Trial Advocacy columnists Ben Rubinowitz and Evan Torgan write: To be effective with cross-examination, the trial attorney must know what her objective is and how to get there. All crosses must start ...

I never anticipated that the dynamics of logical implication and conditional statements would structure my thought process as a lawyer. I started my legal career at the New York County District ...

Anyone who has provided evidence or information in a family case can be required to be cross-examined. If you are giving evidence in court you will be asked to give sworn evidence. This means swearing ...

In Charles Dickens’ Bleak House, Dr. Allan Woodcourt famously said to the wrongly accused George Rouncewell: “But the mere truth won’t do. You must have a lawyer.” Francis P. Karam’s new book ...

This case is a salutary reminder to all who conduct litigation about the necessary elements of procedural fairness which continue to underlie our system of civil justice; even in a modern context when ...

Nearly three and a half years into the Trump Administration’s term, the United States Department of Education has finally published its new regulations governing campus sexual assault cases. The ...

Senior family lawyers have warned that a little-known pilot project centring on the role and use of expert evidence will see children wrongly taken from their families. The Department for ...

It noted that the trial judge may not only expedite the trial but the examination-in-chief or cross-examination of a witness is to be recorded either on the same day or on the day following but no ...

Not too long ago a case made its way to the Criminal Court. In this particular case, the prosecution needed forensic evidence to bolster its case. The gist of the matter was that a woman had ...