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DUE DATE: - 10 APRIL 2025
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ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW
1. You are an attorney appearing for John Sibeko who is charged in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court with
the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm. Your instructions from your client
are that he wants to plead not guilty to the charge.
(a) Draft his statement that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and conclusions. Make
use of your own facts and any information you may deem necessary for the statement to be accepted by
the court. (15 marks)
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, Assignment 02 – Semester 1
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment
answer (questions 1 (a)-(d)) must be typed and must not exceed 15 pages.
1.
You are an attorney appearing for John Sibeko who is charged in the Pretoria
Magistrates’ Court with the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous
bodily harm. Your instructions from your client are that he wants to plead not guilty
to the charge.
(a)
Draft his statement that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and
conclusions. Make use of your own facts and any information you may deem
necessary for the statement to be accepted by the court. (15 marks)
(b)
Critically discuss the type of information that should be avoided when drafting Mr.
Sibeko’s plea explanation. (6 marks)
(c)
Discuss the procedure regarding the assembling of evidence in a criminal trial (4
marks)
(d)
Suppose Mr. Sibeko applies to be released on bail. Please advise your client as to
the relevant factors that the presiding officer will consider when entertaining the
request for release on bail and, if so, the conditions that may be attached as well.
You must refer to relevant case law in your answer (5 marks)
Total for Assignment 02: [30]
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TLI4801
Techniques in trial and litigation
ASSIGNMENT 2 MEMO
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NOTES BOOKLET
SEMESTER 1 – 2025 - UNISA
UNIQUE NUMBER: - 801274
DUE DATE: - 10 APRIL 2025
Footnotes/Bibliography included
ASSIGNMENT PREVIEW
1. You are an attorney appearing for John Sibeko who is charged in the Pretoria Magistrates’ Court with
the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous bodily harm. Your instructions from your client
are that he wants to plead not guilty to the charge.
(a) Draft his statement that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and conclusions. Make
use of your own facts and any information you may deem necessary for the statement to be accepted by
the court. (15 marks)
Disclaimer
Extreme care has been used by our Tutors to draft this document, however the contents are provided “as is” without any representations or
warranties, express or implied. This document is to be used for comparison, research and reference purposes ONLY. No part of this document
may be reproduced, resold or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written permission from the Author. – LLB EXAMPACKS
& TUTORIALS.
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, Assignment 02 – Semester 1
Answer the following questions using proper references. Your entire assignment
answer (questions 1 (a)-(d)) must be typed and must not exceed 15 pages.
1.
You are an attorney appearing for John Sibeko who is charged in the Pretoria
Magistrates’ Court with the offence of assault with the intention to do grievous
bodily harm. Your instructions from your client are that he wants to plead not guilty
to the charge.
(a)
Draft his statement that will make up his plea. You must include all headings and
conclusions. Make use of your own facts and any information you may deem
necessary for the statement to be accepted by the court. (15 marks)
(b)
Critically discuss the type of information that should be avoided when drafting Mr.
Sibeko’s plea explanation. (6 marks)
(c)
Discuss the procedure regarding the assembling of evidence in a criminal trial (4
marks)
(d)
Suppose Mr. Sibeko applies to be released on bail. Please advise your client as to
the relevant factors that the presiding officer will consider when entertaining the
request for release on bail and, if so, the conditions that may be attached as well.
You must refer to relevant case law in your answer (5 marks)
Total for Assignment 02: [30]
