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Drafting manual offers a comprehensive course in drafting suitable for the trainee barrister, providing all the necessary information alongside practical exercises to help the reader practice and master the skill of drafting.
List of contents
- 1: The skill of drafting
- 2: The use of precedents
- 3: Drafting in plain language
- 4: The rules and principles relating to statements of case
- 5: Headings
- 6: Claim forms
- 7: Basic particulars of claim in tort and contract
- 8: Basic defences in tort and contract
- 9: Further particulars of a claim
- 10: Further defences
- 11: Misrepresentation
- 12: Additional precedents for claims
- 13: Defence and counterclaim
- 14: Reply and defence to counterclaim
- 15: Additional claims
- 16: Amendment of statements of case
- 17: Request for further information
- 18: Further information
- 19: Interim injunctions
- 20: Written evidence
- 21: Judgments and orders
- 22: Claims for judicial review
- 23: Skeleton arguments
- 24: Indictments
- 25: Criminal grounds of appeal
- 26: Part 8 claims
- 27: Construction claims
- 28: Claims for breach of trust and the recovery of trust property
- 29: Checklists for drafting skills
About the author
This manual is edited by David Emmet, Barrister, former Reader, The City Law School
Summary
This Drafting manual offers a comprehensive course in drafting suitable for the trainee barrister, providing all the necessary information alongside practical exercises to help the reader practice and master the skill of drafting.
