Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Learning Objectives:
- Understand key legal and ethical considerations when drafting correspondence, including privilege, evidence, and professional duties
- Learn practical drafting techniques to ensure clear, strategic, and effective communication in dispute resolution contexts
Chair
Martin Dillon, Barrister, 109 Chambers
How to Draft Correspondence: What you Need to Consider and What to Look Out For
- Legal considerations: have you agreed, correspondence as evidence, without prejudice
- Your obligations to your client and the profession
- Practical considerations: plain English tips, negotiation dynamics
Presented by Jessica Phillips, Partner, Tompkins Wake
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.
Jessica Phillips, Partner, Tompkins Wake
Jessica is a specialist commercial and regulatory litigator with particular experience in commercial, competition and property disputes. Jessica has acted for clients in a wide range of sectors including education, construction and sports administration, and is skilled in managing large-scale litigation. In addition to regular appearances in the District and High Courts, Jessica is experienced in resolving matters by way of arbitration. Prior to joining Tompkins Wake in 2024, Jessica was a senior associate at a large New Zealand law firm. Her overseas experience includes six years working in London, including at international firms Hausfeld and Clifford Chance.
