Overview

To be a skilful advocate is of primary importance to the legal practitioner. Success as an advocate requires mastery of many skills. This manual identifies the different advocacy skills which are essential for the junior practitioner and guides the reader through them in a practical and accessible manner. The manual is divided into six sections. The first three sections look at the fundamental qualities and abilities which any successful advocate needs. These sections will help any beginner to understand what to look for, when observing a trial or other hearing in court. The fourth section of the manual examines the crucial tasks of preparing and making an opening or closing speech. The plan for a closing speech should provide the framework for planning and delivering the examination-in-chief and cross-examination of witnesses. The fifth section deals with witness handling; several chapters explain in detail how to question witnesses, whether called by you or your opponent. Specific questioning techniques are explained and illustrated with examples; reference is also made to the ethical obligations of the advocate. In addition to trials, there is a wide variety of applications and submissions that an advocate might be called on to make to a court or tribunal. The manual concludes with a sixth section, showing the junior practitioner how to prepare for and perform many of these applications, including references to current good practice and procedure. The manual is written by experienced advocates and advocacy trainers. Their guidance on the correct practise of advocacy provides a remarkable insight into the skills, techniques and good practice upon which the performance of any advocate will be judged.

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Author:   Inns of Court School of Law
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   Revised edition
Weight:   0.997kg
ISBN:  

9780199281473

ISBN 10:   0199281475
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   01 September 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9780199289561
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1: INTRODUCTION; 1. Introduction; 2. The qualities of the advocate; 3. Ethics, etiquette, and cross-cultural communication in the courtroom; 2: THE BASIC COMPONENTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS; 4. Recognizing competence when you see it - advocacy skills criteria; 5. Preparing for court; 6. The content of your application; 7. Structuring your application; 8. Delivering your application; 9. Persuasion; 3: PREPARING FOR ADVOCACY; 10. You and your voice; 11. Memory and recall; 12. Note-taking; 13. Modes of address; 14. The advocate as a storyteller; 15. The course of a trial; 4: OPENING AND CLOSING A CASE; 16. Opening speeches; 17. Closing speeches; 5: WITNESSES; 18. The task ahead; 19. Basic components for witness handling; 20. Basic questioning skills; 21. Examination in chief; 22. Cross-examination; 23. Re-examination; 6: HOW-TO-DO-IT GUIDES; 24. Using this part of the manual; 25. Default judgments; 26. Summary judgment; 27. Interim payments; 28. Applying for an injunction; 29. Applying to strike out for want of provision; 30. Applications in the chancery division; 31. Appearing in the companies court; 32. Possession actions; 33. Applying for a preliminary reference to the European court of justice; 34. Applying for costs in a civil case; 35. Appearing in the employment tribunal; 36. Remands and adjournments; 37. Applying for bail; 38. Applying to exclude evidence in a ""trial within a trial""; 39. Making a submission of no case to answer; 40. Prosecuting a plea of guilty; 41. Making a plea in mitigation; Appendix: R. V. Kevin Heath"

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