Essential Advocacy Skills
Location & Date
Location:
Online, Zoom
Date: 19th August 2025
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Training Details
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CPD Hours: 2
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2 hours verifiable CPD
Designed for those who are looking for an introduction or refresher on how to effectively examine witnesses in court, this training session will provide you with the skills necessary to conduct effective examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of witnesses. You will also have the opportunity to engage with the speaker and ask any questions about how best to manage the requirements of your day-to-day role.
Learning outcomes:
- The general principles relating to examination of witnesses
- Understand how to effectively conduct examination-in-chief of a witness
- Learn how to effectively cross-examine a witness
- Understand when and how to re-examine a witness
Speaker
James Dunbar
James Dunbar is a Principal Procurator Fiscal Depute at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. He has over ten years’ experience as a prosecutor, both at summary and solemn level, and has worked within several specialist units. He was...
Testimonials
Brilliant, finally a seminar on practical advocacy that does what it says. Content and delivery both top notch. That was the best advocacy training I have been to in years.
I found this course really well delivered and beneficial for me, even as someone with court experience. James was knowledgeable, engaging, and pitched his course at just the right level.
I thought James Dunbar was excellent, I loved his presentation. I particularly felt that his use of examples were really helpful.
I found the delivery very engaging, the speaker was very understanding and took us through the topic in detail and gave really practical tips, which was much appreciated.
Brilliant speaker - kept things engaging for the whole 2hrs, which is no mean feat over lunchtime!
I found the session really interesting, engaging and informative. The trainer provided a lot of really insightful content and it's going to be really helpful going forward.
I found the training thoroughly enjoyable and highly effective. I’ll definitely refer back to the slides and video as a helpful resource going forward. It was particularly valuable having a trainer who works directly in advocacy with COPFS on a daily basis and his insights brought a real-world perspective that greatly enhanced the session. I especially appreciated the real-life examples they shared, which helped illustrate how to approach certain situations in practice. Hearing how they would phrase questions during cross-examination was also incredibly useful.
Prices (prices exclude VAT)
Member:
£100.00
Please note there are just 20 spaces on the course.