10 Points in One Day

213Q03: Gain a wealth of knowledge from the best in their field all in one day. You will gain insights on a variety of areas of law and issues impacting on your practice including all the big areas of dispute today: insolvency, defamation, employment law, estates, family and property. Take away key skills that you can immediately apply to your practice including trial tips and tricks, billing issues and building a team to help you succeed. Attend the full day to gain all the CPD points that you need.

Description

Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills

This program is based on QLD legislation

Session 1

Insolvency, Defamation, & Employment Law

Chair: Lara Radik, Partner, Carter Newell Lawyers

7.30am to 8.15am The New Insolvency Regime for Small Business

  • Eligible companies with liabilities of less than $1 million
  • Debtor in possession model and temporary insolvency relief
  • Role and function of small business restructuring practitioners
  • Restructure plans and creditors rights
  • Simplified liquidations

Presented by Howard Alexander, Barrister, Briggs Lane Chambers; member, Public Rulings Advisory Committee, Queensland Office of State Revenue

8.15am to 9.00am Defamation Law Update

  • Current state of the nation on defamation law
  • Assessment of damages and recent cases
  • Proposed legislative changes

Presented by Melanie Quixley, Principal, Barry Nilsson Lawyers; Recommended Public & Product Liability Lawyer (Defendant) and Professional Indemnity Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020; Best Lawyers 2021, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Product Liability Litigation

9.00am to 9.45am Employment Law: Significant Developments in the New Reality

Explore a range of developments over the last year including:

  • Fair Work Act changes 2020: new workplace rights and COVID-19 inspired changes
  • Stand downs in focus; the Courts and the Commission: Qantas v ALEAIEU v The Peninsula School and other cases
  • Restraints in a time of plague: a snapshot of the year’s cases
  • A selection of notable adverse action cases
  • Is there a tension between the Commission and the Federal Court on the principles of interpretation of agreements? Bianco Walling v CFMMEUBerri and Golden Cockerel

Presented by Sean Reidy, Barrister, Chambers at 32

9.45am to 10.30am Managing a Workplace in COVID-19 Times: What’s New, What’s Different?

Organisations have been managing the impact of COVID on the workplace for nearly 12 months but as the pandemic and the related response changes, new issues continue to emerge.

  • Gain tools to manage the workplace response to COVID within the existing national legal framework
  • Deduce WHS implications, issues relating to working from home and the return to the physical workplace
  • Decipher developing a workplace position on vaccinations
  • Acquire timely and practical advice on these issues within your organisation

Presented by Samantha Betzien, Partner, MinterEllison; Best Lawyers 2021, Occupational Health and Safety Law, Employee Benefits Law and Labour and Employment Law; Leading Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer and Leading Employment Lawyers (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2021

Session 2

CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers

Chair: Gavin Handran QC, North Quarter Lane Chambers; Preeminent Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel, Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel and Leading Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2020; Best Lawyers 2021, Commercial Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am Lessons from 20 Years of Trial Experience: Tricks and Traps

  • Pleadings
  • Disclosure/trial bundles
  • Witness summaries/affidavits/evidence in chief
  • Advising clients on trials/expectations
  • Working with Counsel
  • Conferences with clients/counsel
  • Conducting a trial

Presented by Dale Cliff, Partner – Commercial Disputes & Insolvency, Mills Oakley

Practical Legal Ethics
11.45am to 12.45pm Understanding Ethical and Unethical Billing

  • Estimates and time sheet ‘padding’
  • Charging for standard forms
  • ‘Camel trains’ and other over-servicing
  • Fixed fee issues
  • Charges for ‘getting up to speed’
  • Unusual expenses and informed consent

Presented by David Edwards, Principal Legal Officer, Legal Services Commission

Practice Management & Business Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm The 5 Dysfunctions of a Team: How to Avoid Dysfunction and Build a High Performing Team

  • Understanding the reasons why teams struggle
  • Practical ways to unite teams
  • Building a team focused on common goals, regardless of function
  • Leadership techniques to drive effective teams

