Introduction
Course design
Domestic issues
Introduction of delegates
Course objective
Workshop outline
Methodology
Course materials
Overview
Overview of the legal process
The cycle of questioning a witness
Leading and non-leading questions
Relevance and admissibility
General ethics for litigators
Evidence in Chief
Purpose
The Socratic structure of narrative and belief
Leading questions
Objections
Video
Cross Examination
The genealogy of cross examination
Relevance and admissibility
Contemporary cross examination
Key steps in preparing arbitration
Cross examination ethics and rules
Credibility
Length of questions
Aggression
Closing escape routes in questioning
One question too many
Misleading the witness
The use of imagination – standing in the witness’s shoes
Demeanour/Corroboration
Consistency
Probability
Reliability
Video
Cross examination – case study
Cross examination – etiquette
Adopting a tone
Cutting a witness down to size
Keeping track of concessions, contradictions and inconsistencies
Role-play
Re-examination
The purpose of re-examination
Objections
Rules
Arbitrator’s Questions
The purpose of arbitrator’s questions
Clarity and section 138 of the LRA
Objections, recusals and review
Structuring Closing Submissions
The purpose of closing submissions
Role-play and peer evaluation
Video
Closing
Cape Town, 14-16 July 2010, Capetonian Hotel
Durban, 14-16 July 2010, Suncoast
Johannesburg, 21-23 July 2010, Indaba Hotel
Bloemfontein, 21-23 July 2010, President Hotel
Nelspruit, 21-23 July 2010, Winkler Hotel
East London, 21-23 July 2010, Regent Hotel