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This manual looks at how the lawyer conducts a criminal case in practice. It covers the relevant statutory rules and case law and provides guidance on how the actual tasks are carried out.
This manual looks at how the lawyer conducts a criminal case in practice. It covers the relevant statutory rules and case law and provides guidance on how the actual tasks are carried out.
Professional Ethics provides an excellent introduction to the fundamental rules and principles of professional conduct and ethical considerations essential to maintaining the high professional standards of the practising Bar. For ease of reference, the revised Code of Conduct is included in the manual in full.
Designed to accompany the company law module on the Bar Professional Training Course, this manual gives an overview of the salient topics of the subject. It covers substantive law and provides a foundation for applying the professional skills that barristers need in a company law context.
This title offers systematic coverage of the skills that make a good advocate. It explains common tasks such as addressing the court and questioning witnesses, illustrating to students the techniques that underpin advocacy.
This manual considers the importance of qualities such as clarity, precision and the use of plain English. It examines the stages involved in providing written advice for the client, from initial analysis to final draft.
For the trainee barrister, drafting is one of the most unfamiliar and difficult skills. This manual is a comprehensive course in drafting, providing all the necessary information alongside practical exercises to help the reader practise and master the skill of drafting.
Drawing on the authors' extensive experience in practice, Evidence is an excellent introduction to the principles underpinning the law of evidence. Key rules are explained clearly, while the practical approach equips students with a sound understanding of relevant evidential rules.
This book maps the changes in court advocacy in England and Wales over the last three centuries. Advocacy, the means by which a barrister puts their client’s case to the court and jury, has grown piecemeal and at an uneven pace; the result of a complex interplay of many influences. Andrew Watson examines the numerous principal factors, from the effect on juniors of successful styles deployed by senior advocates, changes in court procedure, reforms in laws determining who and what may be put before courts, the amount of media reporting of court cases, and public and press opinion about the acceptable limits of advocates’ tactics and oratory. This book also explores the extent to which jur...