You’ll learn everything you need to know to make your next interim hearing, including how to prepare, tips in running your hearing and a refresher on what evidence you can rely upon. Hear from Senior Judicial Registrar Jenkinson along with a panel of accredited specialists and experienced Counsel as they share their wealth of experience with useful, practical tips and valuable insights that will make your future interim hearings a success.
2.00pm to 3.00pm How to Prepare Evidence and Deal with Disclosure for an Interim Hearing
- Identifying the real issues and narrowing what is in dispute
- Drafting and marshalling supporting evidence
- Client’s affidavit
- Things that come back to bite: the importance of interim affidavits in relation to the final hearing
- Subpoena and other evidence
- What Rules of Evidence apply at the interim hearing on Financial issues
- Admissibility of material
- Dealing with the other side’s failure to provide proper disclosure
- What are the remedies?
Presented by Sarah Bevan, Principal, Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
4.15pm to 5.15pm Insights from a Senior Judicial Registrar - Tips and Traps
Presented by Senior Judicial Registrar Sharney Jenkinson, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Chair:
Sheridan Emerson, Partner, Pearson Emerson; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2023
3.00pm to 4.00pm Running an Interim Hearing: Tips and Traps
- Relevant rules and practice directions
- The importance of a case theory
- Ensuring you have the evidence you need
- Drafting a persuasive case outline
- Preparation
- Persuasive advocacy
- Risk assessment in interim proceedings – key relevant cases
Presented by Craig Brickwood, Barrister, Waratah Chambers; former Partner, Pearson Emerson; Family Law Rising Star, New South Wales, Doyle’s Guide 2022
Description
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Presenters
Ms. Sarah Bevan, Principal, Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers
Sarah Bevan was admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales in 1999 and obtained specialist accreditation. She established Sarah Bevan Family Lawyers in 2002 and has always practised exclusively in all aspects of family law, including areas such as surrogacy, international cases and cases involving complex structures. Sarah is also an Accredited Arbitrator, NMAS accredited Mediator, a Collaborative trained lawyer and on the panel of Independent Children's Lawyer. She is a regular presenter of continuing legal education in family law.
Ms. Sheridan Emerson, Partner, Pearson Emerson
Sheridan Emerson is a Partner at Pearson Emerson Family Lawyers and is an Accredited Family Law Specialist. Sheridan was recognised as a Preeminent Family & Divorce Lawyer and a Preeminent Family Lawyer (High- Value & Complex Property Matters) in Doyle's Guide 2023. Sheridan is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL). Sheridan practices exclusively in family law.
Mr. Craig Brickwood, Barrister, Waratah Chambers
Craig practices exclusively in family law. He has experience across a broad range of family law issues, including complex financial (including child support and maintenance) and parenting disputes. Craig graduated from Macquarie University with a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours. Prior to being called to the Bar in 2023, Craig was a Partner at a top tier specialist family law firm in Sydney, and a family law specialist accredited by the Law Society of NSW. Craig has been recognised in the Doyle’s Guide as a rising star in the NSW family law market. Craig served as a NSW Police Officer from 2002 to 2011. His policing career provided him with invaluable experience dealing with family violence, post separation conflict and apprehended domestic violence orders. He acquired exceptional investigation skills during his service. Craig accepts briefs to appear in city, regional and interstate registries of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Senior Judicial Registrar Sharney Jenkinson, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Sharney commenced practice as a volunteer law clerk with Victoria Legal Aid in 2006. Upon her admission to practice in 2007 she worked as a solicitor in a small suburban firm in Melbourne specialising in family law and family violence matters. In 2011 she joined the Queensland Bar, before returning to Victoria in 2012. Her practice at the bar included a focus on family law, particularly independent children’s lawyer matters. She has been a Senior Judicial Registrar in the Sydney Registry of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia since 2021.
