Catalogue

10 Points in One Day - Your Last Chance

Issues covered include: leasing, conveyancing, property law, tax, PPSA, presentation skills, work-life balance, ethics, digital customer data, commercialising IP, buying and selling a business, insolvency

Contract Law: Eliminating Mistakes & Managing Risk

Issues covered include: warranties, indemnities, insurance, M&A transactions

Aged Care and Retirement Village Law Conference

2019 is a significant year for the retirement village and aged care sectors. The Royal Commission is shaking up the industry, elder abuse and tax law are changing, and there are big shifts in integration and funding issues. Plus the many risks in estate planning, capacity, technology and more. With so much unrest in the sector it’s now more crucial than ever to stay up to date with the latest developments. Equip yourself with the strategies necessary to handle these issues for you client or organisation.

Native Title Law Conference: Expansive Perspectives

Issues covered include: Timber Creek, compensation, settlements, claims, ILUA's, agreements, native title tribunal, PBC, trusts, disputes, BMS,

Trade Marks and Patents Symposium

Issues covered include: trade mark application process, removal of trade marks for non-sue and damages or account of profit elections, international issues, artificial intelligence and intellectual property, Patents Act 1990 (Cth)

Granny Flats: The Unseen Risks

Building a granny flat always seems like a great idea at the time. But then family strife strikes, or critical tax and Centrelink considerations are overlooked. And before you know it, that great idea has become a minefield of conflict and turmoil. Those working in estate planning, elder law, property, family law or financial planning need to be aware of the legal and financial risks that can quickly blow up in a client’s face, leaving them demanding to know why you didn’t properly warn or advise them.

Probate: The Complex and the Unusual

When it comes to probate you should hope for the best but plan for the worst so that you’re prepared to skillfully handle any complication or dispute that arises. Master how to do just that as our vaunted speakers cover everything from complex common and solemn form probate, to s18 applications, to assets in other jurisdictions. Receive practical information, realistic examples and relevant legal updates that will enhance your mastery of all things probate.

Evidence and Advocacy Masterclass

Cases are won and lost in the courtroom and this masterclass will give you the practical knowledge to emerge triumphant in your matters. The day will begin with presentations from preeminent and leading practitioners on a range of advocacy topics including case theory, written advocacy, examination-in-chief and persuasive opening and closing addresses. In the afternoon you will master how to expertly gather and leverage evidence by taking a deep dive into affidavits, evidence in ex parte applications

7th Annual 10 CPD Points in One Day - Cairns

A must attend annual event, our 10 CPD Points in One Day is back for its 7th consecutive year. Join accredited specialists, renowned barristers, leading solicitors and a medical expert who will examine the most important issues facing practitioners today, all while gaining your mandatory core area CPD units. Book for the whole day or just the sessions that best meet your needs.

Environmental Law: New Law, Effective Strategies

From the coasts to the inner city to the courtroom, significant change is afoot in environmental law. Delve into the latest legislative developments involving coastal management, explore changes to non-rural tree clearing legislation, and make sure you’re prepared to expertly and efficiently handle any dispute that comes your way.

6th Annual Advertising and Marketing Law Conference

How consumers and companies engage with each other is rapidly evolving every day in the digital age. With advertising and marketing law at a tipping point, it’s critical that those in the sector stay on top of the constant changes facing the sector. Catch up on the latest digital trends through standout presentations on influencer marketing, online shopping and the ACL, user generated content, and data & privacy, as well as a special presentation on social responsibility in advertising.

Complex Conveyancing Masterclass

Are you across the countless changes and current issues affecting conveyancing practice in NSW? Have you thought about how options affect conveyancing, or what to do when an off-the-plan disaster or dispute arises? What about the new reforms involving collective sales? Take a deep dive into the details and gain insights into all these issues and more, including analysis of critical tax changes and multi-tenant and strata building issues, all while nailing down that crucial ethics point early in the CPD year

Franchising Law: New Law, New Developments

Settle in, because this timely full day conference covers a whole host of critical new developments in franchising law with analysis from leading practitioners, the Franchise Council of Australia, and the ACCC. With the industry facing its second Parliamentary Inquiry, potential new superannuation laws, uncertainly around the impact of the Corporations Act on a franchisor’s right to terminate, the ongoing impact of the recent Fair Work Amendment Act, and increased focus by the regulator

Estate Planning and Complex Probate Conference

Ask yourself this: What exactly is your client expecting? They expect you to have a thorough understanding of the intricacies of trusts and the latest strategies related to superannuation. They expect you to be at the cutting edge of digital and business assets and to be able to protect a family’s assets no matter how convoluted the circumstances. They expect you to be able to expertly handle any probate matter that arises, no matter how obscure or complex.

