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 Your voice and speech
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