Bøger af Andrew Stevenson

This book is a practical guide to conducting a proof in the sheriff court, based on the author's thirty years of experience of presenting evidence at proofs and hearings in the sheriff court, the Court of Session and before tribunals. The guide highlights the importance of risk management in an area of law that is fraught with hazards concerning costs, timescales and adverse outcomes. It also identifies many useful steps that ought to be taken with a view to minimising such hazards and making the process of conducting a proof as smooth and as painless as possible. Although the book is aimed primarily at practitioners it describes the practical application of the law of evidence, an area which will interest academics and students. The guide deals with managing clients, advice on preparation and how best to cover your back in this perilous area of practice. Although reference is made to court rules and textbooks the book is first and foremost a practice guide.ABOUT THE AUTHORAndrew Stevenson S.S.C. is a practising solicitor advocate at Waddell and Mackintosh, Troon. He has undertaken many hundreds of proofs across Scotland since 1992 in virtually all areas of litigation and has long experience of acting as a commissioner to recover evidence in sheriff court actions both civil and criminal. Andrew is a former President of the Glasgow Bar Association and he is currently Secretary of the Scottish Law Agents' Society. He is also a committee member of the Society of Solicitor Advocates. Andrew has written extensively on civil procedure and gives seminars on proofs and litigation. He is a contributor to Greens Litigation Styles. He is a regular columnist for The Scotsman and is a vice convenor of the Discipline Tribunal of the Church of Scotland. He is the author of Style Writs for the Sheriff Court, Bloomsbury 2023.CONTENTS1. Introduction2. Risk Management3. The Capacities in Which You Are Acting4. Officer of the Court5. Acting as Direct Agent for a Litigant6. Acting as an Agent for Another Solicitor7. Acting as an Employee8. Recipient of Third Party Funding9. Risk Management: How to Avoid Having to Conduct a Proof10. Points to Attend to When the Proof Is Being Assigned11. Modes of Proof12. Managing the Evidence That You Need to Succeed at a Proof13. Intimating and Lodging Lists of Documents, Witnesses, Affidavits and Productions14. Practical Steps to Make Life as Easy as Possible on the Day15. Using Evidence at the Proof; Witnesses16. Adducing Objective and Not Subjective Evidence17. Calling Witnesses18. Credibility Versus Reliability19. Objecting to the Opponent's Questions20. Cross Examination21. Judicial Knowledge22. Ordinary Cause Rules on Running a Proof23. The Law of Evidence24. Running a Hopeless Proof25. If the Proof Is Lost26. ConclusionBibliography

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