Criminal Court - Evidence-related docs

Affidavit for presenting as evidence to Federal Circuit Court of Australia. (L-45200)

Affidavit for presenting as evidence to Federal Magistrates Court of Australia. (L-45199)

Brief by a solicitor to a barrister concerning a corporate client in a criminal matter. Barristers can be hard to please. They are heard to complain that their briefs comprise 'not enough observations' or 'too many observations'. Or too many lever arch files.However, most lawyers ' barristers and solicitors ' seem to agree that a brief need not be a great work of literature.

Brief by a solicitor to a barrister concerning a client person in a criminal matter. Barristers can be hard to please. They are heard to complain that their briefs comprise 'not enough observations' or 'too many observations'. Or too many lever arch files. However, most lawyers (barristers and solicitors) seem to agree that a brief need not be a great work of literature. But it does need to (a) be delivered in good time, and (b) under cover of instructions that contain the essential information, so that the barrister never subsequently complains "why didn't you tell me about that?".

Normally a criminal solicitor's job starts with an initial face to face interview with the new client. However, if the solicitor or the client are in a hurry, or afraid of missing some important details, the client might ensure that the available time is used to maximum benefit, by recording in writing some details the solicitor might need to know sooner rather than later. This document, can be called a briefing or 'confidential written instructions'.

"The documents or things you must produce are as follows ..." An interesting example. A very simple document where you want a doctor to give you his/her notes/records relating to the treatment of his/her patient.

A "Cheat Sheet" for a barrister or a solicitor (or for a client to understand what's going on in the mind of the barrister or the Judge or the Magistrate in a court case in Australia) in relation to evidence provided by the other side. Court cases are decided according to law and on the evidence. If you are a party to court proceedings, you need to tender the evidence that supports your case. DocDownloand publishes a template on How to Draft Affidavits. In court, you also need to oppose the evidence of the opposing party, where it disagrees with you.

Normally a criminal solicitor's job starts with an initial face to face interview with the new client. However, if the solicitor or the client corporation are in a hurry, or afraid of missing some important details, the client might ensure that the available time is used to maximum benefit, by recording in writing some details the solicitor might need to know sooner rather than later. It also helps to combine the thoughts of several people in one document.