Strategy and Theme Development

Our Strategy Services

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  Strategy Development Consultation

  From comprehensive case strategy and organisation to hourly support, our team gets to the core of your matter and develops a strategic story.

  Employing methodologies specific to the case type, we clarify and distil case themes and record the results. Together, we develop the factual theory, identify common threads, craft the narrative and sketch key demonstrative ideas.

  Our consultants make substantive contributions to your legal strategy by relying on a combination of rigorous social science methods, decades of practical experience, communication theory, psychology, information processing theory, group dynamics and our theory of core values, which examines attitudes and beliefs that motivate decision-makers such as judges and arbitrators.

  We also offer strategic advisory sessions to find solutions to specific challenges – before and during your hearings or other critical proceedings.

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  Theme Development

  Case themes are critical to helping decision-makers such as judges and arbitrators understand and organise the vast amount of information they receive. Our consultants work with your team to develop strategic messaging that will connect with your audience and give them the tools to support your argument.

  Together, we will create a cohesive narrative built around relatable phrases that make it easier for adjudicators to absorb your arguments, categorise the supporting evidence and then defend your position.

  Our experienced consultants have tested a multitude of themes and their outcomes across a breadth of dispute resolution genres. With this experience, we can assist in identifying the major case issues and collaborate with your team to develop and refine themes while rectifying any that are problematic. We can also provide a custom “themes memo” to inform your overall strategy.

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  Preliminaries

  The battlefield to win strategic advantage in cases is often determined by preliminary hearings and applications filed before a claim begins. A show of strength at an early stage can also offer advantages at mediation and settlement conferences.

  Our strategy advisors help with the organisation and presentation of your most compelling facts and arguments – including designing visual representations to illustrate key concepts.

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  Presentation Consultation

  Opening and closing speeches offer vital opportunities to structure your case story and reinforce key themes. Our consultants help you develop messages and multimedia to prime judges and arbitrators for your argument and then drive it home.

  By working through a thematic narrative with your team, we can help adjudicators understand and retain the core message of your case – establishing it in opening speeches, building on it through the proceedings and cementing it during closing speeches.