The ability to draft exceptional court documents is the cornerstone of outstanding advocacy and successful case outcomes. Gain expert guidance from experienced barristers to ensure your drafting of key legal documents is correct and builds strong foundations for your court matters.  You will deepen your understanding of how to craft more effective pleadings and develop expertise in preparing affidavits, witness statements, and interlocutory applications.

Presenters

Tom Pasley, Barrister & Solicitor, Robertsons
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.

Ben Prewett, Barrister & Arbitrator, Bankside Chambers
Ben specialises in commercial and civil litigation and in international arbitration with particular experience in disputes relating to energy and natural resources, construction, insurance, mergers and acquisitions and shareholders’ agreements. Before joining Bankside Chambers, Ben was a senior associate at Three Crowns LLP in London and Paris, specialising in international arbitration. His international arbitration experience has included numerous international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations under the ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICSID and SCC Rules. Ben holds a BCom/LLB (Hons) from the University of Auckland and an LLM from Stanford University, which he attended as a Fulbright Scholar. He has been recognised as a highly regarded lawyer by The Legal 500 and as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal: International Arbitration, in which Ben was described as “a very well-prepared advocate with tremendous skill in cross-examination.

Rebecca Rose, Barrister & Arbitrator, Bankside Chambers
Rebecca specialises in general civil, corporate/commercial and public law. She has acted as counsel in all of New Zealand’s higher courts and in numerous leading cases. As a results-focused barrister, Rebecca is experienced at resolving complex and high value matters as well as smaller disputes in a practical and efficient way. Rebecca’s practice spans a broad field of areas and industries including contract, property, corporate/commercial, insolvency, tax disputes, wills, trusts, equity, public and administrative law, judicial review, overseas investment, resource management, negligence, fair trading and insurance. In recent years, Rebecca has led approximately 30 cases as sole or lead counsel in the Environment Court, High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of New Zealand. She has also represented clients in numerous mediations, negotiations and major commercial arbitrations. Additionally, Rebecca has substantial junior counsel experience. She accepts instructions for both junior and senior roles. In 2018, Rebecca won Young Private Practitioner of the Year (under 36) at the New Zealand Law Awards. Rebecca is a previous winner of the Cleary Memorial Prize (for New Zealand’s most promising young legal practitioner) and a past Pegasus scholarship recipient. From 2010–2011, Rebecca took her LLM at Cambridge University as a WM Tapp scholar. Before joining Bankside Chambers, Rebecca worked at Bell Gully and Chapman Tripp in Auckland (2011–2019) and for the Solicitor-General, David Collins QC, at the Crown Law Office, Wellington (2010). From 2008–2010, Rebecca clerked for the Rt Hon Justice Blanchard at the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Rebecca is of Dutch and Te Atiawa (Ngati Te Whiti and Ngati Tawhirikura) descent. She is a permanent member of the Cook Islands bar. She is also a full (TEP) member of the international Society of Trust Estate Practitioners (STEP). Rebecca has written numerous writes articles in her areas of interest and regularly speaks at seminars and conferences. She is also a contributing author of Gault on Commercial Law.