10th Annual 10 CPD Points in Cairns 2021

This must attend annual event is back for its 10th consecutive year. Featuring 11 timely topics hand-picked to cover some of the most crucial areas of law, you’ll gain all the CPD you need and bolster your practice in one efficient, information-packed day. Attend the full day or just the sessions relevant to you and complete your CPD with a line-up of excellent speakers covering the most important topics you need to know. WEB218NQ01

Description

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

This program is based on QLD legislation

Session 1

Wills & Estates and Family Law

Chair: Vince Bailey, Principal, Vincent Bailey Lawyer

7.30am to 8.15am A VIEW FROM THE BENCH: Latest Developments in Wills and Estates Litigation

Presented by The Hon. Justice James Henry, The Supreme Court of Queensland

8.15am to 9.30am Estate Planning: Complex Estate Matters

Honour Thy Father: Helen is a contracts lawyer, running away from the big smoke and a failed marriage, to a suburban wills and probate practice, Gruber & Gruber. She needs to brush up on her probate law for her meeting with a new client. Join our presenters in helping Helen identify and advise about various complex estate matters. Explore recent topics of interest, including:

  • Conditional gifts: Can a testator require a beneficiary undergo vasectomy surgery?
  • Cremains of the Day: Does your father’s new girlfriend have a right to a share of his cremated remains?
  • “I want to make a power of attorney for my demented mother” What did you say?
  • Granny flat agreements and court authorised will applications: What? Why?

Presented by Jeneve Frizzo, Principal, Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020 and Sally-Ann Hayward

9.30am to 10.30am Analysis of the Latest Leading Family Law Cases

Gain a valuable update of the most recent, significant cases and trends from the courts, with a focus on practical considerations.
Presented by Amanda Millyard, Director, Millyard Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021

Session 2

CPD Mandatory Core Areas

Chair: Mark Peters, Principal, Peters Bosel Lawyers

Practical Legal Ethics
10.45am to 11.45am Ethical Issues Involving Capacity or Possible Abuse of Enduring Powers of Attorney

  • Your ethical obligations when capacity could or is being challenged
  • What amounts to abuse of powers granted by enduring powers of attorney
  • How to respond when there may be or may have been an  abuse of power by an attorney

Presented by Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers

Practice Management & Business Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm Marketing Tips for Small, Regional and Growing Law Firms

  • The importance of being local
  • Building your team to be your brand ambassadors for your firm
  • Different strategies for motivating millennial, Gen Z and Gen X lawyers

Presented by Ranjit Singh, Partner, Holding Redlich

Professional Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm Professional Skills for the Modern Day Lawyer

Gone are the days that lawyers could hang their shingle on their door and expect the clients to roll on in. It is essential that modern day lawyers have a broad depth of skills and up to date knowledge to be a successful lawyer. In this practical presentation, you will explore:

  • Innovation and utilising technology
  • Emotional Intelligence and problem solving
  • Communication and people management
  • Boosting financial literacy
  • Marketing and business skills for your practice
  • How to be more collaborative

Presented by Catherine Ross, Director, Cairns Family Law Group; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021 and Amalie Grima, Director, Cairns Family Law Group; Best Lawyers 2022, Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021

Session 3

Employment, Commercial and Property Law Roundup

Chair: Rodney Curtin, Barrister, Queensland Bar

2.15pm to 3.05pm Latest Developments in Employment Law

Examine the latest employment law issues all practitioners should have on their radar through case updates and example scenarios.
Presented by John Eylander, Barrister, C J Eylander

3.05pm to 3.55pm Commercial Law Case Study: When a Business Transaction Goes Wrong

Review the key principles and takeaways from a recent landmark Queensland Supreme Court case involving consumer law, duty of care, negligence, economic loss & contractual protections.

