In another Law Friends masterclass, Ann Tayo returns to expound on the art of advocacy, with the theme of reaching the hearts and minds of those around you through speech. Using her years of experience in court, this seminar is essential viewing for all those concerned with representing their clients to the best of their abilities. In this illuminating presentation, Ann details the importance of the following:
Have the end in sight as you begin
Gauge then engage your audience
Speaking clearly
Orderly representation of the facts
Misinterpretation vagueness
Be yourself
Making sense
Dramatis personae
Know what the issues are and what the law is
Strengths and weaknesses
Acquaint yourself with words and vocabulary
Leading questions
Identify and clarify the issues
Know your case
How can you defend someone you know to be guilty?
How can you prosecute someone you know to be innocent?
Cross examination
Weakening the prosecution case
Tenacity
Re-examination
Closing speech
Know when to stop
Qualified to practice in England, Wales and Nigeria, Ann earnestly believes that every case deserves a confident, attentive barrister in order to achieve justice. Her unique approach has afforded her the opportunity to steer justice in the right path by seeking to ensure that justice is not merely seen to be done, but is in truth actually done.
Ann spent more than 12 years prosecuting cases on behalf of the Crown Prosecution Service and Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and has defended in the Court of Appeal, High Court, the Crown Court and Magistrates’ Courts.
Ann is adept at dealing with complex family matters that require an in-depth analysis and translation to support the rationale behind both the behaviour and the actual events that have taken place within family disputes. Ann is instructed in child arrangement proceedings, drafting effective undertakings and prohibitive steps, non-molestation and occupation and ex parte applications.