Contemporary Civil Litigation Workshop
A must attend workshop for civil litigation lawyers at all levels wanting to lift their drafting skills, learn new techniques, gain confidence dealing with experts and get the most out of witnesses and submissions. Accomplished presenter & prominent barrister Robert Cameron will present a unique perspective on how to get it right & how to avoid getting it wrong when preparing effective pleadings, applications, affidavits & submissions & working with lay & expert witnesses in contemporary civil litigation.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
Pleadings
- Drafting effective pleadings
- Requesting particulars: to seek or not to seek, that is the question
- Particulars: how best presented
Applications
- Preparing persuasive applications
- Drawing helpful and readily comprehensible affidavits
Witness Statements
- Obtaining witness statements that are relevant, admissible and forensically advantageous
Expert Witnesses
- Best practice in working with experts
- Challenging expert evidence
Submissions
- Developing persuasive submissions
How solicitors can make better use of counsel and vice versa
- Working effectively between solicitor and counsel
Presented by Robert A Cameron, Barrister, Bar Chambers
Robert Cameron has extensive experience in the conduct of complex litigation at trial and appellate level in all areas of practice, principally in the Federal and Supreme Courts, in South Australia, Interstate and occasionally overseas.
Solicitors and counsel at all levels involved in contemporary civil litigation should benefit from this seminar.