Building and Construction Law: Liability and Risk

Sometimes it seems easier to ask what can’t go wrong in a construction project than to fathom the myriad ways everything can fall to pieces for your clients or your organisation. But regardless of whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, you must be prepared to avoid or manage risk at every turn. And when things do go wrong, it’s essential that you’re across the latest in defects, economic loss, Security of Payment issues, critical new case law and more.

Contract Drafting: Managing Risk

Dissect some of the most important risk related clauses and master how to draft watertight contracts that will provide your clients with unassailable risk protection. Perfect the art of allocating risk, maximise leverage related to damages and penalties, avoid the pitfalls of insolvency and default and ensure that if a dispute arises you’ll have the upper hand. Hone your skills in all these areas while considering example clauses that can reduce risk in your contracts.

Drones Usage and Liability

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), Miniature Pilotless Aircraft, Flying Mini Robots or Drones – whatever you call them, they’re undeniably increasing in adoption and usage throughout all areas of society. With such rapid growth comes increasingly significant implications around their usage and liability for both private and government entities. Get the latest on UAV/Drone law usage direct from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)

Privacy, Mandatory Data Breach and Release of Data

Massive changes are afoot that expand the way we deal with the handling of personal information. This year we will see the introduction of the GDPR, a new amended Australian Government Agencies Privacy code, new Consumer Data Rights legislation, as well as the ongoing impact of the recently introduced Mandatory Data Breach Notification Regime, all impacting how government and businesses alike collect, handle and release personal information.

Workplace Law Conference

The workforce remains a hive of potential pitfalls for both employers and employees, as a lot can go wrong and so often does, especially with the increase of out of hours conduct impacting the employment relationship. Such behaviour is often made worse with the response of an unfair dismissal. Hear the Fair Work Commission and senior legal experts opine in the morning on recent changes and developments impacting the workforce, followed by a practical afternoon exposé on workplace investigations.

11th Annual Film and Television Law

Take a wide angle shot of the most important issues impacting film and television law today with 8 in-depth, practical sessions covering everything from the latest legislation to workplace hotspots to contracts, IP, funding, insurance and more. Download an impressive range of perspectives from film and TV industry leaders, the accounting world, eminent lawyers and renowned in-house counsel.

Decision Making: Reasons, Bias and Challenges

Even a strong, well reasoned decision can fall apart in so many ways. If you don’t prepare and communicate the reasons in a clear, understandable and defensible way, you’re tempting disaster. If you don’t take steps to eliminate any question of bias, even when none exists, things can turn sour quickly. If you aren’t contemplating how a decision could conceivably be challenged from the very start, you’ll regret it if a challenge does arise.

I am Woman - Hear me Roar

"A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman." —Melinda Gates In this current climate, it is more important than ever that women in the workforce have a voice. Women in law, in particular, face different challenges at times, and to succeed they often must overcome many other hurdles. Come and listen to women at the very top of their profession who will navigate you through career advancement, professional goals and presentation skills and making it to the top on your own terms.

Family Law Conference: Property, Practice and Procedure

Attend and learn from our esteemed selection of top profile family law specialists as they navigate you through the latest changes and the impact of inheritance windfalls, international disputes, arbitration, binding financial agreements and litigation costs. Examine social media and the ramifications of its use in evidence in the family courts and stay completely up to date as we explore all the latest issues that will affect your practice.

The Civil Litigator's Toolkit

Spend a valuable morning learning essential skills from the very best. We have brought together the very finest of litigators who will share their knowledge to broaden and deepen your skills. Acquire the necessary tools and learn from the experts. In the competitive world of litigation few things can separate you from the pack better than exceptional skills that invariably lead to positive results. Garner the precise skills you need to be a litigator at the top of the game through this seminar’s practical

9th Annual Asbestos and Related Diseases

There are countless variables in any asbestos or related disease matter involving a range of perspectives that you must know inside and out. Gain a firm grasp of each of these perspectives by going right to the source and hearing from the Honourable Judge Russell, Icare, leading legal experts, and eminent respiratory physician. Join them as they examine new legislation and procedures, the latest compensation claims, critical new medical issues and more.

