Package includes:

On Demand Module  l  Booklet  l  PowerPoint Presentation

Package Fee (incl GST)

• $91 - NZLS members and Associate members
• $121 - Non-members

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On Demand Module

The new legislative regime is now well embedded and issues with difficult and hostile witnesses are cropping up frequently. Despite that, many people lack confidence in dealing with difficult and hostile witnesses. This is an essential skill for all criminal lawyers if you are to represent your client properly. This module aims to equip you with the relevant skills by taking you through the law, and focusing on the practical aspects of the various situations that can arise.

Being able to identify and deal with hostile and difficult witnesses – whether you are a prosecutor or defence lawyer – is vitally important to ensure your client’s case is properly put before the Court. Learn the correct techniques for confidently managing these witnesses.

• Swearing in reluctant witnesses
• Refreshing memory
• Hostile witnesses
• Tips and tricks for tough witnesses.

Learning objectives

You will gain the confidence to:

• Identify the relevant law
• Manage hostile, difficult and forgetful witnesses.

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Electronic Booklet

Introduction

Witnesses are an important part of our core business as litigators. Cases are determined on the evidence presented in Court. Evidence almost always involves witnesses.

Because of this, it is essential to have mastery of the tools and techniques that exist to deal with witnesses who are unhelpful, unwilling, or unable. Unless you have these tools in your kit, evidence that is important to your client’s case may not be aired in court.

Each of these areas can cause significant anxiety because people are unfamiliar with the rules and processes that apply to them. We hope that practitioners – especially relatively inexperienced practitioners – likely to encounter witnesses who are difficult or hostile find this material helpful in outlining the relevant law and the correct processes to use. This should smooth the way for a more effective, and more enjoyable, presentation of your client’s case.

Good luck!

PowerPoint Presentation