Bar Manual: Drafting 20th Edition

Legal Profession

Bar Manual: Drafting 20th Edition

Edited by David Emmet · Simone Start, The City Law School
Oxford University Press August 2020

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ISBN-13
9780198860419
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication
August 2020
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only
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Drafting is designed to equip trainee barristers with the requisite skills to draft high-quality legal documents across all areas of practice. The manual contains practical advice on the skill of drafting in a number of legal settings, including contract, tort, and criminal proceedings.

Each chapter contains numerous examples accompanied by detailed commentary on the key features of the draft. Exercises are included throughout the manual, offering the opportunity to practice and perfect your own style of drafting.

Table of Contents

1:The skill of drafting
2:The use of precedents
3:Drafting in plain language
4:The rules and principles relating to statements of case
5:Headings
6:Claim forms
7:Basic particulars of claim in tort and contract
8:Basic defences in tort and contract
9:Further particulars of a claim
10:Further defences
11:Misrepresentation
12:Additional precedents for claims
13:Defence and counterclaim
14:Reply and defence to counterclaim
15:Additional claims
16:Amendment of statements of case
17:Request for further information
18:Further information
19:Interim injunctions
20:Written evidence
21:Judgments and orders
22:Claims for judicial review
23:Skeleton arguments
24:Indictments
25:Criminal grounds of appeal
26:Part 8 claims
27:Construction claims
28:Claims for breach of trust and the recovery of trust property
29:Checklists for drafting skills
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