Immigration Law Conference
Immigration law is front and centre given the impact of COVID-19. Examine changes to family and partner visas, refusal or cancellation of visas on character grounds, and criminal law issues in migration matters. Explore the latest on General Skilled, Regional and Global Talent Visa criteria. Gain insights directly from a Federal Judge on immigration matters at the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Attend the full day to earn your compulsory CPD units for all lawyers and migration agents. 223N32
Description
Attend the full day and earn 7 CPD units including:
3.5 units in Substantive Law
1.5 units in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
MIGRATION AGENTS CAN EARN 4 CPD POINTS, INCLUDING 1 ETHICS POINT
MARA APPROVAL NUMBERS
Session 1
Face to Face & Live Online – CN130
On Demand – DN415
Session 2 (excluding Ethics)
Face to Face & Live Online – CN132
On Demand – DN417
Ethics CPD Point
Face to Face & Live Online – M1B10035
On Demand – DN419
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Session 1
Visa Applications, Cancellations and Review
Chair: Rola Hijwel, Principal Solicitor, Hijwel Migration Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Leading Immigration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021
9.00am to 9.45am Partner and Family Visas Update
- COVID-19 concessions for partner and family visas and border exemptions
- Update on processing times and program intake in a post-COVID world
- Recent changes to the partner visa program
Presented by Marial Lewis, Principal Solicitor and Founder, Crossover Law Group; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; 2020 Young Australian Migration Lawyer of the Year, Law Council of Australia; 30 Under 30 2021, Migration, Lawyers Weekly
9.45am to 10.30am General Skill Visa and Regional Visa Update: Effects of the Pandemic on Small Businesses
- Overview of skilled visas, including skilled regional visas
- Effects of COVID-19 on the Skilled Migration Program
- Regional / small businesses and their response to the effects of COVID-19 pertaining the Skilled Migration Program
Presented by Ndi Ruppert, Principal Solicitor and Founder, Ruppert Legal; Leading Immigration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
10.45am to 11.30am Refusal or Cancellation of Visa on Character Grounds
- Ministerial Direction 90
- Statelessness and its effect on refusal and cancellation of visas
- Caselaw update
Presented by Wajiha Ahmed, Partner and Mediator, Buttar, Caldwell & Co. Solicitors; Member, Human Rights Committee, Law Society of NSW; Secretary, Human Rights Law Committee, International Bar Association
11.30am to 12.15pm A Further Deep Dive into Criminal Immigration Law
- Understanding the criminal law process that your immigration client might be going through:
- Procedure and process from arrest and charge, to finalisation of a criminal matter
- Police powers, rights of POIs, accused (especially non-citizens) in police custody
- Advising a client in police custody or a client who has been contacted by police to ‘come to the station’ to give a statement
- Various ways a criminal charge can be finalised e.g. reps, pleas, mental health dismissal, withdrawal, dismissal etc
- Various sentencing options for a Court ranging from no penalty to life imprisonment
- Resulting impact of convictions and sentences on visas and citizenship including failure to disclose: case study of Mr J
- ADVO/APVOs, family violence generally and impact on visas and citizenship
- Various police documents including CANs, factsheets, notebooks, briefs, criminal, bail, intel, traffic and COPS records and their impact on visas and citizenships
- Other information impacting visas and citizenship e.g. AFP, ACIC, MAL, Interpol, protected information, etc – with case study Mr S
Presented by Kim Hunter, Criminal Defence & Immigration Lawyer, Hunter Flood Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law
12.15pm to 1.00pm Recent Cases in Immigration Law and Issues in Judicial Review
- Review of the recent Djokovic v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs
- Update on judicial review in migration law
- Cases to note
- Any revisions in jurisdictional error grounds
Presented by Theresa Baw, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for Lawyers and Migration Agents
Chair: Farid Varess, Principal, Varess; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2022, Immigration Law and Human Rights Law; Leading Immigration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021
Professional Skills
1.45pm to 2.45pm INSIGHTS FROM THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT AND FAMILY COURT OF AUSTRALIA: Running a Migration Matter at the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- How best to represent a client in a matter on appeal from the AAT’s MRD at the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Experiences that representatives can learn from about what to do, and what not to do
- Perspectives from legal representatives appearing for the Department of Home Affairs
- Perspective from Counsel assisting you and your clients at the Court
Facilitator: Katie Malyon, Member, Migration & Refugee Division, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Panellists:
The Hon. Justice Nicholas Manousaridis, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Sophie Roberts, Mills Oakley; former Legal Officer, Administrative Appeals Tribunal
Aaron Moss, Senior Lawyer, Clayton Utz
Katherine Hooper, Barrister, Nine Wentworth Chambers; Best Lawyers 2022, Immigration Law, Government Practice.
