Expert Witness/Presenting Planning Evidence : New Zealand Planning Institute

This workshop is designed to be a practical guide to preparing and presenting evidence at the Environment Court. It will address what it means to be an expert witness, primarily focusing on planning experts however the seminar is of value to all expert witnesses.

It will include commentary on practices designed to assist the Court to determine technical issues where experts offer conflicting opinions. This will include the fairly standard practice of requiring technical witnesses to attend expert conferencing and produce an agreed statement of facts and/or joint statements of evidence.

The workshop will also provide guidance on how to conduct one’s self under cross-examination.

The Presenter is joined by a senior RMA lawyer and a Judge of the environment Court for the Presentation, providing insights on what is expected from the expert witness form their perspective. The presentations are interspersed with a mixture of short tests, mock court/role play, and review of exemplars to reinforce the course content. There may be some preparatory work prior to the course for attendees.

Presenter:

Dave Serjeant

Dave is an environmental planner and independent hearings commissioner with a nationwide practice in plan making and large, complex projects. Dave’s experience spans a wide range of environments, from inner urban Auckland to the outstanding landscapes of Central Otago, and from landfill operations to marinas. His clients include corporate entities, Councils and non-governmental environmental organisations. He has frequent appearances before the Environment Court as an expert planning witness and related involvement in mediations and expert conferencing.

Dave holds the qualifications of Bachelor of Town Planning from Auckland University (1979) and Master in Business Studies (Economics) from Massey University (1985). He is a full member of the New Zealand Planning Institute and a member of the Resource Management Law Association, with 40 years professional experience.

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Event Queries This event was organised by NZPI. If you have any questions about the event or registrations, please email Eliza Bradley, events@planning.org.nz. Registrations Close Monday 29 July. Late Registrations If you cannot see an 'Add to Cart' button above, online registrations have closed. If there are tickets available we may be able to accept late registrations, please click here if you are interested in attending. ONLINE WORKSHOP: NOTE - If you are interested in attending a workshop please register early to ensure it goes ahead. Minimum numbers are required for a workshop to run. This generally ensures there is sufficient people to allow different experience and views to be part of the discussion within the workshop setting. Registrations for online workshops normally close 3 full business days before the workshop. Please see the terms and conditions for our cancellation and transfer policy. Thank you. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please be considerate to other attendees who have paid to attend this workshop as well as the presenter/s. This workshop is for paid registered attendees only. The workshop material and zoom link for this workshop are not be shared to non-paying attendees. This also includes if a paid registered attendee, has a non-paying registered attendee, sitting next to them while this workshop is being held. NZPI workshops are capped at a certain number and once registrations close, our presenters are given an attendance list of registered attendees so that they are aware of who will be attending. Presenter/s will advise NZPI if a non-paying attendee does attend and that person or employer will be invoiced. If you have a colleague that would like to attend a workshop and has missed the registration close off date, please email events@planning org.nz and our CPD Coordinator will be able to assist with late registrations.

Event Queries

This event was organised by NZPI. If you have any questions about the event or registrations, please email Eliza Bradley, events@planning.org.nz.

Registrations Close

Monday 29 July.

Late Registrations

If you cannot see an 'Add to Cart' button above, online registrations have closed. If there are tickets available we may be able to accept late registrations, please click here if you are interested in attending.

ONLINE WORKSHOP:

NOTE - If you are interested in attending a workshop please register early to ensure it goes ahead. Minimum numbers are required for a workshop to run. This generally ensures there is sufficient people to allow different experience and views to be part of the discussion within the workshop setting. Registrations for online workshops normally close 3 full business days before the workshop.

Please see the terms and conditions for our cancellation and transfer policy. Thank you.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Please be considerate to other attendees who have paid to attend this workshop as well as the presenter/s. This workshop is for paid registered attendees only. The workshop material and zoom link for this workshop are not be shared to non-paying attendees. This also includes if a paid registered attendee, has a non-paying registered attendee, sitting next to them while this workshop is being held.

NZPI workshops are capped at a certain number and once registrations close, our presenters are given an attendance list of registered attendees so that they are aware of who will be attending. Presenter/s will advise NZPI if a non-paying attendee does attend and that person or employer will be invoiced.

If you have a colleague that would like to attend a workshop and has missed the registration close off date, please email events@planning org.nz and our CPD Coordinator will be able to assist with late registrations.