Litigation 101 Series: Pleadings, Preparing, Evidence and Resolution
A back to basics litigation 101 series that will provide you with key skills in four major areas that will elevate you and your practice to a new level. The series is conveniently scheduled during lunchtime over 4 weeks and can be watched live online or as an on-demand recording. Book the entire series to gain the full benefit of the program or just the sessions you want to attend. This is a must attend program for those starting out or simply for those wanting a refresher. WEB226N29
Description
Attend the full series and earn 4 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
Session 1
Thursday, 2 June 2022
Listen to an essential ‘how to’ guide that will provide you with the key tools to ensuring the of effectiveness of your drafted pleadings. WEB226N29A
Chair: Jane Kupsch, Partner, Kennedys
1.00pm to 2.15pm Drafting Effective Pleadings: Examples, Checklists and Guides
- The theory of the case and why we have pleadings
- Organising content: material facts vs particulars vs evidence
- Types of pleadings: claims, defences, replies and counterclaims
- Amendments and strike out: the when, the why and the how
- Drafting strategically: effective pleadings and some things to avoid
Presented by Nola Pearce, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers
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Session 2
Thursday, 9 June 2022
Gain in in-depth guide to assist you when working with experts. Learn how to select and brief experts as well as understanding what might be protected by privilege and principles of admissibility. WEB226N29B
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth
1.00pm to 2.15pm A Guide to Working with Experts
- Selecting and briefing experts
- Preparing experts and their reports: strategies and ethical limits
- Expert reports and legal professional privilege: principles, strategies, and pitfalls
- Uniform Civil Procedure Guidelines
- Admissibility of reports: principles for compliance, and strategies for objection
- The ‘Hot Tub’: Should the experts be swimming in it?
Presented by Hugh Stowe, Barrister, 5 Wentworth Chambers
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Session 3
Thursday,16 June 2022
Trial preparation and the steps to take in setting up your trial is an essential skill for the success of your case. You’ll learn best steps to take in the preparation for your trial while analysing some of the tips and traps to briefing counsel effectively. WEB226N29C
Chair: Jules Moxon, Barrister, Chambers 33
1.00pm to 2.15pm Trial Preparation and What Barristers Need and Want
- Pre-trial evidence exchanges vs ‘at trial’ evidence
- Issuing and resisting subpoenas
- Notices to admit facts and documents: consequences of a failure to respond and how to remedy a failure to respond
- Developing a case theory
- Briefing counsel: tips and traps
Presented by Brett Heath, In-House Advocate, Carter Newell
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Session 4
Thursday, 23 June 2022
You will learn the skills to identify what it will take to bring a quick resolution to litigation and will gain a key understanding on when to use one alternative resolution strategy vs another for the best results. WEB226N29D
Chair: Ron Moss, Senior Associate, HWL Ebsworth
1.00pm to 2.15pm Settlement Fundamentals: Bringing Litigation to an Early End
- Offers of compromise and Calderbank offers: differences, strengths, and weaknesses
- Record the terms of agreement: settlement vs deed – What are the differences?
- Settlement fundamentals: Why ADR?
- Arbitration or mediation
- Representing your client effectively
- Dealing with legal costs
Presented by Anthony Cheshire SC, 8 Wentworth Chambers
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Presenters
Hugh Stowe
Hugh Stowe is a barrister and mediator, with chambers at 5 Wentworth. He has a broad commercial and equity practice, including trial and appellate and inquiry work, with particular specialisation corporations law, insolvency and directors’ duties, restraint of trade. Before coming to Bar, Mr Stowe obtained an LLM at Cambridge, practised as a solicitor in firms now known as King & Wood Mallesons, and Herbert Smith Freehills, and was Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court. He has publications in the area of ethics, expert evidence, legal professional privilege, restitution, and has a current research interest in settlement theory and mediation practice.