Family Law Interim Hearings Dos and Don’ts
Interim hearings can leave you scrambling! Before the end of year rush, is the time to upskill or gain a refresher on how to get your interim hearings over the line & avoid the common traps. You’ll gain tips from our experienced panel on how you can streamline your preparation & run your interim hearing successfully. Plus, takeaway valuable insights on how to approach different types of interim hearings. 2211N16
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Maurice Edwards, Special Counsel, Rafton Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator; Recommended Family Law Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2020
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm Learn How to Approach Different Interim Hearings: Common Pitfalls
Understand how you might approach different interim hearings, identifying the differences to be considered when acting for the parent or child and how to match your evidence to your case theory whether it’s a parenting or property matter.
Presented by Claire Cantrall, Barrister, Waratah Chambers; Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Barrister and Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2022
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm How to Run the Interim Hearing: FCFCOA Rules and Other Tips
- On the day of the hearing
- Remembering what you want to get out of the hearing
- Using the initial triage mention for success
- Importance of putting a short case outline and why
- Dealing with Tender bundles on the day
- FCFCoA Rules: common traps
- What is ‘The Pathway’?
- Things that come back to bite: the importance of interim affidavits in relation to the final hearing
- Some traps: advocacy and other issues
Presented by Mary Rebehy, Barrister, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm Streamlining your Preparation
- Identifying the real issues and narrowing what is in dispute
- How to think about the evidence you have and need for an interim/interlocutory event
- Drafting and marshalling supporting evidence: client’s affidavit, subpoena, and other evidence I should gather
- What Rules of Evidence apply at the interim stage?
- So… your client has a recording?
- Admissibility of material
- What are the remedies
- Dealing with the other side’s failure to provide proper disclosure
Presented by Elizabeth Rusiti, Barrister,Queen’s Square Chambers
Presenters
Maurice Edwards
Maurice Edwards is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, a Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), a Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator. He is a Collaborative Family Lawyer and was President of the Greater Sydney Collaborative Family Law Group. Maurice is a Public Notary and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries. He is the Rafton Arbitration and Mediation Practice (RAMP) leader and heads a team of mediators, arbitrators and parenting co-ordinators dedicated to providing easier access to allow parties to resolve family law disputes. Maurice has trained in Japan specifically in the mediation of disputes relating to the Hague Child Abduction Convention. He has 38 years’ experience in family law and is Special Counsel at Rafton Family Lawyers.
Elizabeth Rusiti
Elizabeth Rusiti was a solicitor for 20 years before coming to the Bar. During the first half of her career, she worked for a mid-tier Sydney firm in commercial litigation, specialising in admiralty, shipping and international trade disputes. Subsequently, Elizabeth gained considerable experience at boutique family law firms, developing a reputation as a senior practitioner in that field, representing clients in all aspects of family law disputes. Her focus in family law matters is on assisting clients to resolve their disputes, wherever possible. After a break from legal practice, Elizabeth came to the Bar in 2020. During her first 2 years at the Bar, as well as accepting Briefs in family law matters and contract disputes, Elizabeth has been junior Counsel in Supreme and Federal Court disputes between customers and their banks, as well as in recent Supreme Court proceedings challenging the validity of the NSW Public Health Orders.
Mary Rebehy
Mary Rebehy is a Barrister in Sydney who practises in a range of jurisdictions including administrative law, family law, and workplace facilitation. Mary is an accredited mediator and family dispute resolution practitioner. She has been a member of the Legal Aid Commission dispute resolution panel since 2000 and regularly chairs the court ordered mediations at the Parramatta, Family Court. Mary was previously the Manager of Executive and Ministerial Services at Office of State Revenue, and Director of Legal Management Services for the Department of Justice and Attorney General where she coordinated the Legal Services Review with NSW Treasury. Mary was appointed as a conference registrar at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal from 2006 to 2009 and currently serves on the Tribunal panel of early dispute resolution practitioners.
Claire Cantrall
Claire Cantrall was admitted to the Bar in 2014 and is a member of the NSW Bar Association. Prior to coming to the bar, Claire was admitted as a solicitor in 2009 and practiced largely in the area of family law, working as both solicitor and solicitor advocate. Claire has extensive experience in the Family Law jurisdiction, having acted for parties and children in parenting matters as well as acting in property matters. Claire has appeared before the Full Court of the Family Court of Australia, the Family Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, the NSW Supreme Court and the Children's Court of NSW in various Registries. Claire has appeared in country sittings of the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia throughout NSW. Claire regularly delivers Continuing Legal Education in family law covering various legal topics, including presentations for the Law Society of NSW, the College of Law and NSW Young Lawyers Family Law Seminars. Claire is a member of the NSW Bar Association Family Law Committee, was recently named by the Doyle's Guide as one of the recommended Family & Divorce Law Junior Counsel in Australia and has contributed to the Council of Law Reporting for NSW Family Law project.
Venue
Legalwise Seminars - Pitt Street
Level 11 70 Pitt Street
Sydney 2000 NSW
Australia
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Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km