Cross-examination is a dangerous exercise in any trial. A wrong answer can do great damage to both sides’ cases. Accordingly, cross-examination should be undertaken by all trial lawyers with caution. There are well established “rules”, that trial lawyers follow to minimise that danger. However, as the blog shows, on occasion a skilled cross-examiner can depart from the rules to good effect.
Read MoreRecently I was part of the establishment of a new set of barristers chambers.
Read MoreLate last year I was involved in a long civil trial where counsel for the plaintiff applied for permission to the trial judge to withdraw as counsel. I represented one of the defendants. During part of the trial I was assisted by fellow barrister Honor Ford, who wrote this piece for the New Zealand Bar Association.
—Rob Latton, Barrister, FortyEight Shortland.
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