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Donata Szabo Points to consider What is advocacy Advocatus Who are advocates What is the difference between a solicitor and a barrister What do think are the ingredients of good advocacy ID: 616638

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Slide1

Introduction to Advocacy

Donata

SzaboSlide2

Points to consider

What is advocacy?

Advocatus

Who are advocates?

What is the difference between a solicitor and a barrister?

What do think are the ingredients of good advocacy?

Have you ever done advocacy?

Let’s see an example.

Plea

in mitigation

:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

9GqXCn12B0Y

Discuss what you saw: what do you think was good and bad?Slide3

Different Courts in the UK

Magistrates’ Court

Crown

court

Crown

Court intro: https

://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZYvv_s5R-

s

Tribunals (e.g. SEND, Immigration, Employment, etc.)

County Court

High Court

Court of Appeal (Civil and Criminal Divisions)

Supreme Court

How to address a judge

Magistrates’ Court

: Sir/Madam

Crown Court/High Court/County Court:

Your

Honour

(or Master/Mistress)

High Court/Court of Appeal/Supreme Court:

Your Lordship/Ladyship/My Lord/LadySlide4

Key phrases

“in my respectful submission”

“I would submit”

“with all due respect to your Lordship’s/Ladyship’s view…”

“unless I could be of further assistance

“I’m grateful for this indication”

Use of Civil Procedure Rules and Blackstone’s Criminal PracticeSlide5

Case analysis

What is case analysis?

Why do you have to do it?

Ingredients:

What is the case about? (i.e. here – what offence?)

Key Facts

G

ood facts

Bad facts

Previous criminal history

Personal circumstances

Sentencing guidelinesSlide6

Plea in mitigation

Introductory matters (introduce yourself, your client, what you want)

Introduce the theme/main points

Explanations to aggravating features

Highlight and address mitigating features of the offence

Identify mitigating factors arising from defendant’s previous history

Explain mitigation based on defendant’s personal circumstances

Summarise

your points

Request an appropriate sentenceSlide7

Now, try it yourself!