Not-For-Profits and Charities Symposium

Immerse yourself in the latest and most important issues facing NFPs and charities in an eye-opening day packed with 9 informative and practical sessions from a diverse range of speakers. Hear from the ACNC on current legislative changes, explore critical new law regarding foreign influence and political donations, examine the rise of social enterprise and catch up on the new NDIS changes.

TBAR Reporting How It Works and the War Stories

Business Advisory and Client Management

With increasing competition in the accounting industry, practitioners simply must start thinking outside of the box. Rather than relying solely on tax compliance advice, there are numerous non-tax areas that your clients need to know and should be considering. Assist your clients to achieve their business goals with expert advice that goes beyond the Tax Code, all the while strengthening your client relationships, growing your practice, and setting yourself up for success.

4th Annual Aged Care and Retirement Village Law Symposium

These are times of rapid change for aged care providers, retirement villages and residents, so it’s essential that you’re across a wide range of issues. We’ll help you do just that with practical, information-packed sessions covering critical financial matters facing residents and providers, resident care concerns, the hottest issues in employment law, the latest legislative updates and reforms and more, all packed into one revelatory conference.

Medical Treatment Law: Understanding The Challenges

The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 represents a seismic shift in Victoria’s medical treatment decision making landscape. If your work is at all related to healthcare, medical treatment, aged care, elder law or the health industry in general, it’s essential that you have a firm understanding of the new framework established for medical treatment decision makers.

Small Business Restructuring Conference

Things move fast in the business world. A growing business can quickly outgrow its business structure, and the resulting restructuring process can quickly become quite complex. Gain the insights necessary to advise your clients when they’re considering a business restructure so that their business can achieve its current and future goals without falling prey to the many traps that can sink a business.

Estate Planning, Asset Protection and Probate

When it comes to expert estate planning and probate you are expected to know how to skilfully handle any complication or dispute that arises. Master how to do just that as our vaunted speakers cover blended families, tax, testamentary trusts, business assets, problematic and unusual probate issues, and much more. Receive practical information, realistic examples and relevant legal updates that will enhance your mastery of this area.

Building and Construction Law Conference

Between the ever changing fortunes of the property market and a building and construction industry that by its very nature gives rise to a broad range of legal issues, you need to stay up to date the latest legal developments. Hear firsthand from the County Court and join our experienced panel of barristers and legal practitioners as they detail the most current and best strategies, practices and procedures to navigate a changing sector.

Retail and Commercial Leasing: Practice and Procedure

By attending this program you will walk away with the information and tools needed to stay at the cutting edge of the competitive world of leasing law. Our leasing experts will review timely issues including insolvency and the effect of ipso facto and safe harbour legislative reforms, assignment and subleasing, indemnities, and the latest cases, all while bolstering your skills and your practice

Owners Corporation Intensive

There’s a lot to keep track of for those wanting to stay at the cutting edge of strata, owners corporations and subdivision law. With proposed legislative reforms on the horizon, shifting attitudes at VCAT, evolving trends in subdivisions and mixed use developments, spikes in cladding and balcony claims, and changing views towards owners corporation regulation, practitioners need to keep up to date.

CPD Core Competency Areas for Workers Compensation Lawyers

This program is designed with workers compensation lawyers in mind and will enable you to gain your CPD core competency area points while being brought up to speed on the latest case law and legislative updates. You will pick up practical tips to gain an edge for your clients, develop your practice, manage conflicts between employers and insurers and avoid ethical pitfalls that can trip up your matters and your practice.

Workers Compensation: Evidence and Case Preparation Intensive

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to fine tune your evidence gathering and case preparation skills in workers compensation matters with in-depth and interactive workshops and presentations. Featuring expert barristers and lawyers, this comprehensive program will arm you with all the information you need to take your practice to the next level.

Estate Planning: Asset Protection

Your clients have worked hard to put themselves in the best financial position possible and they’re counting on you to help them stay in that position. But doing so is often far easier said than done. Wills are challenged, superannuation and tax laws change and a client’s personal situation can shift at a moment’s notice. In one info-packed morning you can master the strategies necessary to manage these issues throughout your client’s lifetime and upon death.

Estate Disputes: Avoiding, Mediating, Litigating

Esoteric topics might be interesting, but not very useful in the day-to-day of managing estate conflicts. Attend for the afternoon and walk away with valuable, practical advice from key parties, including the SAT, the OPA, the bar and private practice. Gain concrete, hands-on guidance on essential practices and procedures along with key updates that you can take back to the office and apply immediately.

