Writing brief report on proceedings attended

After a match, a good commentator can tell you in two minutes who played, what turned the game and what to watch next. A court visit report does the same job for a hearing. Your notes from the courtroom or the live stream are scribbles with times and names. The question is how to turn a page of scribbles into a brief report that a supervising advocate or an examiner can read in five minutes and trust.

In two minutes

A brief report on a court visit is a one- to two-page, fact-first account: case particulars, stage, what each side argued, what the court ordered, and a short learning note, written from your own log and nothing else.

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