Drafting Statements of Case - A Practical Workshop for Litigators

Introduction

This is a 2-day interactive workshop with led practical exercises, mentoring, review and group discussion intended to perfect your legal writing.

What You Will Learn

This course will cover the following:

Day One

• Clear and effective legal writing: practical tips
• Drafting Statements of Case - rules and requirements
• Facts and evidence
• Costs implications
• Using templates and precedent
• The Claim Form
• Money Claims online
• Practical workshop on drafting Particulars of Claim - worked exercises and review
• Personal injury claim
• Contract claim - debt
• Contract claim - damages for non-performance

Day Two

• Review of Day 1 Learning
• The nature of positive cases
• Impeaching contract validity
• Areas of shifting burden of proof
• Practical workshop on drafting Defences - worked exercises and review
• Defences to day one claims
• Counterclaims and cross-claims
• Part 18 Requests - worked exercises and review
• Using AI - pros and cons