The coding scheme involved 15 constructions that were applied to court transcripts. The notion of child-unfriendly questioning was introduced to facilitate the calculation of percentages and frequencies. Multiple coding of exchanges allowed the use of percentages to portray the true nature of lawyers' questioning styles. Descriptive analysis was performed by counting individual code frequencies for each examination type. Percentages of child-unfriendly components were also calculated by dividing the total for each category by the number of exchanges within the transcript. A relatively large proportion of child-unfriendly questioning was observed. Lawyers did not change their style across witnesses to adapt to each individual child's needs. Policy and practice implications of the study findings are discussed, and the authors highlight the discrepancy between questioning that is permitted by police officers and social workers before children reach court and questioning that is sanctioned in court. 30 references, 2 tables, and 4 figures