In urgent matters, every minute counts - but shortcuts and pressure can trigger costly mistakes. Whether you're responding to injunctions, emergency applications or interim relief, this session is designed for litigation practitioners who need to prepare, draft and run interlocutory matters under pressure. Delivered through real examples and practical commentary you will be guided through the tools you will require to prepare and advocate your Urgent Applications.
Thursday, 13 November 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair:
Luke Buchanan, Co-Founder and Principal, Buchanan Rees Dispute Lawyers, Best Lawyers Australia, Litigation (2014-2026) and Class Action Litigation (2015-2025)
Professional Skills
1.15pm to 2.15pm Practical Tools for Urgent Applications and Advocacy Under Pressure: Getting It Right, Fast
Learn how to manage pressure without compromising the integrity or admissibility of your application - and how to support your client when every minute counts.
- Draft clear, targeted interlocutory applications and summonses, with strategic purpose
- Prepare effective supporting affidavits: What’s admissible? What’s persuasive? What’s procedurally necessary to succeed?
- Avoid pitfalls around privilege, waiver, and over-disclosure, particularly in time-sensitive matters, on the age of AI-generated content
- Respond quickly and clearly in court
- Anticipate and handle challenges around expert evidence and confidential material when there’s no time to spare
Presented by Anthony Cheshire SC, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Presenters
Anthony Cheshire SC, 8 Wentworth ChambersAnthony was called to the English Bar in 1992 and practised at the bar in London before coming to Sydney in 2003. He practices from the 8th Floor Wentworth Chambers in a broad range of areas, but with a particular focus upon general commercial, corporations, insolvency, wills and estates, equity, charities, associations, inquiries, property, licensing, insurance and professional negligence. He has extensive experience in relation to the internal affairs of corporations and associations and has acted for a variety of commercial, sporting, recreational, religious, political and other bodies and their members. He has been a barrister for over 30 years and was appointed Senior Counsel in 2015.
Luke Buchanan, Co-Founder and Principal, Buchanan Rees Dispute Lawyers
Luke has over 25 years' experience representing blue chip corporations and government clients in large, complex litigation and regulatory investigations, often with a value in the tens or hundreds of millions. Luke's experience spans disputes relating to the Corporations Act (including the provisions applying to financial services licensees), mergers and acquisitions, directors' duties, shareholders' rights, trustee and fiduciary duties, misleading or deceptive conduct, white-collar crime, termination of contracts (including the assessment of damages) and investigations by ASIC, APRA and ACCC. Luke is recognised in "The Best Lawyers in Australia" for Litigation (2014-2024) and Class Action Litigation (2015-2023); the 2022 winner of the International Advisory Experts (now known as Global Referral Group) award for Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year in Australia; named by Acquisition International Magazine as Sydney's Leading Complex Litigation & Regulatory Lawyer of the Year for 2023; and a Global Law Experts (GLE) "Recommended Attorney" and the holder of the exclusive GLE Commercial Litigation law position in Australia. Prior to establishing Buchanan Rees Dispute Lawyers, Luke spent over 20 years (including 13 years as a partner) in Litigation & Dispute Resolution at a top-tier, national law firm.
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.
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