Written by experienced advocates and advocacy trainers, Advocacy provides an excellent introduction to the skills and techniques required to be an advocate. Coverage includes guidance on making opening and closing speeches; planning and delivering examination-in-chief and cross-examination; questioning witnesses; as well as examples of specific questioning techniques which may be employed in practice. Additionally, authors highlight the ethical boundaries and rules within which an advocate must work.
Advocacy covers both criminal and civil court proceedings, and includes a number of how-to-do-it guides illustrating how particular applications should be made when in practice.
By:
The City Law School
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 22nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 293mm,
Width: 207mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780198923275
ISBN 10: 0198923279
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 07 October 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part I: Introduction 1: Introduction 2: The qualities of the advocate 3: Ethics, etiquette, and cross-cultural communication in the courtoom Part II: The Basic Components for Application and Submissions 4: Recognising competence - advocacy skills criteria 5: Preparing the court 6: The content of your application 7: Structuring your application 8: Delivering your application 9: Persuasion Part III: Preparing for Advocacy 10: Your voice and speech 11: Memory and recall 12: Note-taking 13: Modes of address 14: The advocates as storyteller 15: The course of a trial Part IV: Opening and Closing a Case 16: Opening speeches 17: Closing speeches Part V: 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 Part IV: How-to-do-it Guides 24: Using this Part of the manual 25: Skeleton arguments 26: Default judgments 27: Summary judgments 28: Interim payments 29: Applying for an injuction 30: Applications in the Chancery Division 31: The Companies Court 32: Possession cases 33: Applying for costs in a civil case 34: Employment Tribunals 35: Remands/adjournments 36: Bail application 37: Conducting a voir dire or 'trial within a trial' 38: Making a submission of no case to answer 39: Prosecuting a plea of guilty in the Crown Court 40: The plea in mitigation Appendix: A criminal case: R v Heath
The manual is edited by Snigdha Nag, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School
