The Advocacy Podcast

11. Allison Summers KC: Closing With Confidence

The Advocacy Podcast

Show Notes

Bibi Badejo is joined by Allison Summers KC who shares how we can close our cases boldly and persuasively. Allison specialises in criminal defence work and takes on cases involving serious violence and sexual cases, including domestic killings, parricide, infanticide and somnambulism (sleep walking). She is the go-to King’s Counsel when there are difficult or unusual features in a case and she draws on her experience as an Assistant Coroner in cases involving complex medical issues. Please subscribe to The Advocacy Podcast and visit www.theadvocacypodcast.com for more information and additional resources.

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