Chair
Vahan Bedrossian SC, Wardell Chambers
Professional Skills
The Art and Craft of Mediation Advocacy
- What is advocacy?
- How are mediation advocacy and litigation advocacy similar and different?
- Target of advocacy
- Subject matter of advocacy
- Role of lawyer
- Language
- Negotiation strategies and bargaining power
- What is the scope of adversarial and partisan conduct in mediation advocacy
- Preparation is key – what needs to be done?
- Position Papers
- Joint sessions
- Positional bargaining
- The “endgame”
- The ethical minefield
Presented by Hugh Stowe, Barrister, 5 Wentworth Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Vahan Bedrossian SC, Wardell Chambers
Vahan Bedrossian was called to the Bar in February 2000 and took silk in 2020. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of Sydney. His practice is primarily in the areas of commercial law, corporate law, equity, insolvency and property. Vahan is a member of Wardell Chambers. Since coming to the Bar, Vahan has been involved in a wide range of long and complex matters, including lengthy multi-party commercial disputes and appeal proceedings.
Hugh Stowe, Barrister, 5 Wentworth Chambers
Hugh Stowe is a member of 5th Floor Wentworth Chambers, and has been at the bar for 10 years. He practices in equity and commercial litigation, with specialization in insolvency and corporations law matters. He has an undergraduate degree from Sydney University, and a Master of Laws from Cambridge. Before coming to the Bar, he practiced at Freehills and Mallesons, and was the Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. He has also lectured in law in the University of Durham, in the UK, in subjects including administrative law. While at the Bar, he served for 3 years as legal adviser of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the ASX, in which capacity he sat in on disciplinary proceedings before that Tribunal. He has also served for 4 years on a Professional Conduct Committee at the Bar, being a committee involved in disciplinary proceedings against barristers. Has written papers and delivered seminars on various topics, including bias, expert evidence, legal professional privilege, corporations law, the ethics of witness preparation, restraint of trade.