Introduction
With the increase in consultation in respect of environmental and pressure group demands, professionals in both the public and private sectors are finding themselves involved in highly contentious issues in a rapidly expanding area of work.
The ability to write compelling proofs of evidence is an essential skill for engineers, planners and other expert witnesses. The quality of the proof will have a major influence on the credibility of the expert evidence to be given in the inquiry, as cross-examination will be based upon it.
The objective is to help experts prepare their evidence as competent professionals who inspire confidence in the Inspector and impart real credibility to their evidence.
Workshop sessions will include drafting proofs of evidence with experienced counsel and proof writing consultant.
Delegates will be provided with pre-course notes and are required to do some preparation prior to the course.
Course Content
• identify the material that counsel will look for in the proof of evidence
• understand the factors which make written communication effective
• recognise and be able to avoid the common pitfalls in proof writing
• be able to prepare a professional proof which accurately analyses the issues in dispute using language suitable for the inquiry
• show how apparently common sense assumptions and statements can be challenged as invalid and unsubstantiated
Speaker/s
• SIMON RANDLE was called to the Bar in 1982. He specialises in planning, local government and environmental law, including the compulsory acquisition of land, its effect on common land and public open space. Recently he has been involved in a variety of major infrastructure projects dealing with land use and transport related issues. In particular, he was instructed by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions throughout the four year inquiry into BAA’s application to build a fifth terminal at Heathrow. He has also represented the Highways Agency at a number of highways inquiries into a variety of highways schemes including the A36 Salisbury Bypass.
• Jonathan Powell was called to the Bar in 1984. He is a barrister of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit and practises from chambers in London and Durham. He specialises in all areas of planning, compensation environmental law and local government work. Jonathan is a regular lecturer at the Law Society and author of practice guides on Enforcement, Prosecutions, Injunctions and Planning Agreements Planning & Human Rights. He is also a contributing case editor to the Journal of Planning & Environment Law.
• LYNDEN ALEXANDER is a communication skills consultant who has worked extensively leading consultancies across the professions. He offers training in presentation skills, writing skills and inter-personal communication skills. He leads the forensic report writing programme at Professional Solutions - a leading litigation support company - where he has trained more than 4000 expert witnesses in expert report writing and courtroom presentation skills. He also designs and delivers integrated communication skills training programmes for a number of consultancies.
He has a first-class honours degree in English from London University, is a qualified practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (with an emphasis on advanced learning skills) and has ten years experience working with visualisation techniques. Before working in the field of learning and development, he was a Eurobond and Equity Derivatives trader in the City of London.
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The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
12 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2LP
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