Civil Litigation Skills and Advocacy Workshops - Part C

Seminar 1 & 2 will be held this year:

Seminar 1: Administrative Law - (participant to choose 1 date to attend)

16 September 2026, presented by the Hon Jeremy Allanson SC and Tim Russell SC

OR

22 October 2026, presented by Braham Dharmananda SC and Adam Sharpe SC

Note: Due to the size of the cohort, Seminar 1 will be split into two groups on different dates. When registering, please nominate your preferred session date. We will take your preference into account when allocating students to seminar sessions, noting that each session will be capped.

Seminar 2: The Evolution of Issues from Trial to Intermediate Appeal to Final Appeal
12 November 2026, presented by the Hon Robert French AC.

Note: This seminar is included as part of the Part C program, but will also be open to the broader profession to attend as a stand-alone session.

Seminar 3 & 4 to be held in 2027:

Seminar 3: The Law of Estoppel in Australia
February 2027 - Including a comprehensive paper prepared by the Hon Graeme Murphy SC. 

Seminar 4: Applications Under the Corporations Act: Extension of Time, Setting Aside a Statutory Demand and Oppression.

The dates and presenters for Seminars 3 and 4 will be announced later this year. Participants may choose to submit written work for review in relation to Seminars 1, 3 and 4.

Part C is open to those who have completed Parts A and B of the course.
 

Note: Practitioner ID numbers are issued by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Information from the Board is available here. We require these to issue CPD certificates. If you do not want a CPD certificate, please put '0000' in the box on the booking form.

Cancellations:
For cancellation and refund details, please see our Cancellation and Refund Policy.

Like all Piddington events, your attendance, engagement and support goes toward supporting funding Piddington's access to justice projects. These are: the Piddington PLT Fund, which supports the community legal centres (CLCs) that host Piddington PLT graduates to complete their hours required for admission; the Piddington Justice Fund for CLCs, to cover costs that they otherwise cannot meet; and, Kaartdijin, our First Nations Legal Education Fund. We also fund the Christine Wheeler PLT Scholarship and John Chaney Award for new law graduates and law students. 

This program is delivered by The Piddington Society, an accredited CPD Provider approved by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. CPD schemes in other Australian jurisdictions do not accredit or pre-approve providers or courses. As a result, practitioners outside Western Australia must self-assess this activity against the CPD rules in their home jurisdiction and determine whether it meets their professional development obligations. Certificates of completion are issued to assist with record-keeping, but the final decision as to compliance rests with the individual practitioner and their local regulator. Participants should also note that some jurisdictions impose caps on certain delivery modes (e.g. South Australia limits 5 units per CPD year for web-based/recorded programs).