Efficient administration of justice Flashcards
(3 cards)
- Ensure work done in time and inform if not
A barrister:
(a) must seek to ensure that the barrister does work which the barrister is briefed to do in sufficient time to enable compliance with orders, directions, rules or practice notes of the court, and
(b) if the barrister has reasonable grounds to believe that the barrister may not complete any such work on time, must promptly inform the instructing solicitor or the client.
- Confining issues; seek to have matter heard asap; clear/succinct presentation of issues; limit evidence, including XXN to what is reasonably necessary to protect client’s interests; occupy as short court time as possible to protect C’s best interests
A barrister must seek to ensure that work which the barrister is briefed to do in relation to a case is done so as to:
(a) confine the case to identified issues which are genuinely in dispute,
(b) have the case ready to be heard as soon as practicable,
(c) present the identified issues in dispute clearly and succinctly,
(d) limit evidence, including cross-examination, to that which is reasonably necessary to advance and protect the client’s interests which are at stake in the case, and
(e) occupy as short a time in court as is reasonably necessary to advance and protect the client’s interests which are at stake in the case.
- Notify opponent if adjournment needed and obtain consent
A barrister must take steps to inform the opponent as soon as possible after the barrister has reasonable grounds to believe that there will be an application on behalf of the client to adjourn any hearing, of that fact and the grounds of the application, and must try, with the opponent’s consent, to inform the court of that application promptly.