Presented by Ben Deverson, Director, Lawganised

Session 3

Wills & Estates, Family Law and Property Law Roundup

Chair: Paul Favell, Barrister, Inns of Court

2.15pm to 3.15pm Wills and Estates Decisions: Practical Applications in Drafting and Disputing Wills

  • Review of salient Queensland Supreme and District Court decisions in the last 9 months with particular reference to:
    • Informal will applications under Section 18
    • Family provision matters
    • Construction applications
  • Practical implications of these cases for both ‘front end’ will-making practice and post-death litigation

Presented by David Topp, Barrister, Bank of New South Wales Chambers

3.15pm to 4.15pm Challenging Trustee Discretion in SMSF Death Benefit Payments

  • Reviewing Re Marsella; Marsella v Wareham
  • What is acting in good faith and real and genuine consideration?
  • Risks of failing to acknowledge a potential conflict or seek relevant advice
  • Duty of the trustee to avoid a conflict of interest
  • Obligation of the trustee to give reasons for exercise of discretion

Presented by Hayley Mitchell, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law

4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea

4.30pm to 5.30pm Major Developments in Family Law and the Implications for Trial Practice

  • Review of salient Family Court-Full Court decisions in last 6 months with particular reference to:
    • Relocation cases
    • Judicial bias/recusal cases
    • Appeals from consent orders/s79A cases
  • Practical Implications of those cases for trial practice in both FCA & FCCA

Presented by Dr Mark Sayers, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers; Nationally Accredited Mediator; Leading Family Law Junior Counsel and Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2020

5.30pm to 6.30pm Retail and Commercial Leasing Developments

Analyse significant legislative updates, key cases and recent developments impacting retail and commercial leasing.
Presented by Marshall Cooke, Barrister, Inns of Court

Presenters

Lara Radik, Partner, Carter Newell Lawyers
Lara Radik has over 13 years’ experience advising on workplace, industrial relations and workplace health and safety. Lara has represented clients in unfair dismissal claims, general protections claims, discrimination claims, applications for orders to stop bullying, sham contracting prosecutions, work health and safety prosecutions, coronial inquests, prosecutions for underpayment of entitlements, and workers’ compensation claims. She regularly advises clients on restructures and redundancies, post-employment restraints, protection of intellectual property and confidential information, managing underperforming employees, managing ill or injured employees, compliance with work health and safety legislation, enterprise agreement negotiations, and outsourcing arrangements.

Howard Alexander, Barrister, Briggs Lane Chambers
Howard has practised as a barrister in Queensland and in the federal courts of Australia for over 25 years in a wide range of commercial, tax and duty disputes. Howard has also lectured in Master of Laws and Master of Taxation courses at the University of Queensland and was a member of the Taxation Committee of the Law Council of Australia for several years. He has published papers and delivered many seminar papers on his areas of practice.

Melanie Quixley, Principal, Barry Nilsson Lawyers
Melanie Quixley practices in the areas of general liability and professional indemnity. She is experienced in advising on and managing claims in the areas of policy coverage and first party claims; public liability (including personal injury, product liability and property damage); professional indemnity (including pure economic loss); subrogated recovery claims. She manages a wide portfolio of personal injury claims including claims for catastrophic injury and loss of dependency and also handles CTP and dust diseases claims. In addition to her work as a litigator, Melanie advises her corporate clients on both risk management and contractual terms.

Sean Reidy, Barrister, Chambers at 32
Sean Reidy is a barrister and mediator. He has appeared in cases in all courts in the State and Federal jurisdictions as well as tribunals such as QCAT, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission and the Fair Work Commission. His is briefed in cases involving contract law, administrative law, statutory interpretation, defamation, employment law, human rights and professional regulation, and in mediations.

Gavin Handran, QC, North Quarter Lane Chambers
Gavin is briefed in complex corporate and commercial cases. He is an experienced trial and appellate counsel. Gavin’s recent cases include acting for Springfield City Group in a significant claim against Pipe Networks (TPG), acting for unit owners in the former Hyatt Coolum Resort against Mr Clive Palmer and his corporate interests, and appearing for the former CEO of Dreamworld at the inquest into the Thunder River Rapids Ride tragedy. Gavin is a keen sportsperson and the player advocate for the Brisbane Lions. He is a nationally accredited mediator in all areas of law, except family law.

