Advocacy: A Practical Guide
$92.22
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2026
Summary
Advocacy: A Practical Guide is an invaluable reference for those who wish to learn essential advocacy skills as well as those seeking to make their advocacy more effective.
With a focus on civil advocacy and arbitration, the book provides guidance on a range of matters from undertaking case analysis and overcoming nerves to handling witnesses and making trial speeches. It does not claim to be prescriptive and say this is the only way. The book is intended to be easy to read a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780854903139 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0854903135 |
| Author: | Peter Lyons, Chris Taylor |
| Publisher: | Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing |
| Imprint: | Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 138mm |
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Critics Review
“I have read no better guide to the practicalities of good advocacy than Peter Lyons’ book …. It is easy to understand, comprehensive (from opening submissions, through cross-examination to final speeches) and, as one would expect of a book on advocacy, completely persuasive.” From the foreword by Lord Pannick KC to the first edition“This book is really first rate and can be read with pleasure and benefit any advocate at any stage of their career.” From review by David Pickup in Law Society Gazette.
About The Author
Peter Lyons
Peter Lyons was an Australian barrister and solicitor. He delivered advocacy, litigation and negotiation skills courses to barristers, solicitors and patent attorneys, including programmes for many of the top City law firms in London. His company, CPD Training (UK) Limited, was founded in 2005. Peter Lyons died in 2023.
Chris Taylor is an English solicitor and legal skills trainer. He qualified in 1999 and spent many years as a commercial litigator at Addleshaw Goddard and later Eversheds. In 2005 he assisted Peter Lyons to establish CPD Training (UK) Limited, which he continues to run today.
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