0 a court process in which a lawyer asks their first questions to their own witness, in order to begin proving their legal argument: --
That underlies the suggestion that both the examination-in-chief and cross-examination of children should take place before trial.
So far as the examination-in-chief is concerned, the workman has to adduce evidence to prove that he has been elsewhere seeking employment.
It means having spent years listening to people telling the story in the cells, hearing them give the same evidence in examination-in-chief and cross-examining them.
In these clauses we propose a regime which should spare the child examination-in-chief, allowing a video to serve instead.
In contrast, if a tape is to be of much use it should replace entirely examination-in-chief.
The counsel who conducted the examination-in-chief and cross-examination remained in the courtroom.
The essence of examination-in-chief is that the advocate must not lead the witness.
The present study appears to be the first to look at questions asked by judges during examination-in-chief (in which the primary questioner is the witness's lawyer).