Dale Cliff, Partner – Commercial Disputes & Insolvency, Mills Oakley
Dale is one of Australia’s leading commercial litigation lawyers. He has 25 years’ experience practising almost exclusively in this area, successfully conducting over 120 trials in the Supreme and Federal Courts of Australia. He uses his skill set to achieve a result for his client with or without recourse to the courts. Dale’s expertise includes property disputes; general commercial disputes with a particular expertise in banking, mining and tax litigation; acting for a wide range of clients including property developers; mining and resources giants; banks; airports; pharmacies; and child care organisations.

David Edwards, Principal Legal Officer, Legal Services Commission
David was admitted in 1987 and has been with the LSC since 2007. He has experience in a wide range of professional investigations and complaints handling. Before joining the Commission, he was a solicitor in private practice, handling principally insurance and personal injury matters. David has been involved in a number of high-profile disciplinary investigations, including trust accounting, fraud and misrepresentation, and matters relating to capacity issues.

Ben Deverson, Director, Lawganised
Ben has been managing and leading professional services firms for over half of his 24-year executive career. From 2016-2019, Ben was the principal of a boutique law firm. Whilst not being a qualified lawyer, Ben is a management specialist. He has gained an intimate knowledge of the challenges that law firms face each day. Ben's strengths include strategic planning, forecasting, cash flow management, process automation, performance metrics, leadership and legal practice risk management. He has passion for helping law firm principals maximise their resources so that they can have a new and positive outlook on their business and their lives.

Paul Favell, Barrister, Inns of Court
Paul Favell was admitted as a barrister in 1980 and was admitted in all states and territories of Australia except Tasmania. He initially practiced as a Crown Prosecutor and in Crime. In 1986 he went to the Private Bar where he specialised in Defamation. Paul has appeared in most Courts and tribunals including the High Court. He was the Queensland Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Commissioner and the first Crime and Corruption Commissioner. He is now a sessional member of the Crime and Corruption Commission and a sessional member of the QCAT. Paul continues in private practice.

David Topp, Barrister, Bank of New South Wales Chambers
David was admitted as a solicitor in 2002 and as a barrister in February 2006. David has extensive experience in property, commercial, insolvency, debt recovery, estate and family provision litigation and dispute resolution. In addition his specific areas of expertise include applications for security for costs; enforcement of judgments; jurisdictional venue arguments; setting aside default judgments; ending proceedings early, i.e. summary judgments/summary dismissals and dismissals for want of prosecution; and other practice and procedure related applications and advices. David is an accomplished speaker and author of two Security for Costs textbooks and the property law themed Tennyson Breach.

Hayley Mitchell, Partner, Copper Grace Ward
Hayley practices in estate and trust disputes, estate planning, and estate administration. Hayley has experience in providing a broad range of advice involving executor's duties, beneficiaries' rights, problematic and contentious estate administration, and matters involving attorneys, administrators and guardians. Her particular areas of interest are family provision claims, Will disputes and testamentary capacity, contentious applications for probate and letters of administration, and contentious superannuation death benefit applications. Prior to moving to Queensland and joining Cooper Grace Ward in 2015, Hayley practiced in Hobart providing advice in the areas of estate and trust disputes, estate planning, and estate administration.

Dr Mark Sayers, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers
Dr Mark Sayers has practiced at the private bar since 1998, specialising in Family Law since joining Quay 11 Chambers in 2000. Mark has an academic background and is a published author in jurisprudence with particular focus both on human rights and therapeutic jurisprudence.  Mark has served on parole boards and the Mental Health Review Tribunal (Qld) and is a regularly engaged to speak at Family Law professional development conferences.

Marshall Cooke, Barrister, Inns of Court
Marshall was called to the Bar in February, 2007. He practises in all areas of commercial law and is experienced in contractual disputes, insurance, insolvency, building and construction, professional negligence, trade practices and corporate matters. He has appeared in a variety of appeals, trials and interlocutory hearings in the Queensland courts and in the Federal Court of Australia. He also has experience in commercial arbitration proceedings and in appearing at mediations. Prior to being admitted to the Bar, Marshall was a Senior Associate in the commercial Litigation section of a national firm.

