Description
Oxford Advocacy 2018 Edition by The City Law School
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 ethicalboundaries 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. Table of contents : - Part I: Introduction1: Introduction2: The qualities of the advocate3: Ethics, etiquette, and cross-cultural communication in the courtroomPart II: The Basic Components for Application and Submissions4: Recognising competence - advocacy skills criteria5: Preparing for court6: The content of your application7: Structuring your application8: Delivering your application9: PersuasionPart III: Preparing for Advocacy10: Your voice and speech11: Memory and recall12: Note-taking13: Modes of address14: The advocate as storyteller15: The course of a trialPart IV: Opening and Closing a Case16: Opening speeches17: Closing speechesPart V: Witnesses18: The task ahead19: Basic components for witness handling20: Basic questioning skills21: Examination-in-chief22: Cross-examination23: Re-examinationPart VI: How-to-do-it Guides24: Using this Part of the manual25: Skeleton arguments26: Default judgments27: Summary judgments28: Interim payments29: Applying for an injunction30: Applications in the Chancery Division31: The Companies Court32: Possession cases33: Application for a preliminary reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union34: Applying for costs in a civil case35: Employment Tribunals36: Remands/adjournments37: Bail application38: Conducting a voir dire or 'trial within a trial'39: Making a submission of no case to answer40: Prosecuting a plea of guilty in the Crown Court41: The plea in mitigationAppendix: A criminal case: R v Heath