An Analysis of Affidavits: How to Draft for Excellence
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Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Professional Skills
An Analysis of Affidavits: How to Draft for Excellence
- Writing for a purpose: why an affidavit?
- The mechanics of affidavit preparation
- How to comply with rules & eliminate objectionable material
- Tips & techniques
Presented by Darrell Kake, Partner, Longton Legal
Presenters
Darrell Kake
Darrell is a partner at Longton Legal and has conducted court proceedings in NSW, QLD, VIC and the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea. Darrell is a NSW Law Society accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a member of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Commercial Litigation Advisory Committee. Before his return to NSW, Darrell was previously the equivalent in Queensland. Darrell is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law’s specialist Masters of Law (LLM) in Commercial Litigation and was an officer in the Australian Army Reserve for over 20 years. Darrell has prepared many affidavits. He secretly believes that oral evidence is best as it most accurately reflects the observations of witnesses, however considers that careful drafting can significantly improve the quality of affidavit evidence.