Advocacy Intensive
213W19: Advocacy is a fine art, and like any great artist you must perfect the craft and technique in order to succeed. This stellar panel of speakers will share their wealth of knowledge on some important advocacy skills so that you can shine when needed. Don’t miss the opportunity to spend the afternoon with these seasoned advocates as they reveal their tips with persuasive strategies to improve your results inside the courtroom.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD points in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Anthony Willinge, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2020
2.00pm to 3.00pm Written Submissions: A Tool to be Reckoned With
- Drafting written submissions for applications and trials
- Relationship between the written submissions and oral argument
- How to persuade, making the most of your opportunity
Presented by Christopher Shanahan SC, Murray Chambers; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
3.00pm to 4.00pm Going for the Whales: How to Prepare an Effective Examination in Chief and Cross Examination
Presented by Michael Nicholls QC, Francis Burt Chambers; Recommended Family Law Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2020
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
4.15pm to 5.15pm Advocacy in Mediation
- What are you trying to achieve?
- Who are you trying to persuade?
- Preparing: pre-negotiation strategies, preparing your clients
- Presenting the argument
- Effective bargaining: inventing options, expanding issues, trading concessions, breaking impasses
Presented by Scott Ellis, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Leading Construction Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2020
Presenters
Anthony Willinge
Anthony obtained his law degree from the University of Western Australia, graduating with honours and the Frank Edward Parsons Memorial Prize in Law. He also has a Masters of Law with distinction from the University of London, where he studied Wigmorean analysis and evidence and proof. Anthony commenced his career as the Professional Assistant to the Crown Counsel for WA and the Associate to Justice Scott before becoming a crown counsel at the Crown Solicitor’s office for a number of years. Anthony joined the independent Bar in 2009. Anthony is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia where he has been teaching Advanced Evidence and Proof for around 20 years.
Christopher Shanahan SC
Christopher Shanahan SC is an independent barrister and was appointed silk on 1 December 2004. He is a member of the WA Bar Association, of which he was Vice-President from 2005 until 2007. Chris's practice focuses on, administrative, civil and commercial matters, with an emphasis, on appeals. Chris served in a part time role as Acting Commissioner of the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia for 7 and a half years; he has also served as an Acting Information Commissioner. He is a Senior Sessional Member of the State Administrative Tribunal. Chris is the head of Murray Chambers a new set of barristers' chambers established in February 2017.
Michael Nicholls QC
Michael Nicholls QC is a barrister practicing in Family Law in Western Australia. As well as dealing with domestic property settlement and children's cases, he has a considerable practice in international family law, and deals with cases about international child abduction, relocation, adoption and surrogacy arrangements, jurisdiction and forum disputes and cases about the validity of marriages and divorces, as well as recognition and enforcement of foreign orders. Called to the Bar in London 1975, Michael has had a varied legal career, including being responsible for the Child Abduction Unit in the UK, a consultant to the Council of Europe on children’s matters and a visiting lecturer at the Academy of European Law in Trier. He often writes books and articles about international family law.
Scott Ellis
Scott Ellis practices as a barrister at Francis Burt Chambers in Perth and as an arbitrator, adjudicator and mediator. He is accredited to NMAS standards as a mediator. Before joining the Bar, he was a partner of Freehills for a number of years. He is a grade 1 arbitrator and a Fellow of Resolution Institute and a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration. He is the Chair of the WA Society ADR Committee. He is a Senior Sessional Member of the State Administrative Tribunal and the current Acting Corruption and Crime Commissioner.
Venue
Parmelia Hilton
Level 1, Meeting Room, 14 Mill Street
Perth 6000
WA
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - The Esplanade Station
Bus Interchange - St Georges Terrace Cloisters Green
Parking information
Parmilia Hilton - Valet Parking only - Click here to view rates.
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