Litigation Series: The Skilled Litigator’s Guide: Drawing a Statement of Claim and Drafting a Defence
In the world of litigation, knowing how to properly draw up a Statement of Claim or Draft a Defence can make or break a case. Join Barrister Robert Turnbull for an intensely practical session that focuses on the essentials of pleading a case, providing you with the tools and knowledge needed to effectively represent your client. WEB235N03AZ
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Lisa Gooneratne, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Drawing a Statement of Claim and Drafting a Defence
- Your client has a claim? Or they’ve just been served with a statement of claim? What to do?
- Focus on the essentials of pleading a case – both in attack and defence
- Intensely practical – not all the rules and theory about pleading – but what you actually need to put down on the page, and how to get the right instructions to do it
Presented by Robert Turnbull, Barrister, Eight Wentworth Chambers
Presenters
Lisa Gooneratne
Lisa has extensive experience in personal injury insurance law, in a variety of areas. Lisa acts for both private insurers and Government agencies, in the areas of public liability, workers compensation, medical negligence, coronial inquests, medical disciplinary matters and motor vehicle accidents. Lisa also acts for a self-insurers, including a national airline and national banks, in relation to personal injury claims. Lisa is actively involved in the ACT legal community, being a former chair of the Young Lawyers Committee and currently a Commissioner and Board member of the ACT Legal Aid Commission.
Robert Turnbull
Robert accepts briefs in all areas of law, to advise and appear throughout Australia and abroad. His principal areas of practice are commercial, public law, tax and white-collar crime disputes. He has particular expertise in arbitration, as counsel and tribunal secretary. Before the Bar, Robert was a solicitor at Clayton Utz, and Slaughter and May in London, with a broad disputes and investigations practice. In both Australia and the United Kingdom he has acted for financial institutions, governments, pharmaceutical and medical device companies, manufacturers and companies in the resources sector, as well as individuals. Previously, he was Tribunal Secretary to Professor Doug Jones AO, international arbitrator. Formerly, he was tipstaff to the Hon. Justice P A Bergin AO, Chief Judge in Equity. Robert holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Sydney.