NCAT Practice and Procedure
Issues covered include: appearing in NCAT matters, dispute resolution, effective advocacy, appealing NCAT decisions
Description
What better way to master your practice and procedure in the NCAT than to hear firsthand from the experts themselves? Pick up essential tips and tricks as a Deputy President, a Senior Member and leading barristers share their experience and provide practical guidance on the key issues faced when litigating in NCAT.
Attend and earn 4 CPD units including:
2 units in Professional Skills
2 units in Substantive Law
Chair: Andrew Coleman SC, Senior Member, New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal
9.00am to 10.00am: NCAT’s Jurisdiction and Appearing in NCAT Matters
- Overview of NCAT’S jurisdiction and structure
- Ascertaining when NCAT proceedings should be commenced
- Appearing in NCAT matters: practical issues
- Procedural standards, requirements and considerations in NCAT matters
Presented by Mark Robinson SC, Maurice Byers Chambers; author, NCAT – Practice and Procedure, Thomson Reuters
Professional Skills
10.00am to 11.00am: Dispute Resolution in NCAT
- ADR in NCAT: mediation, conciliation, conclave and preliminary sessions
- What to expect and how to prepare
- Forms, documents and time frames
- What should be produced or discovered to the other side
- Getting the best deal for your client
Presented by Tom Davie, Barrister, Queens Square Chambers
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
Professional Skills
11.15am to 12.15pm: Effective Advocacy in NCAT
- Persuasive advocacy in NCAT: What does it take?
- Knowing what to say and how to say it
- Cases conferences vs hearings
Presented by Richard Perrignon, Barrister, Four St James
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Appealing NCAT Decisions: What, Where, When and How
- Identifying the appropriate appeal court
- When is it a question of fact or law?
- What are appealable decisions?
- Practical tips and preparing for the appeal hearing
- Appeals on interlocutory decisions
Presented by Sarah Warren, Barrister, 9 Windeyer Chambers
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
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