CPD Core Competency Areas for Commercial Litigators
Issues covered include: Technology document review, Commercial disputes, Negotiation, Implied Waiver of Privilege and Inadvertent Disclosure.
Description
No matter how good a litigator is they can always be better. From staying on top of the many implications stemming from electronic lodgement at the courts, to sidestepping the pitfalls of implied waiver of privilege to becoming a positive problem solver in a dispute, this seminar tailor made for litigators, will assist you in making your practice that much stronger and more successful. Oh, and knocking out your CPD core areas while you elevate your practice isn’t a bad deal either.
Attend and earn 3 CPD points including:
1 point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 point in Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This seminar was recorded in WA on 14 March 2019
Chair: Stephen Owen-Conway QC, Sir Lawrence Jackson Chambers
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Accelerating Document Review: Tools to Maximise Efficiency and Results
- Technology assisted review
- Email threading and other techniques
- What you may be missing out on right now and what is on the horizon
Presented by Jonathan Prideaux, Director and Lynden Philpott, Manager, Forensic & Technology Services, Clayton Utz
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Effective Negotiation Strategies for Commercial Disputes
- Pre-negotiation strategies: persuading parties to negotiate, set goals and expectations, identify and explore motivation
- Effective bargaining: seeking common interest, uncovering assumptions, maximising interest, creating options, expanding issues and trading concessions
- Breaking the deadlock: strategies for avoiding deadlock
- Closing the deal: techniques for reaching closure
Presented by Tom Offer, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Recommended Insurance & Personal Injury Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Implied Waiver of Privilege and Inadvertent Disclosure: Untangling Ethical Knots
Waiver of privilege is one of those topics that keeps practitioners up at night. But what should you actually be concerned about, and what can you do to minimise risks and correct problems?
- How an implied waiver of privilege can arise, discussed through practical examples of common and not-so-common cases
- Steps to put in place to avoid a potential waiver
- What to do if you discover you, or someone else, has waived privilege
Presented by Ariane Owen, Senior Associate, Allen & Overy