Advocacy

This manual is edited by Robert McPeake, Barrister, Principal Lecturer, The City Law School

PART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The qualities of the advocate ; 3. Ethics, etiquette and cross-cultural communication in the courtroom ; PART II : THE BASIC COMPONENTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS ; 4. Recognising competence - advocacy skills criteria ; 5. Preparing for court ; 6. The content of your application ; 7. Structuring your application ; 8. Delivering your application ; 9. Persuasion ; PART III: 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 ; 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 VI: 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 injunction ; 30. Applications in the Chancery Division ; 31. The Companies Court ; 32. Possession cases ; 33. Application for a preliminary reference to the European Court of Justice ; 34. Applying for costs in a civil case ; 35. Employment tribunals ; 36. Remands/adjournments ; 37. Bail application ; 38. Conducting a voir dire or 'trial within a trial' ; 39. Submission of no case to answer ; 40. Prosecuting a plea of guilty in the Crown Court ; 41. The plea in mitigation ; Appendix: A criminal case: R v Heath