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Issues covered include: Directors, Officers and Corporate Litigation, Hayne Royal Commission, Defamation, Creditors, Insolvency Law Reform, ipso facto, Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016, Trusts Minority Shareholder Disputes with a Corporate Trustee, Mental Health, Contingency Fees, Litigation Funding and Class Actions, Ethical Professional Conduct.
Join our panel of experts to broaden and sharpen your knowledge with in-depth and high level analysis of the latest trends and hottest topics for commercial litigators. Join the ranks of the litigating elite by spending a day examining commercial litigation updates, strategies and techniques and gain your core CPD points all while acquiring the tools necessary to advance your litigation skills.
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 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 VIC on 22 March 2019
Commercial Litigation Hot Spots
Chair: Christiana McCudden, Partner, Disputes + Investigations Group, Gilbert + Tobin
9.00am to 10.00am: Directors, Officers and Corporate Litigation Update: What Your Commercial Clients Need you to Know
Presented by Dr Steven Stern, Barrister, List S Svenson Barristers; Adjunct Professor, College of Law & Justice, Victoria University
10.00am to 11.00am: Defamation Update: Is the Australian Defamation Law Now a Multi-Million Dollar Game of Roulette?
Presented by Evelyn Tadros, Barrister, Youngs List
11.00am to 11.15am Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: Creditors in Control: Insolvency Law Reform and the Increased Rights of Creditors in External Administrations
Presented by Marelda Hibberd, Partner, Maddocks; Recommended Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer and Recommended Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018; Best Lawyers 2019, Insolvency and Reorganization Law
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Trusts: Minority Shareholder Disputes with a Corporate Trustee – Can the Oppression Remedy Assist? Is the Landscape Changing?
One of the busiest lists in the Supreme Court is the Corporations List, which manages approximately 2500 oppression cases annually. Almost all claims seeking relief from oppression under section 233 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) relate to small and family businesses.
Presented by Alexandra Tighe, Partner, Holding Redlich; Recommended Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
CPD Compulsory Units For Litigators
Chair: Kimberley MacKay, Partner, Holding Redlich
Practice Management & Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Managing Mental Health for Commercial Litigators
Litigators responsibilities can be demanding and may cause unwarranted effect and changes on your well-being, some of which can easily be overlooked. We shall cover:
Presented by Janet Hopkins, General Manager, Mindful Employer
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Contingency Fees, Litigation Funding and Class Actions
Presented by Ben Phi, Managing Director, Phi Finney McDonald; Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Professional Conduct in the Legal Profession
Presented by Christopher Dale, Senior Counsel, O’Donnell Salzano Lawyers and former President of the Law Institute of Victoria