Pleadings: First Principles and Practice (Civil) - Online

Monday 10 am - 4 pm, one day

Indicative maximum class size: 8

Fee: £299.17 + VAT. Ask us if you'd prefer an invoice sent to your company.

During this course delegates tackle drafting statements of case in the civil courts from first principles.

Delegates analyse the case to arrive at a case theory and develop this as a basis for the structure of Particulars of Claim.

Analysis of Particulars of Claim leads to development of a case theory and structure for a Defence and Counterclaim. Delegates’ skills are then developed further, in the context of a case study, so they are able to draft competent, precise, and concise statements of case.

Course Description

During the course delegates will:

• conduct a case analysis
• identify causes of action and develop a case theory
• identify an appropriate structure for particulars of claim in a variety of scenarios
• draft full Particulars of Claim
• analyse Particulars of Claim
• draft a full Defence and Counterclaim.

On successful completion of the course delegates will be able to:

• analyse a case and identify appropriate causes of action
• formulate a case theory
• draft accurate, concise, and clearly structured Particulars of Claim
• analyse Particulars of Claim in order to construct a defendant’s theory of the case
• draft an accurate, concise, and clearly structured Defence and Counterclaim.

How you’re taught

This course will be delivered live, online, between 10 am and 4 pm each day with a 45 minute break for lunch at 12.30 pm.

On enrolment, you will receive a programme, a short reading list/workbook, a case study and an exercise which must be completed prior to the course. You must read the case study prior to the course.

On completion, you will receive a Certificate of Completion and feedback form.