Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Chair
Darrell Kake, Partner, Longton Legal; Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Briefing Expert Witnesses (Without Telling Them What to Say)
- Rules governing the briefing of experts
- Admissibility of opinion evidence
- Are draft reports and communications privileged?
- Is it ever permissible to assist an expert draft their report and, if so, how far is too far?
- Case study: New Aim Pty Ltd v Leung[2023] FCAFC 67
Presented by Brian Rom, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth
Presenters
Brian Rom, Special Counsel, HWL Ebsworth
Brian is a construction lawyer with more than 20 years' experience. He has conducted many high value arbitrations, court proceedings, and expert determinations in Australia and internationally. These have involved complex technical matters, including claims for delay, disruption, and prolongation costs. He regularly conducts adjudications and mediations. His general disputes experience covers oil and gas, renewables, shipping, mining, logistics, property, general commercial and fraud related matters. Prior to moving to Australia in 2008, he practiced in London for eight years on multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and court proceedings. Brian is a regular speaker on construction law and general contract related topics. In the 2023 Doyle's Guide, Brian is listed as a "rising star" for construction, infrastructure and projects law matters in the Victorian legal market and as a future leading lawyer within the area.
Darrell Kake, Partner, Longton Legal
Darrell is a partner at Longton Legal and has conducted court proceedings in NSW, QLD, VIC and the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea. Darrell is a NSW Law Society accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a member of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Commercial Litigation Advisory Committee. Before his return to NSW, Darrell was previously the equivalent in Queensland. Darrell is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law’s specialist Masters of Law (LLM) in Commercial Litigation and was an officer in the Australian Army Reserve for over 20 years.
