- * Intermediate/Introductory
This practical course will be of benefit to all litigators who regularly appear before District Judges. The course provides insight into what the District Judge is looking for in the applications that are made to the court and from the advocates at a hearing. Advice is given on how to prepare for a hearing and how best to present your client’s case. The course will cover:
- * Preparing paper applications that appear in boxwork. How to avoid common mistakes
- What should and should not be in a statement
- When schedules help
- When do you need and what should be in a skeleton argument and draft order
- Being against a litigant in person and how to avoid the pitfalls
- Court etiquette
- Advocacy at direction hearings
- The best way to prepare and conduct FDA/FDR hearings
- What is needed in preparation and conducting of finding of fact hearings
- Essential Core authorities
- How to maximise the chances of obtaining a costs order