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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
This is it! It’s down to the wire. Do it now or suffer the consequences later. Attend on this last day and get it all done in one go! As the saying goes, “it ain’t over ‘til it’s over. "This seminar is all you need so if you’ve left it to the last minute don’t despair! Attend the full day or just the sessions relevant to you and complete your CPD with a lineup of excellent speakers covering the most important topics you need to know.
Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This conference was recorded in NSW on 29 March 2019
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers
Chair: Michael Willmott SC,13th Floor St James Hall Chambers
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
10.45am to 11.45am: Ethical Issues for the Experienced Commercial Advocate
Ethics are important in our dealings with clients, other practitioners, the courts, tribunals and others. Explore and consider key ethical issues facing practitioners with reference to conduct rules and a few disciplinary and other cases relevant to the topics discussed.
Presented by Andrew Bailey, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Practice Management and Business Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm: Promoting a Healthy Work/Life Balance for Your Practice to Achieve Optimum Results
Presented by Melissa Tovey, Barrister, 13th Floor St James Hall Chambers
Professional Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm: Presentation Skills for Lawyers
Presented by Andrew Klein, Director, Spike Presentations
1.45pm to 2.15pm Lunch
Property Law Roundup
Chair: Dennis Bluth, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, Accredited Specialist in Property Law
7.30am to 8.15am: Critical Tax Issues and Updates
Presented by Nick Gangemi, Barrister, Second Floor Selborne Chambers
8.15am to 9.00am: Conveyancing and Property Law Update
Examine recent cases and developments and analyse what they mean for your practice.
Presented by Gary Newton, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
9.00am to 9.45am: New Developments in Retail and Commercial Leasing
Identify key cases and changes and they’ll impact your practice in the coming year.
Presented by Catherine Hallgath, Partner, Mills Oakley Lawyers
9.45am to 10.30am: PPSA Essentials for Commercial lawyers
Presented by Karen Fairbairn, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
Business and Commercial Law Roundup
Chair: Ishita Sethi, Barrister, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
2.15pm to 3.15pm: Buying and Selling a Business: Risk, Value and Negotiation
Presented by Andrew Pavuk, Executive Principal, Pavuk Legal
3.15pm to 4.15pm: Commercialising IP
Presented by Judith Miller, Principal & National Practice Group Leader – Commercial, Wrays Lawyers
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm: Managing Digital Customer Data: Practical Business Strategies
Presented by Peter Leonard, Principal, Data Synergies, Professor of Practice, UNSW Business School
5.30pm to 6.30pm: Personal and Corporate Insolvency Update
Presented by Nicholas Simpson, Barrister,13th Floor St James Hall Chambers