Subjects:

Advocacy

Contents:

Foreword

1. The nature of advocacy

2. Preparation

3. Witnesses and questions

4. Examination-in-chief

5. Cross-examination: its qualities

6. Cross-examination: method and style

7. Cross-examination of experts

8. Cross-examination on documents

9. Re-examination

10. Admissibility, objections and submissions

11. The address

12. Plea in mitigation

13. Appeals

14. Legal writing

15. Etiquette and ethics

Index.

Advocacy explains how to win cases in court. Focusing on the techniques and methods of successful advocates, David Ross QC shows how to prepare a case for court. Writing in simple, clear language he gives the benefit of his many years of local and international experience. This second edition features new advice about how to prepare for, and run, an appeal, as well as how to write effective submissions to court.

The new edition also describes:

• how to hold a court's attention
• how to start and stop a witness
• how to cross-examine all types of people, from liars to experts
• the methods of taking objections to questions
• how to address a jury
• how to follow etiquette and behave ethically
• how to win impossible cases