How to Be Sworn in at Trial With the Proper Oath
Will you be attending a court trial as a witness or party to a matter and are you concerned with the nature of the oath that will be administered to you? Here are a few suggestions that will help you. If you are representing yourself in a trial, ... [... more]
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How to Choose a Trial Judge
Have you been in court and realized that if you ever had to go to trial there would be certain judges you'd want to stand before and others you would want to avoid? Do you actually have the right to pick a judge? Here are a few thoughts on that ... [... more]
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How to Choose a Witness for Trial
When you are going to trial and you don't have physical evidence to prove your case, you can bring in people who witnessed your issue or dealt with it firsthand. Here are a few suggestions on how to choose a witness for trial. Select someone who ... [... more]
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How to Determine If It Is Worthwhile to File in Small ...
When someone owes you money, from a contract dispute, damage to your property, a landlord-tenant situation or other reason, it can sometimes be difficult to decide if it is worthwhile taking your case to small claims court. Here are some things ... [... more]
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How to Get A Witness to Testify at Trial
Are you facing a court trial and your key witness won't agree to come and testify? They say they don't want to get involved or can't afford to take time off work? If their testimony is what you need to win your case, then there are ways of ... [... more]
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How to Get Unusual Evidence into a Court Trial
Are you going to trial and the evidence that will prove your case is just too big and clunky to bring in? Is it impossible to bring in? Is it a furnace or basement floor? Here are a few suggestions on how to get unusual evidence into your ... [... more]
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How to Give Effective Submissions to the Trial Judge
When your small claims court trial is ended and all the facts are in and the witnesses have given their testimonies, the judge will give the representative of each party the opportunity to give a summation of all of their evidence. This stage of ... [... more]
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How to Impress a Judge at Trial
Are you going to represent yourself in a trial at court? Are you worried that you are going to totally botch everything you do and look foolish to the judge? Are you concerned that the judge won't have respect for you because you're not a lawyer? ... [... more]
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How to Know if You Need Someone to Represent You at Trial
If you are involved in a legal matter, sometimes it's not only what you know, but who you know that will determine your success at trial. Your matter may not be complex enough to require legal representation during the trial, but it's important ... [... more]
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How to Know the Difference Between Fact and Hearsay Evidence
Fact and hearsay evidence are so easily linked as the same thing to an untrained litigant, but in truth they are not. The big civil courts deal only with facts and Small Claims Court prefers fact but will accept hearsay in some circumstances. ... [... more]
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How to Know What to Sue for in Small Claims Court
If this is your first time in Small Claims Court, you are probably wondering what kind of things you can sue for. Here are a few suggestions on how to know what to sue for in Small Claims Court. Get legal advice before you even start. You can get ... [... more]
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How to Know When to Stop Questioning Your Witness
If you are representing yourself in small claims court and you are asking questions to your witness in the stand, you probably have set in your mind what you want the witness to say. You can't always control what will be said, but you can take ... [... more]
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