CPD Core Competency Areas for Personal Injury Lawyers
Issues covered include: Assessment of Costs in the District and Supreme Courts, How to Prosecute and/or Defend a Stress Claim, Ethical Considerations
Description
You have to gain your CPD core competency area points, so why not get them out of the way early while attending a session that’s been crafted to enhance your personal injury practice? Gain practical tips and insightful guidance on how to navigate costs issues in a useful manner with both your clients and the courts. Examine how to successfully prosecute and/or defend a stress claim. Explore ethical issues in relation to your client and their sensitive matters.
Attend and earn 3 CPD points including:
1 CPD point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 CPD point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 CPD point in Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Chair: Ian Weldon, Barrister, Sir Clifford Grant Chambers
Competency Area 1: Practice Management
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Assessment of Costs in the District and Supreme Courts: Invaluable Knowledge for Legal Practitioners
- Solicitor and client costs: regulations and procedure
- An analysis of party and party costs in the District Court with an emphasis of special costs orders
- File management
Presented by Amy Pascoe, Associate Director, Coulson Legal
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: How to Prosecute and/or Defend a Stress Claim
- Practical tips
- Case management and document/evidence creation and control
- Effective communication between the parties
Presented by David Burton, Partner, SRB Legal
4.00pm to 4.15pm: Afternoon Tea
Competency Area 3: Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Considerations for Personal Injury Lawyers
- Ethical considerations when instructing a medical professional
- Dealing with a self-represented or unrepresented opposing party
- Working with a client who has a mental illness
- Working on traumatic or sensitive matters
Presented by Nicholas van Hattem, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia