Available on demand (please contact us for details)
Oxford Moot Court
CPD accreditation: 5 hours
(from the Royal College of Surgeons of England)
Cost: £950 (+ VAT)
Learn how to give evidence clearly and effectively in this intensive training session, led by Dr Simon Fox QC.
The session kicks off with an overview of court etiquette and processes before you take part in an evidence-based, role-play exercise. You’ll learn how to give evidence in a clear, persuasive and ordered way. We film the role-play exercise and provide feedback on your performance in the follow-up session (the video is deleted afterwards).
We run these intensive training sessions with a maximum of six delegates to enable you to get as much as possible out of the training.
Please note: to ensure our barrister complies with Bar Council Guidance, delegates must prepare and comply with the following requirements. Read more.
Each delegate must provide six medical reports from completed cases (at least three full weeks before the course). These reports will be used as the basis of a mock trial bundle, on which you will be cross-examined.
Breach of duty or causation reports provide the most useful material for the role play. Shorter condition and prognosis reports are not as suitable for this task.
The reports must bear no similarity to current or forthcoming cases and must be completely anonymised. These can be reports you have created, based on fictional scenarios.
If you would like further information about the requirements, please contact us when booking the course. You can also read an explanation of the full requirements.
Programme
Witness Familiarisation Training Available on demand Oxford Moot Court
09.45
Registration/Refreshments
10.00
Rules on witness familiarisation/before court/in court
11.30
Refreshments
11.45
Points to consider in giving your evidence/What happens if it goes wrong
12.30
Lunch
13.15
Mock examination in chief, cross-examination and re-examination of each delegate, followed by review of video and feedback
15.30
Refreshments/feedback
16.30
Close
Lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Feedback from previous events
Excellent small group and one-on-one tuition around what is expected of an expert witness.
Dr Anneke Lucassen, Professor of Clinical Genetics
This is a challenging and highly informative course which is just what I was looking for. This is an excellent introduction to appearing in court. I would highly recommend it to anyone working in the medico-legal sphere.
Dr Sally Baxendale, Consultant Neuropsychologist
For someone who had been to court on three occasions and felt very uncomfortable, this course has been extremely helpful and calming! Thank you.