  • Review the development of the law in this area
  • Consider when and why a court may deny a plaintiff relief for negligence or economic loss in a business transaction
  • Discuss the latest view of the court on vulnerability and the extent to which a plaintiff could have protected itself by appropriate contractual terms

Presented by Christopher Taylor, Barrister, Trinity Chambers Cairns & Level 18 Chambers Brisbane

3.55pm to 4.10pm Afternoon Tea

4.10pm to 5.00pm Good Faith in Commercial Contracts

  • Good faith: contextual consideration
  • Express and implied term of the contract
  • Enforceability of the term
  • Intersection with statute law and codes of conduct

Presented by Joseph Jacobs, Barrister, Equity Chambers

5.00pm to 5.45pm A Guide to the Foreign Investment Review Board for Property and Business Interests

  • Overview of FIRB framework
  • Common misconceptions
  • Foreign and threshold tests
  • Civil and criminal penalties for non-compliance

Presented by James Harding, Holding Redlich

5.45pm to 6.30pm Conveyancing Updates and Tips for Minimising Risks

Whether you’re a conveyancing expert or only occasionally work in the area, you’ll gain the latest updates & tips on best practices to minimise risk.

  • Update on the property sector & navigating the property boom
  • Dealing with the effects of COVID-19
  • Timing issues: bank finance, council approvals & what to do when time frames aren’t met
  • Applying general contract conditions for retail and commercial properties to these issues

Presented by Ben Taylor, Lawyer – Property & Commercial, MacDonnells Law

Presenters

Vince Bailey, Principal, Vincent Bailey Lawyer
An estate planning and commercial lawyer with over 30 years' experience, Vince Bailey practised in national law firms in Brisbane and Darwin before settling in Cairns. Vince recently established his own firm focussing on estate planning, wealth protection, superannuation, trusts and business succession planning. Vince holds academic qualifications in commerce, law, legal practice, management and financial planning, is a member of The Tax Institute and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and is a Chartered Tax Adviser. Vince has delivered numerous presentations on estate planning and revenue law to accountants, bankers, financial planners and lawyers.

The Hon. Justice James Henry, The Supreme Court of Queensland
Justice Jim Henry (BA; LLB; University of Queensland) was admitted as a barrister in 1986. He prosecuted for the Queensland office of Director of Prosecutions, ultimately as Consultant Crown Prosecutor for its Northern region, before joining the private bar in Cairns in 2000. He took silk in 2006. He was appointed a Supreme Court Judge, the Far Northern Judge and a Land Appeal Court Judge in 2011.

Jeneve Frizzo, Principal, The Will & All
Jeneve is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Succession Law and practices solely in that area. She is the Principal/Director of The Will & All.

Sally-Ann Hayward
Sally practices exclusively in succession law including estate planning, estate administration and estate litigation. Many of Sally’s clients have special requirements such as estate planning for disabled children and estate planning for adults lacking capacity. She also assists victims of financial elder abuse. Sally presents at legal conferences and community groups on a range of topics such as special disability trusts, elder abuse, enduring powers of attorney and general estate planning. She is currently preparing to launch her own practice, Cairns Mobile Wills & Probate Law.

Amanda Millyard, Director, Millyard Family Lawyers
Amanda Louise Millyard is the founder and director/principal of Millyard Family Lawyers. Millyard Family Lawyers is named one of the Doyle’s Guide leading Family Law firms in North and Central Queensland (2021). Amanda has been practicing in the area of family law in Cairns since 1997 when she commenced her articles of clerkship. She was admitted to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999 and is also admitted to appear in the High Court of Australia. She is a Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist in Family Law and has been placed on Legal Aid Queensland’s Independent Children’s Lawyer and Separate Representative Panel in the capacity: Independent Children’s Lawyer – family law jurisdiction

Mark Peters, Principal, Peters Bosel Lawyers
Mark has advised employers and employees on a range of employment law and workplace relations matters for over 35 years. As partner of Peters Bosel Lawyers, Mark delivers specialist employment law and workplace relations advice and representation to employers across Queensland, from small businesses and local government to large government organisations and corporations. Mark established Peters Bosel Lawyers with Julie Bosel in 2011. The firm practises solely in employment law and workplace relations.

Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers
Chris Ryall has practised as a member of the private bar in Cairns since 1999. His practice as a barrister has been principally in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injuries, and estates. Chris has appeared in disciplinary matters involving solicitors and other professionals before various tribunals. In addition, he has experience in dealing with ethical and regulatory issues while a member of the Council of the Bar Association of Queensland.