Samantha Betzien, Partner, MinterEllison
Samantha advises widely on compliance and risk management strategies, and is skilled at managing coronial inquests, investigations and prosecutions. She often is called on to conduct workplace investigations. Samantha enjoys training clients on employment and safety issues, and helping companies to create effective safety governance processes.
Samantha is also an experienced litigator and advocate in employment and industrial relations disputes. Adept at handling complex and strategic matters, she has advised many of Australia's leading companies in the construction, energy and resources, transport and aviation industries.

Venue

Hilton Brisbane

190 Elizabeth St
Brisbane City
Brisbane 4000
QLD
Australia

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Issues covered include: estate disputes, probate applications, family law, discovery, disclosure, mediation, ethics, mental health, dispute resolution, property law, employment law, consumer law, competition law, ipso facto regime, contracts

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Issues covered include: corporate misconduct, shareholder recovery, drafting shareholder agreements

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Issues covered include: contributions, property, investments, death benefits, insurance

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Issues covered include: precedents, discretionary trusts, value, asset protection and utility, inter vivos trusts, family trusts, superannuation, life insurance, family succession

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Issues covered include: trust structures, distribution strategies, asset protection

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Issues covered include: ATO, Taxation of trusts, Trust splitting, Fixed trust, distribution of capital gains, trust strutures, asset protection, sham trust, discretionary trust drafting, trust vesting and winding up, UPEs, Division 7A, loans, transfer duty on specie distributions, Trust Variations and Resolutions, Corporate Trustees, testamentary trusts.

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Issues covered include: VCAT's jurisdiction, evidence, procedural fairness, natural justice, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, VCAT, ADR, mediation, compulsory conference

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Issues covered include: Capacity, capacity disputes, equitable remedies, estate litigation, undue influence, unconscionable conduct, estoppel, extension of time, mediation, superannuation, testamentary trusts, enduring powers of attorney, financial agreements

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Issues covered include: Informal wills, Succession, Beneficiaries, Testators, Recent cases, Superannuation, Succession Law and Family Law, contested Probate, Undue Influence, Claims for adult children.

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Issues covered include: family provisions rpactice updates, costs, mediation, ethics

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Issues covered include: TAC, TAC statutory, WorkCover, WorkCover statutory, psych injuries, psychiatric impairment, serious injury, Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, Medical Panel, serious injury applications, damages awards, damages

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Issues covered include: case update, legislation update, criminal injuries, impairment assessment, appeals to District Court

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Issues covered include: pre-accident risk assessment, workplace incidents, WHS litigation, pleas, defended hearings

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Issues covered include: incident management, reportable conduct scheme, complaint, workplace investigation, ill and injured staff, medical certificates

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

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Issues covered include: strata, short stay, body corporate, foreign investors, duty, CGT, interim planning decisions, administrative law rulings

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Issues covered include: privilege, waiver, the Harman Obligation, advocacy

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Issues covered include: blended families, second spouses, superannuation, case update

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Issues covered include: law making process, new laws, amendments, legislative drafting process, parliamentary bills, delegated legislation, tabling of documents, public interest immunity, PII, royal commissions, judicial inquiries, parliamentary inquiries, parliamentary privilege, executive privilege, parliamentary procedure, powers of parliament, inquiry powers, public sector

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Issues covered include: inherent risks of treatment, breach of duty and causation, delay, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, euthanasia, medical products, product liability, class actions, regulatory matters

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Issues covered include: Guardianship division, VCAT, moral duty, financial elder abuse, ethics, ethical considerations

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Issues covered include: discretionary trusts, trust and company law, tax implications for property settlements, financial documents

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Issues covered include: estate planning and succession, taxation, superannuation, Division 7A issues, testamentary trusts, blended families, foreign clients and assets, small businesses, aged care issues, executor risks

