Introduction to Advocacy

The prime purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive and accessible reservoir of information about those fundamental precepts and factors that are essential to the conduct of any litigation in a New Zealand context, however, it is also about how to do the job well. Within this book you will find the collective knowledge of some of the most experienced advocates and judges in New Zealand - some twenty contributors - who highlight the essential matters to be considered in all cases.Contents include: The theory of the case; Conduct of an advocate; Pre-trial issues - Criminal; Pre-trial issues - Civil; The jury; Preparation for trial; Opening the case; Examination-in-chief; Cross-examination; Re-examination; Objections; Expert witnesses; Exhibits; Closing address; Post-trial issues - criminal; Post-trial issues - civil; Appeals. Plus Table of statutes, professional rules, other rules and regulations, practice notes, and cases.The text is not a theoretical treatise but a practical guide for busy practitioners at all levels of comptence and at all levels in their careers, although it has been primarily prepared for participants in thec Litigation Skills Programme.Editor in Chief: Sir Bruce Robertson - former Judge of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand. Consulting editors - Andrew Beck and Simon Mount.