ABSTRACT
Be concise, but show you know exactly what you are doing. Show you expect to win. Make it difficult to turn you down. If the Master had made up his mind, you might just change it. In concluding any presentation to a court, it is important to review what has gone before accurately and fairly. Some lawyers think that the result has already been determined by the time any concluding remarks are made. However, there are others who firmly believe in the power of summaries to convince; moreover, there are, no doubt, some cases in which the issues are so finely balanced that the ending determines the outcome.
