ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

For the third edition

I would very much like to acknowledge assistance, through all three editions, in the final drafts of this work from the following:

His Honour Judge Richard MacGregor-Johnson and Her Honour Judge Joanna Korner CMG QC - both Masters of the Inner Temple Bench and former Chairpersons of the Inner Temple Advocacy Committee.

Lord Justice Christopher Floyd, His Honour Judge Toby Hooper QC, and Charles George QC - all Masters of the Inner Temple Bench and at different times members of the Inner Temple Advocacy Committee.

Kenneth Aylett - Master of the Inner Temple Bench, past member of the Inner Temple Advocacy Committee, and one who in the past has suggested I write this book.

His Honour Judge Oscar Del Fabbro, Mr Justice Stephen Hellman (Bermuda), and District Judge Gareth Branston - during the first edition then barristers practicing in criminal law.

Michael Hall SC - former law lecturer at the University of Oxford and presently in practice at the Bar in Sydney.

Alexander Kleanthous - solicitor in civil practice.

Leslie Cuthbert - A Recorder of the Crown Court, and former partner in a leading London criminal solicitors, whose enthusiasm as a practising criminal solicitor for this work was very encouraging.

Sarah Clarke QC - barrister and Master of the Inner Temple Bench, who was invaluable in reviewing and offering some of the content on the chapter on Vulnerable Witnesses.

Stephen Rapp, formerly the US Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal Justice, and formerly the Prosecutor for the Special Court in Sierra Leone, who while Chief of Prosecutions at the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, suggested I add a chapter on international criminal practice.

Lady Justice Ines Monica Weinberg de Roca, formerly a Judge at the ICTR, and a designated Appeals Judge for both the ICTR and ICTY, who helpfully reviewed the new chapter on international practice.

All my colleagues at the Inner Temple Advocacy Training Faculty, and at the Advocacy Training Council, and on the faculty of the South Eastern Circuit's annual advanced advocacy course hosted by Keble College Oxford, who keep telling me the book is worth reading.

All the readers who have written to me, with thanks and suggestions - there are now hundreds of you.

And finally Nicola Thurlow, the publisher with Sweet and Maxwell, who in late 2004 patiently listened to my suggestion this book would sell, was persuaded, and put it on the bookshelves.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my three children, who are

Helen,

James,

and Ben.

Iain Morley

23 Essex St

London

April 2005

A Note

on the kindle edition

which is technically the fourth edition of this book

This book is I think, finally, pretty much everything I can teach about advocacy, gleaned from years in courtrooms both at home and around the world, and from teaching the skill of persuasion worldwide. It used to be called a 'short' polemic, and as it has got longer I am having to call it 'spry', but I hope its rapid readability remains the same.

The DeviTs Advocate has gone viral, which is flattering, and is being translated into other languages. To my many readers, wherever you are, please remember that I do not claim to be the best - I am a harsh critic of my own work - I give myself a B, often a B+, maybe on a good day an A, only sometimes an A+, and I still take great pleasure in watching an A* at work - they are out there, go find them, learn from them, and take the basics in this book to your next level.

This ‘fourth edition’ is pretty much the same as the third edition paperback available from Sweet & Maxwell. However, it is for kindle. This is to help the many Caribbean lawyers, who are among my new friends, and others in the world, who have said to me, personally and on email, that acquiring a paperback is not always practicable owing to remoteness and postal difficulty, and have asked instead for an ebook download. There used to be one, but I am told by many no more. So, here we are. In this way, I hope I am providing further service to the profession and that the rules of advocacy can travel even wider. And after, perhaps you’ll want the book.

Iain Morley QC

Morley J High Court Judge

Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court

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August 2017