Professional Training

Witness Statements in Private Children Proceedings - Tips, Tricks & Common Pitfalls - Learn Live

Length
1.5 hours
Next course start
16 September, 2024 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom
Length
1.5 hours
Next course start
16 September, 2024 See details
Course delivery
Virtual Classroom

Course description

Drafting an effective witness statement is a skill acquired with experience. The witness statement will be an important part of the jigsaw puzzle of the total evidence to be considered by the court when making important decisions impacting on your client’s family.


Presented by Rachel Frost-Smith, Legal Director at Birketts, this virtual classroom seminar will help you plan ahead of court deadlines to ensure that your clients present their evidence in the best way possible.


You will benefit from tips and tricks acquired in practice and receive some guidance on common pitfalls to avoid. You will learn how to manage evidence gathered through the use of technology, consider how best to present it, and what weight it may carry.

Upcoming start dates

1 start date available

16 September, 2024

  • Virtual Classroom
  • Online
  • English

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Following all MBL courses, a certificate of attendance will be provided for those who are required to evidence their CPD activity to a professional body.

Training Course Content

Introduction

Drafting an effective witness statement is a skill acquired with experience. The witness statement will be an important part of the jigsaw puzzle of the total evidence to be considered by the court when making important decisions impacting on your client’s family.

This virtual classroom seminar will help you plan ahead of court deadlines to ensure that your clients present their evidence in the best way possible. You will benefit from tips and tricks acquired in practice and receive some guidance on common pitfalls to avoid. You will learn how to manage evidence gathered through the use of technology, consider how best to present it, and what weight it may carry.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following:

  • Planning and preparation for drafting excellent witness statements
  • Elevating your drafting of witness statements to best present your client’s case
  • Presenting evidence gathered through the use of technology
  • Focusing on the child/ren in the case
  • Tips and tricks and common pitfalls

Expenses

From £144
MBL Seminars Limited
C/o Law Business Research
Holborn Gate, 330 High Holborn
WC1V 7QT London

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