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Issues covered include: Updated Contract of Sale of Real Estate, Estate Agents (Contracts) Regulations 2008, Sale Of Land Act 1962 (VIC), New GST Withholding Regime, residential land notification and reporting requirements, Foreign resident capital gains tax withholding, Residential Annual Vacancy Fee, Vacant Residential Land Tax, insolvency on contractual rights, Insolvency, Ipso Facto Regime and Conveyancing, Default, Rescission and Repudiation, Mortgagee’s Power of Sale, Anti-Money Laundering Issues,
Your practice and your reputation are on the line with every conveyancing matter you work on, and any one of them can go from routine to disastrous with one misstep. Gain the latest information and essential strategies you need to avoid slipups and keep your practice on the right foot.
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 21 March 2019
New Law, Updates and Procedural Skills
Chair: Lily Tell, Principal, Tell Property Lawyer; Recommended Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
9.00am to 9.25am: Recent Legislation Amendments
Presented by Maryam Minai, Special Counsel, Development, Maddocks and Adam Jaques, Senior Associate, Development, Maddocks
9.25am to 10.00am: Recent Case Update
Discuss the four most important cases that should be on any practitioner’s radar.
Presented by Joseph Carney, Barrister, Svenson Barristers
10.00am to 10.45am: The New GST Withholding Regime and Recent Tax Developments
Presented by Elisha Herbert, Senior Manager, Pitcher Partners
10.45am to 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am to 11.45am: Insolvency, the Ipso Facto Regime and Conveyancing
Presented by Amanda Carruthers, Barrister, Foley’s List
11.45am to 12.30pm: Default, Rescission and Repudiation: Getting the Practice and Procedure Right
Presented by Nicholas Jones, Barrister, Svenson Barristers
12.30pm to 1.15pm: The Mortgagee’s Power of Sale
Presented by Leila Chalk, Principal Solicitor, Forty Four Degrees Lawyers & Consultants
1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
CPD Compulsory Units
Chair: Kelly Young, Director, Estate Conveyancing
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Anti-Money Laundering Issues for Property Lawyers and Conveyancers: Get it Right or Pay the Price
Presented by Katherine Shamai, Partner, Grant Thornton
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Survey and Title Issues Affecting a Conveyance of Property
Presented by Tom Champion, Director, Reeds Consulting
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Title Insurance: Risk Management for Conveyancing Professionals
Presented by Greg Cooper, Stewart Title Limited