Thursday, 12 March 2026
Chair
Genevieve Dee, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters) Doyle’s Guide 2026
Professional Skills
Single Experts in Family Law: Mastering the Rulebook
- Is the person an appropriate choice?
- Traversal and mastery of the rules regarding expert evidence
- Single vs. Adversarial expert evidence; what is required for leave to adduce adversarial evidence
- How to do a proper joint letter of instructions to the expert
- Asking questions of the expert properly and effectively
- Content of a statement of facts; disparate statements of fact or hypotheses
- Cross examination
- Recent cases
Presented by Simone Fraser, Barrister, French Quarter Chambers; Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2026 and Rebecca Barron, Barrister, French Quarter Chambers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Presenters
Simone Fraser, Barrister, Level 19, Inns of CourtSimone has been admitted as a legal practitioner since 2007 and commenced practice at the Bar in 2013. Simone regularly appears in the Federal Circuit and Family Court. She practices primarily in the area of family law and is a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, a nationally accredited mediator and a nationally accredited family law arbitrator. Prior coming to the Bar, Simone was an Associate to Justice Philippides of the Supreme Court of Queensland and worked in private practice. Simone subsequently spent several years working in-house before returning to private practice as a solicitor. Simone was the recipient of the Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship from Bond University where she completed a Bachelor of Laws with Honours and a Bachelor of International Relations. She also holds an MBA which she completed at the European School of Management, Paris. Between 2018 and 2026, Simone has consistently been named in Doyle’s Guide in the Family Law Junior Counsel & Mediator Recommended categories for Queensland. Simone was one of the Counsel Assisting to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. Simone has chambers in both Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Rebecca Barron, Barrister, French Quarter Chambers
Rebecca is a barrister with French Quarter Chambers (Brisbane and Gold Coast). She is also an accredited mediator and FDRP. Prior to joining the bar in 2024, Rebecca was a solicitor for 16 years and gained accreditation as a family law specialist in 2015.
Genevieve Dee, Partner, Lander & Rogers
Accredited Family Law Specialist Genevieve Dee is a partner at Lander and Rogers and has worked exclusively in family law and has fifteen years’ experience. Genevieve specialises in all aspects of family law, including parenting and property matters, financial agreements, spousal maintenance and child support issues. Doyle’s Guide 2022 has recognised Genevieve as a Pre-eminent Family & Divorce Lawyer, Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer and Recommended Complex and High-Value Property Matters Lawyer in Brisbane. In addition, Genevieve has been named as recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer in the Doyle’s Guide 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 national listings.