Ranjit Singh, Partner, Holding Redlich
Ranjit’s focus is in all aspects of property and projects, primarily in the large-scale development projects. Being a local of Cairns for over 30 years and practising law for the last 15 years, has seen Ranjit being involved in large number of multi-story and large scale developments that have made Cairns the tropical and liveable city it is today.
Ranjit has an intrinsic knowledge of the interworking of projects and procurement which is crucial to understanding the imperatives involved in providing legal services to small and large businesses and the Queensland Government.

Catherine Ross, Director, Cairns Family Law Group
Catherine Ross is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with extensive experience having worked on a range of matters from dissolution through to Family Court appeals. Her experience includes all aspects of family law matters, including property settlement on separation, and children's issues., Catherine is experienced in mediation, assisting parties to negotiate resolutions as well as litigating. She also practises in employment law.

Amalie Grima, Director, Cairns Family Law Group
Amalie has over 10 years of experience working solely in family law. Amalie has devoted her career to divorce and family law. Her focus is to obtain practical and commercial outcomes for her clients by resolving issues without going to the Court. When required, Amalie provides strong and strategic representation for her client’s in Court. She has extensive experience in appearing before the family law courts having appeared before various judges across Queensland. In 2019, Amalie was appointed by her peers as a Committee Member for the Family Law Practitioners Association which is the leading professional body for family lawyers in Queensland.

John Eylander, Barrister, C J Eylander
John has practiced as a solicitor, a government legal officer, practice manager of a regional law firm, and partnership with a national firm. John lectures at University, regularly presents at legal and industry events, is a mediator, and is a member of various Tribunals including the Development Tribunal. John was first called to the Bar in 2001 in Brisbane before moving the Cairns in 2007. He returned to the Bar in 2015 with a civil and regulatory practice, including family and children's matters, personal injury and insurance, estate litigation, building & construction, planning & environment, commercial & corporate, defamation, employment & human rights, and administrative reviews/appeals/and prosecutions.

Joseph Jacobs, Barrister, Equity Chambers
Joseph practices primarily in Commercial Law, Equity, Family Law, Succession Law and Criminal Law. He appears regularly in both the Queensland and New South Wales courts and is also admitted to practice in Victoria and South Australia. Joseph has practiced as a Barrister, Solicitor and Academic Lecturer at the National University of Malaysia, Adelaide University and James Cook University in Queensland. He has a keen interest in advocacy and has been involved in mentoring university students in mooting and more recently, mentoring students in the practice of the profession. Joseph is involved with the Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House and accepts instructions on a pro bono basis for that organisation.

James Harding, Holding Redlich
James delivers commercial transactions solutions for property developments including large-scale off-the-plan projects. Having been an employer and running successful small businesses in addition to his career in the law. His experience includes acting for a range of State Government, national statutory bodies and charitable institutions on their property transactional requirements in Queensland, acquisition and sale of businesses and corporate restructuring, provision of complex titling and structuring advice regarding State leasehold Islands including the Whitsundays Islands, acting for and advising national lessors and shopping centre operators regarding COVID-19 related leasing issues, provision of complex FIRB approval advice including compliance and enforcement responses, Duties and Australian Foreign Acquirer Duty advices.

Ben Taylor, Lawyer – Property & Commercial, MacDonnells Law
Specialising in the areas of property and commercial law, Ben has acted for clients ranging from international and domestic corporations to State and local governments in advising on the full spectrum of property and commercial matters including leasing, acting for purchasers, vendors and financiers in commercial and residential property transactions, government acquisitions and property advisory and undertaking due diligence reporting in business transactions and security advisory. A local to the Cairns region, Ben is a director of Worklink Group and takes an active role in the local community.

Christopher Taylor, Barrister, Trinity Chambers Cairns & Level 18 Chambers Brisbane
Christopher he was admitted as solicitor in 2002 commencing his practice with the national law firm of Gadens Lawyers, and for a short time was a partner in the Cairns office. He was called to the Queensland Bar in November 2011. Whilst his main area of practice is in building and construction law, he is also called upon to advise on and appear in general commercial disputes. Christopher has a particular focus on, and passion for, alternative dispute resolution, being an accredited mediator, arbitrator, and registered adjudicator under the relevant Security of Payment legislation in QLD, ACT, SA, NT and WA He also sits as a Sessional Member on the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

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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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