Subjects:

Practice & Procedure

Court clerking, outdoor clerking, police station representation - all increasingly important functions within the litigation firm. Poorly trained staff can lose good relations with clients, barristers and the courts. P E Wilson has been a clerk, trained as a solicitor and now employs and trains clerks within his own firm.

What is Clerking? The solicitors' file and contents; The List Office; Attending court - what to do and how, attendance notes and case summaries; Court: officials and procedure, Crown Court, County Court and Magistrates Courts, exparte hearings; The client: protocol and evidence; Guilty verdict and sentencing; Dealing with witnesses, friends; Taking a witness statement; Reporting to instructing solicitors, conference with counsel; Issuing, filing/lodging a document; injunctions, District Judge applications; Other issues: Prison visits, Legal Aid, DX, Completions, Children, the RCJ; How to find work as a freelance paralegal