Practice Management & Business Skills
2.45pm to 3.45pm Global Talent Visa: How to Attract Top Talent and Expand Your Service Offerings
- Deep dive into the eligibility requirements and target sectors - it is important that practitioners intimately understand the criteria
- How immigration lawyers and RMAs can assess an applicant and their suitability/ eligibility for the Global Talent Visa
- How to prepare a compelling EOI and secure an invitation for your client
- Promoting your services through various marketing channels to attract quality applicants and clients
Presented by Yin Chiew, Practice Leader - Immigration, LegalVision
3.45pm to 4.00pm Afternoon Tea
Session 3
Ethics for Lawyers and Migration Agents
Chair: Farid Varess, Principal, Varess; Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law; Best Lawyers 2022, Immigration Law and Human Rights Law; Leading Immigration Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021
4.00pm to 5.30pm Dealing with Complex Ethical Issues Arising from Multi-stakeholder Engagements
- Classic conflicts in dual representation
- Case studies in binary and multiparty conflicts
- Finding the answers
- Outline of the key changes to the new Code of Conduct
Presented by Alex Kaufman, Head of Migration, FCB Smart Visa
Presenters
Rola Hijwe
Rola is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales and the High Court of Australia. She has over 20 years of experience in immigration law, being registered as a migration agent since 2000. She previously worked with a global immigration law firm, prior to establishing the firm Hijwel Migration Lawyers. She practices exclusively in immigration law, with extensive immigration law experience, represents global and local clients in a raft of industries, ranging from ICT, Pharmaceuticals, Finance, Defence, to Recruitment and Education.
Marial Lewis
Marial is also a lecturer and unit coordinator in the Graduate Diploma of Australian Migration Law in one of Sydney's largest universities. She has extensive experience with complicated migration law matters such as refusals, cancellations, detention, character cases, health waivers, review matters at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal as well as being a litigator in migration court cases. After many years in private practice including being a partner in a specialist migration law firm, Marial founded Crossover Law Group, a newlaw migration law firm focusing on servicing private and corporate clients’ migration law needs.
Ndi Ruppert
Ndi is the Principal Solicitor & Founder of the law practice, Ruppert Legal and was formerly a solicitor with Hicksons Lawyers. She has significant experience with the Australian Migration system, both personally and professionally and was honoured by being listed on the 2021 Doyles list of leading New South Wales Immigration Lawyers. She is also the Vice Chair on the Board of the Hunter Community Legal Centre and is part of the executive leadership team of the Centre for African Research, Engagement & Partnerships at the University of Newcastle.
Wajiha Ahmed
Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Wajiha came to Australia with her family at age five. As a third generation lawyer, Wajiha is committed to the plight of social justice and rights of women in Australia and ensuring access to justice. She joined Buttar, Caldwell & Co. Solicitors in March 2001. She is a NMAS mediator and sits on a number of panels. Her main practice areas are civil litigation, family law, employment and immigration. In 2006, Wajiha was appointed as a part time Commissioner with the Community Relations Commission of NSW for six years. She served on the NSW Police Multicultural Advisory Council for a number of years. Since 2012 she has been a member of the Human Rights committee of the Law Society of NSW. She has served as an Officer for the Human Rights Committee of the International Bar Association since 2018. Wajiha has taught “Business, Law and Ethics” and “Contemporary Business Law” at University of Technology, Sydney from 2005 until 2019 and other private Colleges in Sydney. Wajiha has written opinion pieces in the Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald and the Guardian with respect to her views on various human rights issues over the years.
Kim Hunter
Kim practices in criminal defence and immigration law. She has formerly lectured in post graduate law at Australian National University and regularly lectures for the Law Society of NSW, Legal Aid and various other professional bodies and organisations including the MIA. Kim has been invited to be on an expert panel for a research projected funded by the Australian Research Council, to be undertaken by leading Professors from Charles Sturt, Flinders and Monash universities in Australia and Oxford University in the UK on the topic of ‘Crimmigration’ – the intersection of criminal and immigration laws in Australia.
Theresa Baw
Theresa Baw is a barrister who has practiced at the New South Wales Bar since 2006. Theresa's areas of practice are public and administrative law, and commercial and contract law, with extensive expertise in migration law. She has appeared before the High Court in migration law matters, including unled in a special leave application. Theresa has wide-ranging experience in all levels of migration and citizenship matters, from appearing in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to appearing unled before the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia. She is also admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Nauru and has successfully appeared in that jurisdiction in migration cases.
