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19.01.2022 For Detective Hansen, the discovery of the message was a crucial turning point in the investigation. You look at the content of that Facebook message, you look at the fact there’s a family meeting and just by coincidence she goes missing the next day, Detective Hansen said. www.witnesspreparation.com.au... How an anonymous tip off about foster brother’s sexual assault cracked Tiahleigh Palmer case wide open - 9news.com.au https://apple.news/AX4BPhNIaRYO0ZsL1l0XQmw

18.01.2022 #witnesspreptip Don’t leave the collation and production of evidence until the trial affidavit is being written! Here are my recommendations:... 1. Arm yourself with a hole punch, bulldog clips, paper clips and a good printer. 2. Get yourself a sturdy ring binder and tabbed dividers and good quality insert plastic sleeves. 3. Print out every piece of evidence AS YOU GO and collate it into type, date and characterisation. This means: if you have emails and text messages you should print them out NOW, put them in the binder in date order, and separate them into type. So, a tab for emails, a tab for text message screenshots and so on. 4. If your evidence relates to different things, then keep copies by topic as well. You won’t be putting duplicates into your affidavit, but you’ll have easy to reference topics that will refer back to the original document. 5. Keep all copies in an original master folder, and have a duplicate master folder to hand to your legal team when needed. 6. Do not overwhelm your solicitor or barrister with last minute teams of emails or screenshots - print and file as YOU GET THEM. Why do all of this? If you actively collect and collate your evidence as you go, you’ll give your legal team the time to read and assimilate it as they go, and it will end the last minute groans of horror at being given 500 emails to read and try to make sense of at the last minute. Remember, it’s your case, and you’re the one who has the knowledge, the evidence and the context. Late production of relevant evidence is a nightmare. Be a good scout and be prepared.

17.01.2022 Digital evidence has again assisted in the ongoing case of Pettit v Fairs, with a solid outcome regarding a costs order by consent at an instalment rate of $1,000 per month for 60 months, and a nine month custodial sentence imposed on both the father and step-mother, wholly suspended for over three years, the result of four of the eight contempt charges they faced being proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge described this contempt case as one of the most heinous she has ever encountered, possibly the worst in this court. Again, social media screenshots, information available to the public through various statutory authorities, and other online research aided in the sentencing and costs submissions by counsel.

16.01.2022 Our Gold Coast digital evidence workshop saw everyone go away with new insights into how digital evidence can be used, found, and tendered into evidence even while cross examination is underway. A well paced day, with explicit examples from real cases. Participants were definitely not bored with lots of questions and issues raised. ... Looking forward to our next conferences in Melbourne, Vietnam (August) and Sri Lanka (October) 2018. Stay tuned. www.witnesspreparation.com.au

15.01.2022 When people walk away from the toxicity they’ve been immersed in for years, even decades, the possibilities open up before them. And watching a client get an awesome outcome is even better. $480,000 to hand over a phone ... Now that what was unexpected! www.witnesspreparation.com.au

14.01.2022 In another case a man used an app called What'sFake to doctor a What'sApp messaging thread to fraudulently show his victim's mother speaking negatively about her. https://apple.news/AuMVuOoUKTG2s_czZ6ehVQw

13.01.2022 Everyone thinks they know how to use digital evidence until they get the case that implodes on them. - https://mailchi.mp//everyone-thinks-they-know-how-to-use-d

11.01.2022 A brief example of cross examination from a current criminal trial... Mr Webb put to the woman that she requested wine, and repeatedly asked to be topped up, which she denied. He also put to the woman that she had her arm around Mr Xu, which she also denied.... It’s raised with you that you were leaning in towards him and that you were both flirting and getting along very well, Mr Webb said. No I didn’t, the woman replied, breaking down in tears. Cross examination is about putting propositions to witnesses, often in ways that are archaic, formal, and incomprehensible to the average person. In our everyday lives we don’t encounter situations where someone asks us a question using this kind of phrasing - I put it to you...., yet you are expected as witnesses to be able to navigate this complex process. Witness Preparation Australia gives you everything you need to be prepared for your own experience in the witness box. We guide you through the rituals, formalities, and procedures of the court, and help you to understand the roles of each person and what their purpose is. You’ll have a greater understanding of how evidence is put before the judge, how to appropriately and truthfully, in a concise and forthright manner, answer questions put to you. You’ll learn how to listen to the questions, and how to be a witness of credibility to the best of your abilities. We never coach you to change your evidence. We do our work within the same rules as lawyers and barristers, always mindful of the prohibition on coaching witnesses. We don’t coach, ever. We help you be the best witness you can be in your family law matter. The relatively small amount our clients spend on our services to prepare for court have at times resulted in outcomes far exceeding a clients expectations, savings of tens of thousands in legal fees, and even securing a significant costs order payment plan. What can we do to help your case? www.witnesspreparation.com.au Chinese billionaire to keep his identity secret in dinner party rape trial - The Sydney Morning Herald https://apple.news/A6YQKv_I0SmuRJnYb8zgQtw

10.01.2022 We help you to avoid being the Xerox guy when giving evidence under oath. Behaviour like this in the witness box will damage your credibility, be frustrating and annoying to everyone. We guide you through how to listen, respond appropriately, and answer questions in credible and appropriate ways that enable you to give your evidence without being the pedantic, obdurate, obfuscating and difficult Xerox Guy. ... www.witnesspreparation.com.au

