Learning Objectives:
- Learn the key legal principles and structural elements for drafting clear, effective claims, defences, counterclaims, and replies
- Understand the risks of poor pleading, including strike-out examples, and how to avoid common drafting pitfalls
Description
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Chair
Martin Dillon, Barrister, 109 Chambers
How to Draft Effective Pleadings: Claims, Defences, Counterclaims and Replies
- Why pleadings are important
- The fundamental requirements involved in drafting pleadings
- The benefits of pleading effectively are wide ranging
- The risk in pleading poorly: some examples of strike out
Presented by Tom Pasley, Barrister & Solicitor, Robertsons
Presenters
Martin Dillon, Barrister, 109 Chambers
Martin began practising in 2007. He has worked in private practice, as in-house counsel and as a Crown Prosecutor. These roles have involved a range of clients and cases, from relatively minor disputes to large-scale litigation. He joined the independent bar in 2018. Access to justice is a particular concern: Martin is a legal aid provider, published CourtKeys.com and wrote Civil Litigation for Non-Lawyers.
Tom Pasley, Barrister & Solicitor
Tom is an experienced commercial and civil litigator who is regularly involved in the resolution of disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation, and negotiation. He acts for private clients, insurers, and insureds and provides sound judgement and strategic advice on challenging legal matters. Tom’s practice focuses on contractual disputes, company and securities law, insurance, insolvency, banking and finance, professional negligence, trust disputes, regulatory litigation and investigations, and property disputes. Tom has also acted for clients in several of New Zealand’s largest class actions and is experienced working on large and complex multi-party disputes.
