Cross-Examination: A Practical Handbook

Cross-Examination: A Practical Handbook

George Colman, QC (1908â€“99) was an outstanding cross-examiner who practised as an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar for many years before becoming a Supreme Court Judge. Cecil Margo (later Mr Justice Margo) described him in his frequently quoted autobiography, Final Postponement: Reminiscences of a Crowded Life (1998), as â€œa positively brilliant advocateâ€. His legal colleagues elected him Chairman of the General Council of the Bar before he became a Supreme Court Judge. After he retired, when the Johannesburg Bar expanded into a new building, they named it Colman Chambers in his honour.

â€œThis book is simply a gem! It may disguise its delights â€“ written by a judge many years ago on â€˜cross-examinationâ€™ (what?!) and â€˜a practical handbookâ€™ to boot! Well, lawyer or non-lawyer, ignore whatâ€™s off-putting and seek it out! For a lawyer advocate the vital practice of cross-examination can be tricky. This book is a primer plus plus. And if youâ€™re a non-lawyer wanting the best from serious conversation, try cross-examination. It can be so productive. Here you will learn â€“ and learn to love â€“ this art. George Colman wrote with precision and sly humour â€“ ideal ingredients for the enlightened education, which characterizes this book.â€ â€“ Harry Rajak, Emeritus Professor of Law, Sussex University, writing in February 2016
â€œ[The subtitle] may create the impression that its usefulness and interest will be only for the chosen few whose task it is, or will be, to try to ferret out the truth (or their clientsâ€™ version of the truth) in a court of law or any other fact-finding tribunal. It deserves, however, to reach a much wider audience, as the matter in it and the method of presentation provide pleasant and easy reading on a theme which has fascinated the many who are attracted by the drama of the courts. â€¦ This book should undoubtedly be in the possession of all students of the law and those legal practitioners â€“ a diminishing number these days â€“ who practice the profession in our courts. â€¦ A careful reading of this book will surely be of infinite value to them.â€ â€“ David Cohen, Senior Crown Counsel of Swaziland, in the South African Law Journal, January 1971
â€œIt can honestly and confidently be said that any lawyer practising or intending to practise extensively on the forensic side will derive great advantage from studying Mr. Justice
Colmanâ€™s book. â€¦ It is a delight to read and should be constantly reread by those whose daily bread is earned in the cut and thrust of trial work.â€ â€“ A.B.H. in the journal De Rebus Procuratoriis, January 1971
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-05-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-05-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Cross-Examination: A Practical Handbook

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