Advocacy and Evidence Intensive

Spend the day with eight outstanding litigators to gain a deeper appreciation of advanced trial techniques and strategies. Gain valuable insights from some of Perth’s foremost trial advocates to enhance your persuasive skills when making addresses and examining witnesses. Then master how to leverage your expert, electronic and documentary evidence; minimising the need for superfluous evidence and ensuring it’s all admissible so you’ll have the tools for success in any matter.

Building Disputes and the Home Building Act

As a consequence of NSW’s Government significant investment in metropolitan and regional infrastructure to support growth and new measures designed to improve housing affordability, residential building across NSW has surged. This useful seminar brings together renowned experts in the residential building field to provide a timely update on the Home Building Act as it applies to building disputes involving residential building work in NSW.

Strata Title Disputes: Ensuring You're on the Winning Side

Strata title disputes can quickly grow complex and costly. This seminar will guide you step by step through the best practices and procedures to manage a range of strata title disputes while covering the latest and most important court cases and tribunal decisions that will impact your practice. Property lawyers, strata managers, developers and lot proprietors will all gain useful insights into how to avoid conflict before it arises and how to emerge the victor when disputes do occur.

Inaugural Media Law Conference

First technology changes rapidly. Then media follows suit, evolving to meet new consumer expectations. That leaves two paths for the law: undergo rapid change to keep up or fail to change at all. Either path is problematic, forcing those working in the area to keep up with changes coming at a breakneck pace or to figure out how dated laws and legal principles can be applied to new technologies and new media that simply don’t fit into the old legal paradigm.

SMSF Day 2019

Issues covered include: regulatory updates, owning property in an SMSF, non property investments, NALI, income rules, unrelated parties, retirement vehicles, pre and post relationships, strategic estate planning

SMSF Day 2019

From critical updates on major changes impacting SMSFs to step by step guides on the best SMSF strategies you need to be implementing right now, this comprehensive and practical conference is all you need to stay up to date. Hear an important regulatory update from the ATO. Master exactly how to optimise SMSFs as investment tools. Unlock the latest contributions and retirement strategies. It’s all there, all straight from leading experts working day in and day out at the coalface of these crucial issues.

SMSF Day 2019

From critical updates on major changes impacting SMSFs to step by step guides on the best SMSF strategies you need to be implementing right now, this comprehensive and practical conference is all you need to stay up to date. Hear an important regulatory update from the ATO. Master exactly how to optimise SMSFs as investment tools. Unlock the latest contributions and retirement strategies. It’s all there, all straight from leading experts working day in and day out at the coalface of these crucial issues.

SMSF Day 2019

From critical updates on major changes impacting SMSFs to step by step guides on the best SMSF strategies you need to be implementing right now, this comprehensive and practical conference is all you need to stay up to date. Hear an important regulatory update from the ATO. Master exactly how to optimise SMSFs as investment tools. Unlock the latest contributions and retirement strategies. It’s all there, all straight from leading experts working day in and day out at the coalface of these crucial issues.

Property Taxation and Advisory Conference 2019 - Recorded in October 2019, NSW

Issues covered include: CGT, GST, property tax, family law, estate planning, property investment

Property Taxation and Advisory Conference 2019 - Recorded in October 2019

Issues coverend include:Victorian property markets, land tax objection, subdividing & partitioning land, residential property development lifecycle, succession planning, CGT and main residence exemption, foreign investors

Small Business Structuring and Restructuring Conference

Issues covered include: small business structuring, prenups, split-ups, discretionary trusts, trust structures, small business CGT concessions, GST, duty, restructuring a business

Small Business Structuring and Restructuring Conference

Issues covered include: business structuring, tax , family law, estate planning, insurance, asset protection, CGT, GST

Family Business Advisory Conference

Issues covered include: restructuring, tax exit and cashing out strategies, impact of relationship breakdowns on family business, modern business succession planning

Family Business Advisory Conference

Issues covered include: funding, restructuring and exit strategies, foreign investors, succession planning, relationship breakdowns

Family Business Advisory Conference

Issues covered include: restructuring and tax exit strategies, family business owners, relationship breakdowns, modern business succession planning

Family Business Advisory Conference

Issues covered include: cashing out and exit strategies, restructuring, business succession, family business startups, impact of relationship breakdown on family business

Family Business Advisory Conference - Recorded in November 2019, NSW

Issues covered include: family business structuring, estate planning and succession, family law and relationship disputes, tax

