tli4801 Portfolio Assignment Super Semester 2021.

TLI4801: 2 Question 1: Civil Practice 1. a. Exchanging of pleasantries with a potential client is important as it could assist in calming a client who arrived at your office anxious/ in distress/ upset. It also communicates to the client that you have good manners and creates a good first impression of you. It also assists in making you more relatable and appear trustworthy, to the client. b. There are various important reasons that a lawyer needs to maintain a chronological account of facts when interviewing a client. These are:  It gives a courtroom perspective to the matter. In court, evidence is presented in chronological order from start to finish.  Witnesses recount events easier if they are in sequence.  It leads to a higher level of accuracy and completeness.  When facts are arranged chronologically they are easier to understand and the importance of individual events, in the bigger scheme of things, becomes clearer.  When facts are set out in chronological order, additional legal theories can open up, which might not have been clear at the start.  It’s the most efficient way to organise facts, which would in any event have to be organised as such when preparing a discovery affidavit, witness statement, etc. 1