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Issues covered include: admissibility, advanced rulings, expert evidence, contracts, deeds, Royal Commissions, compulsory examinations, privilege, waiver, advocacy, interlocutory & urgent applications
Effective evidence provides the foundation to a solid case. Skilled advocacy provides the tools to build that foundation into a winning case. Without either, everything will crumble. This advanced masterclass focuses on high level evidence admissibility issues while offering valuable insights on advocacy from some of the profession’s foremost advocates and His Honour Judge Blackmore so you’ll have the tools for success in any matter.
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Substantive Law
3 units in Professional Skills
This conference was recorded in NSW on 1 March 2019
Evidence Masterclass: Admissibility and Privilege
Chair: Peter Taylor SC, 13th Floor St James Hall; General Editor, Ritchie’s NSW Uniform Civil Procedure and former General Editor, Ritchie’s NSW Supreme Court Practice
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Admissibility and Persuasive Expert Evidence: Identifying Problem Areas
Presented by James Glissan ESM QC, H B Higgins Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am: Advanced Rulings on Admissibility: S192A Evidence Act
Presented by Sydney Jacobs, Barrister, Thirteen Wentworth Selborne Chambers
10.35am to 11.20am: Admissibility of Evidence on Construction of Contacts and Deeds
Presented by Dr Elisabeth Peden, Barrister and Mediator, Third Floor Wentworth Chambers
11.20am to 11.35am Morning Tea
11.35am to 12.20pm: Subsequent Use of Evidence Given in Royal Commissions and Compulsory Examinations
Presented by Alexander Kuklik, Barrister, Third Floor Wentworth Chambers; Lecturer on Evidence Law, Sydney University and Legal Practitioners Admission Board
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Protecting Client Legal Privilege and Avoiding Inadvertent Waiver
Presented by Brenda Tronson, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Practical Advocacy; Insights from the Bench and Bar
Chair: John Maconachie QC, 5 Selborne
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Storytelling as Advocacy: How to Win over the Bench
Presented by Jodi Steele, Barrister, Thirteen Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Advocacy on Interlocutory and Urgent Applications for Practitioners
Presented by Anthony Cheshire SC, 8 Wentworth Chambers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: INSIGHTS FROM THE BENCH: Effective Advocacy from the Perspective of the Bench
Presented by Her Honour Judge S J Huggett, District Court of NSW