidence of adultery.
- Main and Clegg bring down a bent copper.
- Margaret's client plans to sue his bank for negligent investment advice. However, David is on the brink of being appointed by the very same bank. How can he secure the bank's business without unethically dumping Margaret's client?
- Main travels to Amsterdam chasing up girlfriend Mrs Nash when a business she sold does not yield the expected profit.
- When Main is invited to set up a million-pound property deal, he confidently expects to make his own fortune, too. But the more closely he looks into it, the uneasier he becomes. Why is it so difficult to find out who is putting up the money? Who is Bridges - and why is he so interested?
- Maine comes up against a bent copper.
- Unhappy with the way his ex wife's new husband is bringing up his children, Maine uses his legal skills to gain custody.
- David has to take on a man whose stock-in-trade is violence and intimidation.
- David finds his sense of loss and loneliness becoming intolerable. He also questions the ethics of a deal he has been offered.
- A former client of Main sues him for negligence and soon he finds he is in a battle for survival.
- Margaret persuades David to look into a case involving a wine company of which Henry is a major shareholder.
- A soldier being ordered to get a haircut leads to a court case.
- David joins the take-over game but finds it hard to keep his head above water.
- A corrupt business cartel and a woman struggling to feed her children present two contrasting cases.
- David has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors but has immediately lodged an appeal, meaning the striking off has been suspended until the appeal has been heard. David is still convinced he has a good case but Henry knows he has little chance.
- Gifts in solicitors' offices can have startling repercussions. When Peter gives a present and Margaret receives one, Main finds himself in one of the trickiest situations of his career.
- Main acts on behalf of old girlfriend Sarah in her divorce.
- Desperate for work, Main gets involved with a bent lawyer and a career blagger.
- What kind of strength is it that enables a managing director to dictate to his chairman, or a father to separate his daughter from her lesbian flat-mate? Main is approached to penetrate a web of senior management in the renowned Bennett Argyle Company while attempting to deal with a teenager's violent father.
- A wealthy old woman knocks down a house she claims is built on her land.
- David main discovers that a 13 year-old's brain can be as devious as his own.
- David and Margaret find themselves acting for opposite sides in a dramatic story of greed and corruption.
- As Margaret tries to understand the problems of a woman incapable of coping with life and a bullying husband, Main flies to Cuba to buy the release of a former Castro minister who is now a political prisoner. He finds himself in a horrifying situation in which law and order mean virtually nothing.
- A local firm is planning a merger - but a professional agitator seems determined to put a spanner in the works by blaming an employee's illness on the factory's production line.
- The theft of a Dead Sea scroll involves Main in a skein of intrigues, culminating in his advising his Jordanian client to 'publish and be damned'. Main's decision brings about some very surprising situations..
- David knows that, sooner or later, he must repay the debt of loyalty he owes Walter Clegg.
- After being refused his old partnership back, David sets up by himself with Inga as his secretary. The pair look for offices, while their romance continues to blossom. His first client is an anxious father who believes that his teenage daughter is on drugs. Walter advises him using knowledge gained while a policeman. They deduce that she is on barbiturates which are sleeping pills and therefore beyond the scope of the law. The girl runs up a debt with her pusher and she is coerced into pushing for him in a notorious local pub. On her fist job she is arrested by the police, but released without charge. Meanwhile her father decides to take matters into his own hands. Walter helps to decipher the girl's diary, which leads them to the pusher's address. Her father confronts him and in an ensuing struggle, stabs him. He is arrested and when the pusher dies in hospital, David fights for him in magistrates court, arguing that there is no grounds for a murder charge. The magistrate does not agree, but David is confident that he will get it down to manslaughter and keep the prison sentence to 3 years.
- 1969–197552m7.7 (16)TV EpisodeDavid is forced to take a hard look at what he believes in and where he is going.
- David travels to Switzerland to try and unravel a mystery surrounding a wealthy man's estate.
- Main gets compo for a woman whose husband is killed in a fire then gets struck off.