Description
This 1 day training course will examine the type of cases local authority staff encounter and give them the skills needed to excel in the witness box.
An intensive and highly practical day where the procedures in giving evidence, the order of events, the roles of different people in the court and the process of giving evidence will be explained.
The techniques lawyers use to disconcert and discredit witnesses will also be examined.
The morning session is designed to demystify the process of giving evidence.
In the afternoon session some delegates will experience being cross-examined by a lawyer on a fictional case study.
What you will learn
Key learning points
- The roles and procedures in the adversarial system.
- How to prepare for giving evidence.
- Techniques lawyers use in cross-examination and how to handle them.
- How to give clear, honest and objective evidence.
- How to make appropriate use of supporting evidence, documents and notes when giving evidence.
- How to give confident and clear testimony under cross-examination.
- Experiential role-play on a local authority related case study.
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