10.01.2022 In the upcoming workshop on digital evidence and its application in complex family law matters, I will be unpacking the cases of Mettrick & Mettrick (1, 2 & 3), Pettit & Fairs (including the contempt and costs judgements), and a number of unpublished cases that settled at trial as a direct result of the research, analysis of evidence, and trial consultancy work provided to legal teams. When you have a QC use your language and case analysis throughout cross-examination of the ...favoured parent, and the draft orders (a reunification model) in the material are a direct result of your involvement, research and introduction of ideas outside what is considered normal in family law matters, and they are the orders settled on by both parents, then you know you’ve done an outstanding job. Reunification orders, case law, the Warshak Model, and other topics relating to complex family law. What happened, why it was critical, and why a professional trial consultant assisting in the preparation of trial material should be part of your strategy in complex cases. www.witnesspreparation.com.au CPD points - Gold Coast June 10-11 to register email: [email protected] Places are limited. With Pierre H. Testart

06.01.2022 I was talking to a barrister recently about a case they were running, and they were bemoaning the lack of evidence in their case, despite having a huge suitcase full of folders with reams of paper. It’s never the amount of paper and folders at the bar table, it’s the evidence that matters. After listening to the barrister for a while, I made a suggestion to them about where and how they might find some evidence to back up part of their clients case, which they did. ... A simple historical title search was all it took, easily able to be done anywhere, with documents in less than five minutes. Nowhere in the brief was there a title search. This is just one example of how we work, bringing a fresh set of eyes and a different perspective. In this instance our suggestion was too little too late, because the trial was starting and we were not involved in the case. A conversation while at court, a suggestion, and a small way forward for this barristers client. Don’t let your case be the ten folders of detail with little to no hard evidence, the bane of every barristers life. Having an independent set of eyes assess and analyse the evidence early gives you the best opportunity to see where gaps are and find ways to bring that evidence to light. Our decades of experience with people of all walks of life gives us a broad base from which to dive into how they think and how they operate, especially if it’s about the hiding of assets or evidence. Our value lies in not being lawyers, because we don’t have expectations of how people should behave, or how cases should be run. We look at your case and see it differently to your legal team. We see things, we make connections, we see a small detail here and there, we jump to conclusions, we tease out ideas, we immerse ourselves into the psyche of the other side, and we think like them, giving us a huge advantage as we work through the material before us. And then we go hunting; researching, following leads and ideas, hunches and intuition, letting our gut guide us as we chase rabbits down their burrows. It’s this ability to chase down the rabbits called intuition, hunches and opinion that make me so good at what I do and so valuable to your case preparation. I’ve not yet been involved in a case where following a rabbit to its evidentiary conclusion hasn’t been of value to a family law proceeding in some way. Want to know more? www.witnesspreparation.com.au

03.01.2022 Great feedback from one of our Gold Coast workshop attendees, Glenn Hannafin. No longer can lawyers - and everyone - be aware of the obvious like Max’s shoe phone nor do the Sergeant Schultz. Traps and tricks are everywhere today and in places where you both least expect and about which you have no clue at all. ... Lawyers need to dig and dig and dig and it’s apps and computer things about which to be alert. Witness Preparation Australia has given a meticulous and intelligent and ethically proper seminar about this. Thank you to Ms WPA, Lisa Testart and her co-intelligent and articulate barrister husband Pierre, who walked and talked us through some fascinating stuff. Don’t be Sgt Schultz and say that you know NOTHING! NOTHING!!! 21st Century Discovery - it’s here and it’s real! Witness Preparation Australia can deliver workshops on request at a location of your choice, with a minimum number of attendees, or you can join us at our upcoming CPD events in Melbourne, Vietnam (August) and Sri Lanka (October) 2018. Information is delivered so that no one, regardless of their level of knowledge or experience is left floundering when it comes to digital evidence. Whether you use Facebook or other online services yourself, you’ll go away with ‘ah hah’ moments and a new appreciation of the possibilities that open up in terms of your clients cases, cross examination options, and trial preparation generally. Whether you deal with litigation or not, the knowledge that you gain from this kind of workshop will help you be a better practitioner. There’s no tech speak, no jargon, no fluff, no bullshit. Each presentation is focussed, targeted, practical and ethically delivered with the needs of solicitor and counsel uppermost. We understand trial preparation and conduct, and deliver our workshops so that practitioners are informed and understand how to ethically and professionally source, introduce, use, tender and manage digital evidence within the constraints of their profession. Witness Preparation Australia can be briefed to provide trial preparation for your client, analyse evidence, assist in the examination of electronic devices to source and evaluate digital evidence (subject to court orders), and liaise with the legal team to enable it to provide the most effective representation. W: www.witnesspreparation.com.au E: [email protected]

02.01.2022 Wish there was a way to tell if your barrister is any good? Yeah, me too. We delve into the mystery of what makes a good, bad, ugly and incompetent barrister. Support the show https://www.buymeacoffee.com/witnessprep Available on all good podcast apps and at www.witnesspreparation.com.au