Lanterna Rally

Author: Leslie Cuthbert

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 178043832X

365 Advocacy Tips provides advocates across all legal fields with useful and effective practical tips on advocacy skills as they have developed over the years, including the impact of psychology, to ensure that it is of relevance to current practice. 365 Advocacy Tips is a text that all advocates, from beginner to experienced, can benefit from whether in civil, criminal or other proceedings. It is non-jurisdiction specific and relevant to advocates all over the world. The content includes a range of helpful quotes, points from psychology and also best practice points. This text includes brief snippets of useful information that provide a wide range of interesting pointers and hints. Unlike most texts on advocacy 365 Advocacy Tips provides an insight to psychology and how to break down the rules of argument and rhetoric. It also covers acronyms to help remember techniques, useful quotes from history and literature that can be used in cases and references to other texts both legal and non-legal. Examples of some of the tips that are included in this title are as follows * When questioning always remember to KISS: Keep it Short and Simple * In Cross-Examination aim to TELL the witness the answer you want rather than ASK for a response e.g. "You were at home, correct?" not "Were you at home?" * Never forget that correlation does not equal causation * Don't read out the entirety of your argument nor seek to memorise the totality of what you wish to convey. Instead a common helpful approach is to remember the introduction and the last paragraph. "Begin with the end in mind" is a useful concept to focus upon. * How an advocate dresses and presents themselves can be incredibly important. As one Judge puts it, "The burden of proof is on the advocate in the polyester suit". Sales and Marketing Highlights * Unique approach provides practical tips in an accessible format * Includes insight into relevant and related areas such as psychology * Excellent value for money * Non-jurisdictional approach gives world-wide appeal Author Biography Leslie Cuthbert, a part-time consultant and solicitor advocate for McCormacks Law, has a wealth of experience and carries out occasional freelance criminal defence work. The roles that Leslie currently undertakes include that of Part-Time Road User Charing Adjudicator, Consultant for Bond Solon Training, Consultant for Central Law Training, Tribunal Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health), Managing Director of Independent Investigative Interviewing Limited, Independent Companies House Adjudicator, Independent Member of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for North East Essex Magistrates Courts, Crown Court Recorder for the South Eastern Circuit, Counsel for the International Criminal Court (ICC), International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), Panel Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Conduct and Competence Committee, Appeals Officer for Community Interest Companies, Tribunal Judge of the First Tier Tribunal (Special Education Needs and Disability) and Visiting Professional Fellow in Criminal Investigation at University of Derby.