Upskill your NCAT practice and procedure with this comprehensive seminar dealing with key issues facing practitioners. Understand the nuances of NCAT’s jurisdiction and appearing in NCAT, examine the appeal mechanisms and gain practical tips for an appeal hearing. Hear firsthand from experienced barristers and benefit from practical guidance on key issues faced when litigating in NCAT.

Presenters

Mark Robinson SC, Macquarie Street Chambers
Mark Robinson is a senior counsel based in Sydney practicing in administrative law and general law. He was a founding part-time Judicial Member of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales in the General Division - hearing matters on privacy and freedom of information. He served on that tribunal and its Appeal Panel for seven years. For sixteen years, Mark was an occasional part-time lecturer in undergraduate ‘Administrative Law’ in the Law Faculties of the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales. For twenty six years, Mark acted as the lead author and editor of New South Wales Administrative Law, a two volume looseleaf service, published by Thomson Reuters (since 1996) which covers Supreme Court judicial review, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT), statutory interpretation, freedom of information and privacy. Mark has authored and edited three legal texts (each published by Thomson Reuters): Judicial Review: The Laws of Australia published in 2014, with an encyclopaedic coverage of judicial review Australia wide; NCAT - Practice and Procedure, 2nd ed, published in 2020; and Administrative Law: The Laws of Australia, published in 2017. It concerns State and Federal tribunals and it also covers the Ombudsmen and freedom of information around Australia.


Theresa Simon, Principal Member, NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Theresa Simon was admitted as a Solicitor in 2002. She is currently a Principal Member of NCAT and is primarily appointed to the Consumer and Commercial Division and cross appointed to the Appeals, Guardianship and Administrative and Equal Opportunity Divisions. Theresa has practiced as a solicitor in private practice in Western Sydney and established the Home Building Advocacy service at Macquarie Legal Centre. From 2008-2011, Theresa lectured in Law at Western Sydney University; 2011-2013, appointed as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner with Legal Aid and was previously a secondary school teacher in Western Sydney.


Timothy Bland, Barrister, Hunter Street Chambers
Tim Bland came to the Bar from a background in human services and the building industry for the first 20 years of his working life. Educated at Melbourne's Wesley College he has from there achieved a BA in 1991 and LLB in 2000. Tim was admitted to practice in 2000 and called to the Bar in 2002. He worked in a boutique construction law firm from 1999 to 2001. Since admission he has focused on building & construction disputes and has is an accredited Adjudicator under both the Queensland and NSW security for payment acts. He has also obtained a post-graduate qualification in mediation and arbitration. Tim appears in all jurisdictions that have a building & construction division or focus including but not limited to Builder Licensing in the ADT Home Building matters in the NCAT, Local District and Supreme Court. He has also appeared in the superior courts of Victoria and Queensland. Tim is able to focus the industry knowledge, which is kept current by membership of the Master Builders Association and serving their committees, and legal expertise to each matter in which he is briefed. Tim also appears in the Corporations list of the Supreme Court on insolvency matters and the Federal court in Bankruptcy matters. He regularly takes other commercial briefs to which he applies the same attention and skill. Tim regularly appears in courts and tribunals in rural and regional NSW.


Sarah Warren, Barrister, 9 Windeyer Chambers
Sarah was admitted to practice in 2008 and was called to the Bar in 2015. Sarah has experience in defendant and plaintiff personal injury in addition to commercial litigation, insolvency, debt recovery, wills and estates, and property law. Sarah has appeared in numerous jurisdictions from the Local Court through to the Court of Appeal, as well as tribunals such as NCAT and the Personal Injury Commission. Prior to being called to the Bar, Sarah worked in-house for a national insurer, practicing in insurance litigation. Between 2018 and 2021, Sarah was a DRS (Dispute Resolution Service) Claims Assessor and a CARS (Claims Assessment and Resolution Services) Assessor, assessing compensation claims within the respective bodies arising out of motor vehicle accidents under the statutory schemes. Sarah was involved in NSW Young Lawyers since 2009 and was previously the Chair of the NSW Young Lawyers Civil Litigation Committee from 2015-2017 and an Executive Councillor between 2015 and 2017. Sarah served as a member of the Law Society Injury Compensation Committee in 2011 and 2012, the NSW Bar Association Common Law Committee between 2015 to 2018, and the NSW Bar Association Diversity and Equality Committee.