The Rosen Series of Lectures - Term 2

THE ROSEN LECTURES: TERM 2

The Rosen Lectures will be held during lunchtime breaks in February and March 2025 given internally to students and staff, and to appeal to para-legals, trainee solicitors, and 1 to 3-year post-qualification experience on the following topics (a) investigative discourse analysis, (b) interviewing techniques and non-verbal communications and (c) drafting a witness statement compliant with the civil procedure rules 1998.

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Overview:

Although we live in an ever-changing world of AI and technology, the skills required to present a case, and to persuade a Judge, have yet to change, whether attending courts and tribunals in person, or remotely. Similarly, the ability to interact with another person, to understand their needs and requirements, and to assist in the drafting of a good witness statement still demands and requires a degree of formality, and attention to the tone and contents befitting both the writer, whom the writer represents, and the receiver of such communications, whist having regard to legal ethics, regulatory requirements, expectations of a court, and the law generally.

The course is led by Professor David Rosen, Professor of Professional Practice at the Brunel University of London Law School, and a solicitor-advocate with higher rights of audience (all proceedings), and principal of David Rosen & Co, of Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Professor Rosen shares his experience in private practice with over 25 years’ of post-qualification experience having appeared in some of the largest cases in English legal history, including acting for Lady Heather Mills McCartney in her contested financial divorce with Sir Paul McCartney (legendary of the Beetles), and having been a key advocate in the $2bn fraud case brought in the King’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, by the Kingdom of Denmark Customs & Excise, Skaterforvoltningen.

Format:

Three, Two-hour seminars to attend either in person at Brunel University of London or remotely during a Wednesday lunch hour between 1200h and 1400h on:

• 26th February - Investigative Discourse Analysis.
• 5th March - Interviewing Techniques, and non-verbal communications.
• 12th March - Drafting and Ethics constructing a witness statement compliant with the Civil Procedure Rules 1998.

Audience:

• Legal Practitioners: 1 to 3 years qualified, in-house or in practice.
• Trainee Solicitors, and para-legals.
• Academia: students and academics.

Learning Objectives:

• To complement and place into perspective what is being learnt at university, and in the early years of training and practice, applying presentation of law and facts, within the boundaries of the SRA regulations Codes of Conduct, the rule of Law, and expectations of the Court.
• To test the plausibility of evidence. To better prepare what is presented to the courts, and how that information is perceived.