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Issues covered include: trusts, CGT concession, ATO rulings, discretionary trusts, vesting, winding up a trust

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Issues covered include: employment termination, contractors, single touch payroll, superannuation guarantee, payroll tax, FBT, expatriate tax overview, underpayment of wages, accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act

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Issues covered include: ALRC, discovery, financial proceedings, disclosure, companies, trusts, partnerships, deceased estate, alternative, restorative justice, mediation, mediator, successful family law practice, costs, billing, growth and development, domestic violence, family violence, trauma, protection orders, parenting orders, evidentiary rules, affidavits, parental alienation, ethics, ethical dilemmas

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Issues covered include: consumer data right, consumer law, ACCC, penalties, Royal Commission into the Financial Sector, employment law, mental health, whistleblowing, regulatory compliance

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Issues covered include: Consumer law, ACCC, consumer data right, ICT, IT contracts, privacy, employment, mental health, workplace investigation, unconscious bias

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Issues covered include: Consumer data right, big data, privacy, mandatory data breach reporting, GDPR, Banking Royal Commission, ACCC, consumer law, ACL, corporate social responsibility, modern slavery, ethics, mental health, practice management, workplace investigation

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Issues covered include: admissibility, advanced rulings, expert evidence, contracts, deeds, Royal Commissions, compulsory examinations, privilege, waiver, advocacy, interlocutory & urgent applications

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Issues covered include: Retail shop lease dispute, tenant, landlord, Retail Leases Act, QCAT, retail tenancy disputes, retail leasing, mediation, leasing disputes, combustible cladding, asbestos, tax, fitouts, depreciation, lease incentives, GST, commercial tenancies, market overview.

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In its 6th year, the Geelong 10 points in One day program offers insights from the industry front line practitioners. You don't have to travel to the CBD to gain updates of current topics and gain your compulsory CPD units. Attend the full program or choose the sessions most relevant to your practice.

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Issues covered include: Win and Retain more Clients, Stress Management, Privileged Evidence and Avoiding Inadvertent Waiver, Contract Disputes and Settlement of Litigation, Exclusion, Indemnity and Insurance Clauses, Insolvency Law Reform, Post-employment restraints, Property, Retail and Commercial Leasing.

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The vast majority of businesses in Australia are small businesses, so you better be prepared to provide up to date and expert advice when a small business client comes to you for help. That means being across the game changing developments stemming from the budget, the election and the Banking Royal Commission. Eleven experts working on small business advisory will give you the latest updates and cutting edge strategies on all of the key issues your small business clients will expect you to know.

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Issues covered include: immigration for business and investors, foreign investment, non-residents doing business, non-residents doing family business, owning a property, anti-money laundering, tax considerations and non-residents, estate planning, administration and sucession for migrations and foreign investors

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Issues covered include: exceeding expectations, plain English techniques, business acumen, resilience and wellbeing

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Issues covered include: Narcotic Drugs Act 1967, Medico Legal aspects, in-house counsel perspective, Courts, prescribing in the clinical setting

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Issues covered include: workplace discrimination, religious organisations, estate planning, crime, parenting, child support, parental rights

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Issues covered include: Technology, Blockchain, WayBack Evidence and Domain names, Directors liability, Quality and financial control, Ethics, manner of manufacture, Infringement, latests cases and developments.

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Issues covered include: Family court proceedings, Subpoena, Separation, Divorce, Family violence, Litigation, Evidence, New Redress Scheme, Child Safety Obligations, Royal Commission, Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse, Criminal Liability and Sexual Abuse, Child Safe Standards.

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Issues covered include: Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Update, TBAR, Royal Commission, Pension options, SMSF Deed, Superannuation contributions, non-concessional contributions, Transfer Balance Account, Super Death Benefits, Binding death benefit nominations, blended families, incapacity.

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Issues covered include: Enterprise value, Tax strategies, Pre-Sale Restructuring, Selling Business with Property, CGT exemptions, Concessions, Property structure, Business valuation methodologies, Preparing a Business for Sale, Equity transfer to family, Third party sale, tangible and intangible assets, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Data Protection, M & A Merger and Acquisition.