Farid Varess
Farid Varess was admitted to legal practice in 2002. He has been an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law since 2010, and is included on: the Best Lawyers in Australia list for Immigration Law since 2013, the Best Lawyers in Australia list for Human Rights Law list since 2014, and the Doyle’s Guide’s list of Leading Immigration Lawyers in NSW since it was first published in 2021. A large part of Farid’s work involves representing clients with proceedings in Australia's Federal Circuit and Family Court, Federal Court, and High Court. He also provides advice and assistance to clients with matters before the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) and Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA), and clients seeking visas and other outcomes, including employers, investors, skilled migrants, family based visa applicants, students, asylum seekers and refugees, those facing visa cancellation, citizenship applicants, and global talent visa applicants.
Katie Malyon
Prior to her appointment to the Tribunal in 2014, Katie specialised in immigration law and was a registered migration agent for nearly 20 years. Most recently, she was an Executive Director of Ernst & Young’s Global Immigration practice. Actively involved in professional associations, Katie was Vice-Chair of the Law Council of Australia’s Migration Law Committee from 2013 - 2014, NSW President of Migration Institute of Australia in 1996 – 2000 and a Director of the MIA from 2011 – 2013. Katie is a published author of numerous articles and made many presentations. As a regular contributor to Government led considerations of migration issues. she was the appointed to the Government’s Independent Review into the Integrity of the Subclass 457 visa in 2013.
Aaron Moss
Aaron’s practice involves a wide range of public and private law litigation and disputes with an element of statutory interpretation. In that role, Aaron has had carriage of over 200 immigration judicial review applications in the High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia. Aaron is an adjunct researcher at the University of Tasmania’s Faculty of Law. He regularly publishes on matters of public law, administrative law, and migration law in forums including the University of New South Wales Law Review, Federal Law Review, Australian Law Journal, and the Australian Journal of Administrative Law.
Katherine Hooper
Katherine was admitted to practice in 2006 and called to the Bar in 2019. Katherine’s core practice area is administrative law. She acts for both private parties and government agencies and has considerable experience defending agencies as respondents to judicial review applications. Annually since 2016, Katherine has been named as one of the AFR’s best lawyers in Australia in the categories of Government Practice and Immigration Law. Katherine is enthusiastic about giving practical and timely advice that addresses the needs of her clients and about maximising efficiency through the innovative use of information technology. She is also a passionate advocate for wellness and diversity at the Bar. When she’s not in court, you will probably find her on the tennis court.
Yin Chiew
Yin Chiew is a Practice Leader at LegalVision and leads the Corporate Immigration team. As an Immigration Lawyer, she advises start-ups, small and large corporations across various industry sectors, including health and medical, resources, construction, technology, manufacturing, professional services, hospitality and life sciences. Her expertise is in employer-sponsored work visas, labour agreements, global talent scheme, training visas, business innovation and investor visas and global talent visas. She is also experienced in tribunal appeals in relation to refused and cancelled visas. Further, Yin assists private clients with partner and family migration.
Alex Kaufman
Alex Kaufman is a practising Solicitor and former RMA with almost 20 years' experience in business, investment and employment related migration and the provision of associated legal services. Alex Heads up the Migration Law division of the FCB Group in Sydney, and is the Vice President of the NSW/ACT Branch of the Migration Institute of Australia
Sophie Roberts
Sophie has broad experience in migration, refugee, citizenship and administrative law, having practiced almost exclusively in those areas since she was admitted to legal practice in 2010. Before joining Mills Oakley, she specialised in migration and refugee law at a migration law firm before taking up a role as a senior legal officer at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. Since joining Mills Oakley in 2018, Sophie has represented the Minister in merits and judicial review applications involving migration, refugee and fast-track and citizenship decisions, and she regularly appears as a solicitor advocate, advises on the construction, interpretation and application of migration and citizenship legislation and procedural issues arising in the course of litigation and has instructed in several significant matters before the Full Federal Court.
The Hon. Judge Nicholas Manousaridis
Judge Manousaridis was appointed a Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia on 1 July 2013. Before his appointment his Honour was a barrister practising largely in commercial litigation and competition law. His Honour was a local partner of Baker & McKenzie until March 1993 when he commenced practice as a barrister.
Venue
Cliftons - Spring Street
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
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