Criminal Advocacy A Practical Guide Author:Bevitt, Stanton, Ann Bevitt, Lisa Stanton This pocket-sized guide will help pupils, junior barristers and solicitors when appearing in the criminal courts. It is first and foremost a practical, step-by-step guide: it aims to de-mystify the often confusing workings of the criminal courts and to provide the junior advocate with a quick reference guide on how to deal with most criminal hea... more »rings. There are practical tips on how to prepare, what to take to court, how to address the judge and how to deal with typical problems. In addition, throughout the book, there are how to do it examples of most types of hearing and, at the end, there are handy tables on the classification of offences, sentences available for youths and adults and penalties for driving offences.« less