Retail and Commercial Leasing Conference

On the surface leasing is so simple. A tenant forks over some cash. A landlord gives them a place to setup shop in return. What could go wrong? Well…A LOT. Fail to keep up with legislative reforms and market trends? Problems. Underestimate the intricacies of pre-lease agreements, complex leasing structures or clawback clauses? Problems. Mislead a party, dispute a valuation or forfeit a lease? Problems. Ensure you’re not caught out by these potentially disastrous situations

4th Annual Workers Compensation Conference

Hear from Deputy President Michael Snell, WIRO and an esteemed panel of specialists on key developments, legislative amendments and other hot issues facing in workers compensation. You will pick up practical tips to gain an edge for your clients, develop your practice, master rules of evidence in your witness statements, get an update ILARS and WIRO and learn how to avoid ethical pitfalls that can trip up your matters and your practice.

Corporate Governance Summit

As operational, cultural and ethical failings are exposed at corporations with alarming and increasing regularity, this program should be mandatory for every legal practitioner in corporate law as well as every board member and senior executive. Spend the morning navigating what’s new with leading practitioners and the afternoon refining your practice and procedure. Take a deep dive into regulatory investigations, insolvency, shareholder activism, publicly listed companies and more

Family Business Advisory Conference 2018

Family businesses come in all different shapes and sizes and account for 70% of all businesses in Australia, but no matter the size they’ll all expect the same thing from you: guidance on the best strategies to help them structure, manage, grow and potentially pass on their business. And to top it off they’ll also expect the latest tax strategies.

5th Annual SMSF Conference 2018

Don’t miss this opportunity to raise the (T)bar on the SMSF strategies you can implement in your practice while we rollover the latest SMSF information directly to you and transfer the balance of updates you need to have on your radar. Experts working at the coalface of SMSF practice will deliver a unique, in-depth, and practical contribution workshop along with step by step guidance

Religious Law Conference

For the first time in the Southern Hemisphere leaders from law, academia and religion will come together in the same room to dissect the intersection of religious law and secular law. In the current climate it is important to understand what freedoms exist; what is reportable conduct; which is the appropriate forum for religious disputes; what is religious discrimination; how to have harmonious governance; how to respond to complaints against clergy; and the law governing church property.

Property Transactions for Support Staff, Conveyancers and Junior Lawyers

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from experienced practitioners working at the coalface of property transactions who will identify exactly what you need to know to effectively and efficiently see a property transaction through from beginning to end. In one practical, information-packed seminar you’ll gain the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure your property transactions run smoothly.

Workplace Law Conference

“Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin’” So the song goes...but just working is rarely that simple. In this modern world, workplace rules and regulations grow more complex every day. Your practice will benefit from this seminar and the timely insights from this panel of experts. The morning will focus on practical analysis of recent and relevant issues such as discrimination, modern slavery and labour hire both here and in New Zealand.

Family Law Conference

At the very heart of family law you’ll find the people that it affects the most- the family. Now is the perfect time to attend this conference and keep up to date with the significant changes shaking up the area. In the morning, we’ve brought together experts from the top echelon to discuss family law and its implications for parents and children. For the afternoon we shift focus to the all-important area of property and financial issues in family law.

3rd Annual Credit Law Conference

The hottest issues in credit law? We have 12 of the most important topics you need to know right now. The best speakers? Hear from AFCA, the Ombudsman, ASIC, the OAIC, leaders in banking and finance, and elite practitioners in the sector. Convenience and efficiency? Experience this comprehensive conference all in one day right in the Sydney CBD or streamed live online directly to you. No sponsored speaking slots. No costly and time consuming travel. No fluff. Just the best content and the best speakers.

Motor Vehicle Injuries: Where Are We Now?

Nearly 12 months to the day– since the introduction of the new Motor Accidents Injury (MAI) Act on 1 December 2017, we have brought together an esteemed panel of presenters to discuss how the Scheme has been operating and tracking from both the Regulator’s and practitioner’s point of view. Discuss proposed legislative changes; hear about the latest technology in crash collision data; and gain, your all-important annual review on recent judicial review, liability and care decisions.

CPD Compulsory Units for In-House Counsel

Being in-house counsel isn’t what it used to be. You can’t just be a lawyer. You have to be a leader, a strategist, an influencer. You have to be prepared to manage the legal and political ramifications of internal investigations, You have to complete a seemingly ever-growing number of tasks while meeting heightened expectations and demands all while fulfilling your ethical obligations in an environment that can make doing so more than challenging.

