Recorded Webinar: Drafting Bespoke Family Law Affidavits and Achieving Your Aims

Rules of evidence apply for affidavits, which means objections to admissibility can be made. This requires clear drafting on relevant issues to ensure contents of affidavits are admissible. This session includes:

• Understanding court rules in the drafting process

• Broader narrative versus the precise statement – what approach to take

• Rules of evidence and drafting imperatives

• Concentrating on admissible evidence and avoiding unnecessary argument

• Distinction between financial and parenting affidavits

• Should it be chronological or topic based?

• Effective use of annexures and exhibits

• Differences between interim and trial affidavits

• When to use an index or contents table

• Practice Directives on affidavits

• Case study – What really gets judges upset about affidavits