The Evolution of Issues

The Piddington Society is delighted to host a seminar to be presented by the Hon Robert French AC, former Chief Justice of Australia, on: The Evolution of Issues from Trial to Intermediate Appeal to Final Appeal.

This seminar forms part of Part C of the three year Civil Litigation Skills course, developed by the Hon Graeme Murphy SC and C L Zelestis KC. It has also been opened to the wider profession in recognition of the broader relevance of the issues and discussion to the legal profession as a whole. 

The seminar will tackle the task of preparing for and conducting a trial at which oral evidence is adduced to be complex and challenging. In pleading and presenting a case at trial, it is necessary to be aware of the way in which particular issues become the focus of increasingly detailed examination at the level of intermediate appeal and then final appeal.  At the appellate stages, questions frequently arise as to whether a critical issue was sufficiently pleaded and addressed in evidence to be ventilated fully on appeal.

The Hon Robert French will examine the intensity of analysis of a case which must be conducted at the trial stage to ensure that rights of appeal are not impaired by inadequacies in the presentation of a case at trial.

Attendance at the seminar will attract 1 CPD point, 0.5 in each of the categories of substantive law and professional skills.

 

Cancellations:

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

Notes: 

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.

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).