Enhance your expertise in key areas of government litigation skills Gain comprehensive, practical insights and actionable strategies for tackling complex legal issues faced by government practitioners. Explore the challenges of legal professional privilege, public interest immunity, and Cabinet confidentiality. Gain valuable insights into the essential steps for preparing cases in Freedom of Information (FOI) and privacy matters. Master the art of drafting effective, admissible affidavits and witness statements together with the management of government deponents.
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Susan Anderson, Barrister, Chambers 33
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm Preparing Your Case in FOI and Privacy Proceedings
- What’s required in the preliminary stages
- Preparation of evidence and legal submissions
- Dealing with self-represented litigants
- Differences between FOI and privacy cases
Presented by Melanie Olynyk, Partner, Maddocks
3.00pm to 3.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
3.15pm to 4.15pm Affidavit Drafting and Taking Statements: Practical Tips for Government Lawyers
- How to draft an admissable, persuasive and effective affidavit or witness statement
- Managing practical issues for government deponents
- Ethical considerations
Presented by Tim Maybury, Barrister, 6 St James Hall
Professional Skills
1.00pm to 2.00pm Understanding and Claiming Privileges Applicable to Government Lawyers
- Legal professional privilege for government
- Public interest immunity
- Cabinet in confidence
Presented by Tom Egan, Barrister, Greens List, Chancery Chambers
Presenters
Susan Anderson, Barrister, Chambers 33
Susan has been a barrister with a general civil practice in Queensland since 2003. In her personal injuries practice she specialises in pure psychiatric injuries whether in the workplace or caused in other ways. Susan also practices in administrative law, commercial claims, and white collar crime.
Tom Egan, Barrister, Greens List, Chancery Chambers
Melanie Olynyk, Partner, Maddocks
Melanie Olynyk is a Partner in Maddocks' Public Law Group specialising in governance and administrative law. She has extensive experience in providing advice and training on FOI, privacy and record keeping for State Government, Local Government and statutory authorities, and she has also appeared in numerous FOI and privacy proceedings before the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT). Melanie also regularly advises on statutory interpretation, delegations and protected disclosures. Melanie was ranked by the 2010 member survey of the Australian Corporate Lawyers Association as one of Australia's: "A team of great lawyers". Melanie is the author of the Lawyers Practice Manual Chapters on Victorian FOI and Privacy. She has also been a regular presenter at Leo Cussen on FOI and privacy since 2005.
Tim Maybury, Barrister, 6 St James Hall
