Presenters

Monique Cowden, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers 
Monique Cowden accepts briefs in all areas of commercial litigation. She regularly appears unled in all jurisdictions, and is often briefed as junior counsel in large and significant matters including class actions and appeals. Before being called to the Bar, Monique worked as an experienced commercial litigator at pre-eminent firms in Sydney. She won the Lawyers’ Weekly ‘Best 30 Lawyers under 30’ national award two years in a row in the categories of Litigation and her service to Pro-Bono work. She holds degrees in Law and Economics & Social Sciences, and graduated from the University of Sydney in 2008 with Honours and various academic prizes. She also holds a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney.


Campbell Bridge SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
Campbell Bridge SC was admitted to the NSW Bar in July 1977 and appointed Senior Counsel in 1998. His practice has predominately involved complex commercial, product liability, public liability and professional indemnity cases both as a mediator and counsel. He has acted in major inquests and as Counsel Assisting in a Royal Commission. Campbell has acted as a mediator in several hundred major mediations in both Australia and Asia. He has spoken at numerous international conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia on negotiation, culture and mediation of commercial and professional liability disputes in Australia and Asia. He has also taught on aspects of mediation, negotiation, culture and professional negligence disputes at the Dispute Resolution in Asia LLM course at Sydney University, the Indonesian Mediation Centre, and the Melbourne Law Masters Program. He is on the panel of Arbitrators of BANI (Indonesia National Board of Arbitration). He is an Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS) of Australia and is as a Mediator and Arbitrator by the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He is a guest international mediator of the Pusat Mediasi Nasional (Indonesian Mediation Centre).