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What will the courts consider in granting a Petition for dissolution of a Monogamous marriage?

Void and voidable marriages

What is conversion and what is its effect?

Essential and Formal Validity of Marriage celebrated under part 3 of the Marriages Act

Can you sue your partner for refusing to marry you when he/she had promised to do so?

Supervision of courts by HC and SC. What is the power of Institutional adjudication bodies? Do they oust the jurisdiction of the courts?

Hearsay

Opinion Evidence

Privileges in the Law of Evidence

Witnesses

Relevancy of Evidence

Presumptions

Burden of Proof

General Rules of Evidence

What are ouster clauses. Are there different types of Ouster clauses?

Techniques to use in opening address and examination in chief

What is the difference between Domicile and Residence? How can one prove Domicile?

What is enticement? How can one dissolve a customary law marriage? What is seduction?

Is it possible to register a marriage contracted under Customary law?

Formal and Informal Customary Law Marriage

What is Customary law marriage and how can one enter into one?

What are Transitional Provisions and what is their Effect?

What are Amendments and what are the different types of Amendments.

Different kinds of difficult clients a Barrister may encounter during conferencing

Cases for Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32)

Salient cases for the Legal Profession (Professional conduct and Etiquette) Rules LI 2423

How is property distributed after a divorce?

What is the position of the 1992 constitution on retroactive legislation.

Story telling as the hallmark of a worthy advocate

What are preconceptions in legal practice and how to deal with them.

Body language and what they mean

Difference ways to question a client or a witness

Active, passive, receptive and responsive listening

Principles to be adhered to during client interviews

Principles for effective communication for the advocate or barrister

Express and Implied repeals, amendments and consolidation of laws

Are laws prospective or they can affect rights and liabilities that existed before the coming into force of that law?

First 4 principles of constitutional interpretation

Directive principles of state policy and the spirit of the constitution

Scope for invocation of the exclusive original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Constitutional supremacy, who can commence judicial review and lower courts’ reference of matters of interpretation and enforcement to Supreme Court.