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The Court Affairs

Finally one day, the moment will arrive when you have to argue a case either
because of non-availability of a Senior Advocate or the senior may thrust
responsibility on you or it might be your own independent case. Don’t get
nervous steal a quick look around and get on with the Act in a normal way.

Tips to remember:

Following tips to Remember before you start arguing a case,

1. Maintain a positive attitude throughout.


2. Don’t get carried away by the remarks of a Judge or opposing counsel
interjection.
3. Don’t raise your voice too high to create irritation.
4. Continue in a normal voice. However, to give suitable stress on a point, give
a pause.
5. Study your brief thoroughly.
6. Prepare a short note of facts of the case which can easily be referred to during
the course of arguments.
7. Quote relevant provisions and cite decided cases to strengthen arguments and
to impress upon the judge the tenability of the arguments.
8. Never be at a loss for words, use felicity of expression as your asset.
9. Devote sufficient time to prepare your case thoroughly.
10.Be courteous to opposing counsel while rebutting and interjecting.
11.Don’t be disappointed even if you are not satisfied with your first argument.
It will be improve with time.

There is no short cut to excellence in a court craft. One’s style and


confidence will improve upon over a period of time.

Remember the following points while arguing:

a. If you have marked the fact, hammer the fact.


b. If you have marked the law, hammer the law.
c. If you have not marked anything, hammer the constitution.
All these aforesaid techniques will come in good stead and may tilt the case
in your favour. But, you cannot predict a court case until it is decided by the
judge.
No matter how reputed the lawyer, no matter how brilliant the advocacy, no
matter how strong the case, there will be times when one may loose a case.
Don’t sleep over it.
Statistics reveal that 80% of the case win by themselves, about 5% are won
by Advocacy and the rest are lost by Advocacy.
So, learn the art of telling your client, “we won the case” (on winning the
case) and “you lost the case” (on loosing the case).
To conclude, it is suggested that budding lawyers should do accurate
learning, practice skills of Advocacy, acquire knowledge of law from every
source, know something of everything, have good communication skills,
maintain honesty, dedication, commitment and a sterling character.

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