Criminal Law: Advanced Advocacy Essentials
Master advocacy skills by learning from the best. This stellar panel of speakers will share their wealth of knowledge on crucial advocacy skills that can make or break a case. Don’t miss the opportunity to spend the morning with these seasoned advocates as they reveal tactics and persuasive strategies you can use to improve your results inside the courtroom. This practical session will highlight written advocacy, preparation and presentation and cross examination. WEB226N05
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Nicholas Cowdery AO KC
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am Do’s and Don’ts of Advocacy
It is often said that advocacy is the art of persuasion. This practical session provides you with an insight into the Do’s and Don’ts of Advocacy, as seen through the eyes of barristers, Magistrates and Judges.
Presented by Karen Espiner, Partner, Hugo Law Group
9.50am to 10.35am Preparation and Presentation
- Submissions and sentence matters
- The art of persuasion
- The importance of developing your own style of advocacy
- The paramountcy of preparation to all advocacy
- Development of techniques to assist with effective advocacy
- Discussion of personal skills required to be an effective advocate
- Structuring your oral submissions
Presented by Kate Lloyd, Barrister, 4 Wentworth Chambers
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am Cross Examination: A Conversation not a Criss Cross Circus!
- The most basic (and most important) rules of cross-examination
- Identifying witness topics
- Preparing chapters of cross-examination
- Preparing sequences of cross-examination
- Establishing control over a witness
- Prior inconsistent statements
- Constructive cross-examination
- Cross-examination on documents
Presented by Lara Gallagher, Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers
11.35am to 12.20pm Written Advocacy
- Submissions: the right content for the right audience at the right time
- Written aides: chronologies, summaries
- Material on sentence
Presented by Sian McGee, Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers
12.20pm to 1.05pm Establishing the Grounds, and Arguing, for a Mahmood or Jones v Dunkel Direction: A Practical Workshop
- Identifying if the opportunity arises
- Undertaking the risk analysis
- Laying the foundation with written advocacy
- Deciding whether the forensic advantage outweighs the absence of the evidence – pressing on or making a stay application
- Building a confident argument to request the direction
- How to ensure that your audience understands the importance of the direction to the facts of your case
Presented by Michael Burke, Barrister, Forbes Chambers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Presenters
Nicholas Cowdery AO KC
Former Director of Public Prosecutions for NSW (1994-2011), former Barrister (since 1971), former Associate Judge of the District Court of NSW, inaugural Co-Chair Human Rights Institute of International Bar Association, former President International Association of Prosecutors, former President NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Adjunct Professor of Law and Visiting Professorial Fellow at Universities of Sydney and of NSW.
Karen Espiner
Karen Espiner is an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law and founding partner at Hugo Law Group. She was named Criminal Law Partner of the Year in the 2020 Lawyers Weekly Awards. Known for her meticulous preparation and persuasive advocacy, she is well respected by other lawyers, barristers, Magistrates and Judges. Much of Karen’s practice is devoted to representing clients who have been charged with serious criminal offences including sexual assault, drug supply/manufacture, serious assaults and corporate offences. She appears in complicated Local Court matters for clients whose professional reputations are at risk.
Kate Lloyd
Kate was admitted to the NSW Bar in 2020, and accepts briefs in all areas of law. Kate has particular interests in criminal law, personal injury litigation, intellectual property law, and the law as it relates to children in a variety of contexts including juvenile justice, and care and protection. Kate has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from UNSW.
Sian McGee
Sian McGee is a barrister at Maurice Byers Chambers. She practices in criminal, inquests/inquiries and administrative law. In 2019 she was junior counsel assisting the Inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg. In 2016-2017 she was junior counsel assisting the Royal Commission into the detention and protection of children in the Northern Territory