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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.

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Issues covered include: Tenancy, tenants, franchise lesing, office sharing, subleases, Dispustes, Variation, Surrender provisions and Termination of Leases, remedies, defaults and damages, co-tenancy, covenants, breaches, insolvency, financial issues and risk, Outgoings, Guarantees, Insurance, Indemnities, Case and Legislative Update.

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Issues covered include: Supreme Court of New South Wales, Service of Notices in Probate, Affidavit of Service, Grants of Probate and Administration, Letters of administration on intestacy, Special and limited grants, Taxation, executor and trustees, stamp duty, foregin estate, income tax, Probate case update decisions.

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Issues covered include: Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Work Safety Claims by Independent Contractors, Fair Work Act and Work Health and Safety Act, Uber and the Point to Point Transport Industry, Sham contracting, who is a contractor, who is an employee.

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Issues covered include: Finance and Property proceedings, Dispute Resolution, Pre-nuptial and nuptial agreements, Family Law Settlements, Transfer of tax debt, Bankruptcy, Spouse Maintenance orders variation, post-separation contributions, Accrued Jurisdiction of the Family Court, Contravention applications, Arbitration.

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Issues covered include: National Redress Scheme, Vicarious Liability in Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Act, Expert evidence, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Medico-Legal.

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Issues covered include: Admissibility of expert evidence, High Court and Court of Criminal Appeal, Evidence Act, Admitted facts, Uncontested facts, Disclosure and Privilege, Tendency and Coincidence Evidence.

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Issues covered include: Statutory unconscionable conduct, Indemnities, Contract drafting, Incorporation of Contractual Terms, case law, Jeffrey Goldberger, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Issues covered include: Proposed Acquisition Notice, Powers of resumption, Assessments, Instructing Experts and Maximising Expert Evidence, Land valuation assessment and methods, partial acquistion, business valuation and compensation.

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Issues covered include: Phoenix business activities, tax case update, historical loans, unpaid present entitlements, small business restructuring, practical tax solutions for small business

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Issues covered include: wealth accumulation, property tax, insurance payment, cryptocurrency, client's marriage, separations, family and accounting, succession and estate plannning

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Issues covered include: intent, purpose, context and structure, practical problem solving, judicial review, repeal of statute

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Analyse decision making and reason writing and then work through an in depth, interactive workshop where the presenters will examine, dissect and reconstruct a decision in this unique, can’t-miss workshop.

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Issues covered include: 'Ultimate Consumer' test, heads of agreement, guarantees, assignment, special tenancy arragement, lease documents interpretation, breaches of lease, termination

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Facing family law issues in your school? We have a step by step guide to guide you. Dealing with child safety risks? We’re offering real world guidance from the legal, law enforcement and principal perspectives. Want all your questions answered? Our interactive panels are tailor made for you. And that’s just the start of what you’ll gain from this unique, can’t miss event.

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Issues covered include: capacity, unconscionable conduct, sexual issues, privacy, data security, convergence and seniors living

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Issues covered include: three way examination, inspections, defaults and penalties, case law

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Issues covered include: Trademarks, patents, parallel imports, protection of IP in China, policy register for IP Australia, patent remedies, patent drafting,

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Issues covered include: terrorism offences in Australia, prosecuting home grown terror plots, trends in terrorism, human exploitation

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Keep yourself updated on the psychology and the legal trends in psychological and psychiatric injury claims, including bystander PTSD claims. With claims on the rise, understanding both the medicine and the law is essential for all practitioners working in this area. Straddling the medical and legal worlds, this seminar offers a better understanding of how medical professions form their assessments and evaluate claims, and you will gain an update on the Work Accident and TAC claims.

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Issues covered include: third parties in family law disputes, problem solving, property settlements, family violence amendments, alternate dispute resolution

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Issues covered include: serving of notices in different types of probate proceedings, digital assets and the afterlife, probate litigation

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Issues covered include: Parents, legal disasters, Privacy law, mental and physical health of staff, misconduct, disability and discrimination obligations, race, sex and gender identity, children with physical and learning disabilities

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