By Larry S. Pozner & Roger J Dodd, 3rd Edition, LexisNexis Reviewed by Garry Williams I think I first saw Irving Younger’s The Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination on VHS when I was a summer clerk at the end of 1991. By then, it had been around for over 15 years and the copy I saw …
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Nigeria: overview of ‘investigations’ as a discipline or process in Nigeria
The engagement, in Nigeria, of lawyers in private practice to undertake investigations on behalf of private corporate clients is not, in the experience of this contributor, a particularly common occurrence. When such instructions have been received, they have required the conduct of investigations into a variety of matters, and not all such instructions have required …
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Pleadings Without Tears – A Guide to Legal Drafting Under the Civil Procedure Rules
By William Rose (revised and updated by Roger Eastman), 9th edition, Oxford University Press, 2017 Reviewed by Garry Williams It is a matter of some regret to me that Mylward v Weldon (1596) appears to have been forgotten. In Mylward’s case, the plaintiff had his son, Richard (instead of counsel), draw up the Replication (which, …
The Articulate Advocate: Persuasive Skills for Lawyers in Trials, Appeals, Arbitrations and Motions, 2nd edition
In 1992, Tom Amberry, a 72-year-old retiree, walked onto a basketball court in Riverside, California and made 2,750 consecutive free throws without a miss. This, at the time, was a world record. In fact, Dr Amberry could have made more, but he was asked to leave so that they could close the gym. LeBron James’ …