Theatre of Law - What makes a good question in court?

During a trial, the prosecution and defence barristers ask the witnesses questions. Our task today was to think about what makes a good question in court? We started by looking at our questioning openers, thinking of different words which could have used to start an open question.

Next we looked at the statement from a real police officer who arrested a young person called Kelly on suspicion of robbery of a mobile phone. Robbery is theft with force or a threat of force. We looked at each section of Kelly's statement and had to think of the questions which could have been asked. 

Using our witness statements we had to think of the questions the barristers would ask and the answers that each witness would give.