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Bar Manual: Opinion Writing and Case Preparation, 7th Edition

Bar Manual: Opinion Writing and Case Preparation, 7th Edition

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  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780192857941
  • Published In: August 2022
  • Format: Paperback , 376 pages
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    • A highly practical guide to all aspects of case preparation, demonstrating the skills required to build a winning case.
    • A dedicated section on legal research guides the reader through the plethora of print and electronic sources available.
    • Worked examples, exercises, and realistic sets of papers for both civil and criminal cases demonstrate skills in a real-world context.
    • Illustrates the essential stages of opinion writing, from analysis of the case and determining appropriate advice to writing the opinion, and provides a number of sample opinions written by practising barristers.
    • An online resource centre accompanies the manual and contains valuable resources including additional chapters and advice on improving writing skills.

    Opinion Writing and Case Preparation equips trainee barristers with the tools and techniques they need to identify, analyse, and present convincing legal arguments, and gives a thorough grounding in the skill of writing opinions.

    With its systematic approach to legal research and fact management, the manual provides trainee barristers with an efficient and reliable method for preparing a client's case. The fundamental qualities of effective writing are also clearly identified and explained, helping you develop this essential skill. Particular care is taken to guide you through the appropriate ways of writing opinions in a variety of contexts.

    Readership: Students studying on the Bar Professional Training Course

  • Legal Research
    1: Preparation: a forensic skill
    2: Introduction to practical legal research
    3: Legal research methods and techniques
    4: Legal resources for the practitioner
    5: Using electronic research tools
    6: Researching words and phrases
    7: Reading and interpreting a case
    8: Practical legal research: a summary
    9: Legal sources for the practitioner: a bibliography
    Fact Management
    10: Overview of a civil case
    11: Anatomy of a criminal case
    12: The fact management process
    13: Presentation for the practitioner: The C. A. P. approach in action
    14: Dealing with figures
    15: Communication and information technology use in case preparation and presentation
    Opinion Writing
    16: Words and the barrister
    17: Qualities of good writing
    18: Plain English
    19: Opinion writing
    20: The use of law in an opinion
    21: Getting started
    22: Advice on evidence in a civil case
    23: Advice on evidence in a criminal case
    24: Checklist for opinion writing skills

  • This manual is edited by Nigel Duncan, Principal Lecturer, The City Law School, and Allison Wolfgarten, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

    Contributors: 
    Authors
    Paul Banks, Head of Library Services, The City Law School
    Susan Blake, Barrister, Associate Dean, The City Law School
    Matthew Boyle, Barrister, Gray's Inn
    Nigel Duncan, Principal Lecturer, The City Law School
    Nina Ellin, Barrister, former Lecturer, The City Law School
    David Emmet, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School
    Guy Holborn, Librarian, Lincoln's Inn
    Peter Hungerford-Welch, Barrister, Associate Dean, The City Law School
    Snigdha Nag, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School
    Marian Riley-Poku, Lecturer, The City Law School
    Richard Salter QC, Barrister, Inner Temple
    Stuart Sime, Barrister, BPTC Course Director, The City Law School
    Hester Swift, Foreign and International Law Librarian, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
    Margot Taylor, Solicitor, former Principal Lecturer, The City Law School 

    Editors
    Nigel Duncan, Principal Lecturer, The City Law School
    Allison Wolfgarten, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School 

    Series Editor
    Julie Browne, Barrister, Senior Lecturer, The City Law School

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