Wills and Estates Symposium

Do you want to take your wills and estates practice to the next level? Hear from some of Sydney’s leading practitioners on highly relevant topics and issues to develop your practice in 2018 and beyond. The morning session include five hot topics in estate planning and administration. The afternoon is not to be missed as five star practitioners give you guidance on disputes (including resolving them early) and court applications.

Managing Contracts to Avoid Disputes

While the goal of contracting is to draft a document capable of avoiding or minimising disputes, the cold, hard reality is that disagreements and dustups are inevitable. A dispute might arise from a failure by one of the parties, a misunderstanding as to the expectations and obligations under the contract, or good old fashioned unscrupulous behavior. Gain an understanding of precisely how contract disputes can arise and how to deftly manage them.

Running a Civil Claim for Institutional Abuse

The National Redress Scheme was launched on the 1 July 2018 and it is scheduled to run for 10 years. Understanding key features of this scheme is crucial to advising your clients. Gain essential information on Redress claims, examine civil litigation in light of new areas of claims, review recent interpretation given by the courts to claims brought outside the limitation period, and receive important updates on the criteria for damages and awards.

Motor Vehicle Injuries Intensive

This intensive will provide an in-depth discussion on the latest in available collision data technology and a special commentary on introducing this evidence. Plus hear a review of liability issues following Berwick v Clark; recent cases on psychological injury in motor vehicle accidents and practical session motor vehicle claims assessment update and ISV assessments.

Wills and Estates Symposium: Planning, Administration & Litigation

The Wills and Estates Symposium is a must attend event for every solicitor practising in the area. The day ties together estate planning and estate administration issues with what you need to know in estate litigation (as well as how to avoid litigation). This program includes highly qualified speakers and excellent topics for you to develop your practice and to give you a macro view of wills and estates practice.

Retail and Commercial Leasing Guide

On the surface leasing is so simple. A tenant forks over some cash. A landlord gives them a place to setup shop in return. What could go wrong? Well…A LOT. Fail to keep up with legal and market developments? Problems. Underestimate the intricacies of complex leasing structures or disclosures? Problems. Breach or forfeit a lease? Problems. Ensure you’re not caught out by these potentially disastrous situations by shoring up your knowledge and skills at this wildly useful and practical conference.

Complex Conveyancing

Have you analysed the new Standard Contract Editions and the new ipso facto regime? Have you mastered the nuances of the new GST withholding regime and other recent tax changes? Are you across the complexities of purchasing through SMSFs? And have you fully considered the many ethical disasters that can quickly torpedo a deal and sink a practice? Take a deep dive into the details and gain insights into all these issues and more, all while nailing down that crucial ethics unit for the CPD year.

Civil Practice in the Magistrates Court of WA

Attend this unique opportunity to hear from an esteemed panel of presenters, including His Honour Magistrate Darge, Registrar Sutton and a former Assistant Bailiff from the Perth Bailiff Office. Examine key issues on civil practice in the Magistrates Court, such as effective advocacy; document lodgment; enforcement of judgements and effective appeals to the District Court. Attend this seminar and gain valuable and unique insights plus practical guidance to take your civil practice in this jurisdiction

Income Protection, Death and Total Permanent Disability

Income protection, death and Total and Permanent Disability (TPD) insurances are commonplace cover for many Australians today with TPD being offered at no charge under many superannuation funds. Thus, injured clients may in fact be eligible for compensation under one of these policies in certain circumstances. This seminar will provide practical information to provide an understanding of this important area.

Motor Vehicle Injuries Intensive

This practical Intensive will provide an in-depth discussion on the latest collision data technology available and a special workshop on introducing this evidence. Plus, gain your all-important end-of-year motor vehicle injuries case review to ensure you are up to date in your practice.

Contracts Risk and Disputes

While the goal of contracting is to draft a document capable of avoiding or minimising disputes, the cold, hard reality is that disagreements and dustups are inevitable. A dispute might arise from a failure by one of the parties, a misunderstanding as to the expectations and obligations under the contract, or good old fashioned unscrupulous behavior. Gain an understanding of precisely how contract disputes can arise and how to deftly manage them

6th Annual Wine Law Conference

The wine industry as a whole is expected to grow to over $400 billion by the early 2020s and Australia’s market will have its share of the pie with current exports exceeding record levels. Ensure you maximise on this growth by clearing regulatory hurdles and understanding potential future legal risks. This annual Wine Law conference is bigger and better than ever and is essential for anyone dealing with legal and regulatory issues within the wine industry.