They say you know you have a good advocate in front of you when they know how to use evidence and cross-examine with purpose. There are proven techniques to achieve this, and in this focused lunchtime session, you will explore them with precision. Explore advanced strategies in evidence collection, preparation and admissibility - plus how to avoid common traps that can derail your case.
Thursday, 6 November 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Hugh Stowe, Barrister, 5 Wentworth Chambers
Professional Skills
1.15pm to 2.15pm Advanced Strategies in Evidence and Trial Strategy
Explore advanced strategies in evidence collection, preparation and admissibility. Don’t limit your ability to secure the best outcome. Instead, learn to navigate the litigation challenges with confidence, clarity and purpose. Learn how to handle:
- Legal professional privilege
- Complexities of electronic documents and large-volume discovery
- Admitting and preparing expert evidence in complex commercial litigation
Presented by Julian O’Sullivan, Barrister, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Presenters
Hugh Stowe, Barrister, 5 Wentworth ChambersHugh 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.
Julian O’Sullivan, Barrister at law, 13 Wentworth Chambers
Julian O'Sullivan of 13 Wentworth Chambers was admitted to practice as a solicitor in March 1996. He worked in the dispute resolution group of Mallesons Stephen Jaques. In 2001 he joined the London office of Linklaters & Alliance as a member of its Intellectual Property, IT and Communications Group. Since being called to the Bar in 2003, Mr O'Sullivan has practised in the fields of commercial and corporate, banking and insolvency, competition and trade practices, intellectual property, aviation and professional negligence.
This seminar is part of a series
Litigators Toolkit: From Mediation through Settling Litigation, Urgent Applications
Designed specifically with your busy schedule in mind, the Litigators Toolkit Over Lunch series brings together some of Australia’s biggest voices in litigation to provide practical, focused guidance on today’s most pressing issues. Across four targeted one-hour sessions, gain expert insights on negotiation, mediation, arbitration, evidence, urgent applications, and settlement strategy - all tailored to fit your schedule without demanding too much time.
Description
Attend and earn 4 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.
View series listing
