Keith Evans > Quotes

“Strive from the outset to express yourself with such clarity that a bright twelve-year-old would understand you. Any fool can make it complicated: it takes focus to make it simple.”
― Keith Evans, Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers: A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Be a Better Advocate

“The Golden Rule is clear: do not sound like a lawyer any more than is absolutely necessary.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“There is a sincere way of conducting every case. Find it.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“Every person has a story and is a story in the making.”
― Chaplain Keith Evans, The Fundamentals: The Why, What, Who and How of Chaplaincy

“...our objective at trial is not the ultimate truth but an opinion in our favour.”
― Keith Evans, EVANS:GOLDEN RULES ADVOCACY P

“Rule 46 When There Is a Weak Point in Your Case, Don’t Pretend that It Isn’t a Weak Point Admit it, and show the factfinder how you still ought to succeed despite that weakness.”
― Keith Evans, Common Sense Rules of Advocacy for Lawyers: A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Be a Better Advocate