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The Advanced Art of Civil Advocacy - Live at Your Desk

Level
Advanced: Requires substantial subject knowledge
CPD
6 hours
Group bookings
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The Advanced Art of Civil Advocacy - Live at Your Desk

Session

1 Apr 2025

9:30 AM ‐ 4:30 PM

With a SmartPlan £288

With a Season Ticket £320

Standard price £640

All prices exclude VAT

Introduction

Presented by Alastair Hodge, this virtual classroom session covers all aspects of both oral and written civil advocacy, including case preparation, witness statements, cross-examination, closing submissions and skeleton arguments.

This advanced level session assumes existing advocacy experience and will explore tips, tricks, case studies and audience participation in a variety of exercises to demonstrate each area of trial advocacy at a high level. It is recommended that you attend this introductory session if you have no previous advocacy experience Effective Advocacy in the Civil Courts - All You Need to Know - Learn Live.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive online seminar will look at:

  • Top tips on civil case preparation
  • Civil case analysis and latest case theories
  • Constructing the closing submission
  • Delivering the closing submission
  • Evidence in chief
  • Effective cross-examination
  • Re-examination
  • Revisiting the closing submission
  • Skeleton arguments
  • Tips on conducting remedy hearings and quantum
  • The art of submission/application advocacy
  • Appellate advocacy

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.

The Advanced Art of Civil Advocacy - Live at Your Desk