10 Points on a Saturday
Sure it’s a Saturday, but once you are done, you have all your points for the year. This day will be time well spent covering a comprehensive roundup 11 important issues: family law updates, probate and estate planning roundups, contract and employment law disputes,, a consideration of property law, plus an examination of insolvency and bankruptcy concerns. Plus, gain your ethics and skills points in a manner that is useful. Take the plunge, wear what you like and get it done in one fell swoop. 223N23
Description
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 program is based on NSW legislation
Session 1
Family Law and Wills and Estates Update
Chair: Geoffry Underwood, Barrister, Sixth Floor, Selborne Wentworth Chambers
7.30am to 8.15am Analysis of Recent Family Law and Property Division Cases
Gain a valuable update of the most recent, significant cases and trends from the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court on property and financial settlements.
Presented by Neil Jackson, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
8.15am to 9.00am Discovery and Disclosure in Family Law
- Duty of disclosure
- Disclosure procedures
- Subpoenas and notices to produce
Presented by Janai Tabbernor, Barrister, Culwulla Chambers.
9.00am to 9.45am Probate Applications: Examples and Procedures
- Probate vs Letters of Administration with the will annexed
- Limited grants vs special grants
- Probate of copy will
- Informal wills
Presented by Irina Hoskinson, Barrister, 3rd Floor St James Hall Chambers
9.45am to 10.30am Estate Planning: Trigger Issues that Create Complexity
- Are we receiving legal and proper instructions from a competent client?
- Managing vulnerability and capability in ageing clients
- Succession of management of trust, companies and family enterprises
- Multi jurisdiction connections
- Abusive or coercive conduct
Presented by Michael Perkins, Founder, Autonomy First Lawyers
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers
Chair: Elizabeth Cohen, Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
10.45am to 11.45am #TheEthicalLawyer: The Ethics of Social Media Use
- Identifying the ethical issues arising from social media use by lawyers
- #LawyersBehavingBadly; cautionary tales from around the globe
- How do the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules assist in resolving social media ethics concerns?
Presented by Angus Macinnis, Director, StevensVuaran Lawyers
Professional Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm How to Survive a Data Breach: A Practical Guide
- The cyber incident landscape
- How to protect your client’s data
- How to respond to a cyber incident
Presented by Chloe Sevil, Senior Associate, and Reece Corbett-Wilkins, Partner, Clyde and Co
Practice Management and Business Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm Forensic Accounting, Understanding Financial Accounts and What to Look for in Cases for Your Clients
- The story that financial accounts reveal
- Understanding if the financial accounts make sense
- How to recognise ‘creative’ accounting
- How the financial accounts can be manipulated: real case studies
- Practical implications and key takeaways
Presented by Fiona Bateman, Director, Dolman Bateman
Session 3
Property, Contracts, Employment Law Roundup
Chair: Dennis Bluth, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
2.15pm to 3.15pm Bankruptcy and Insolvency in 2022 and Beyond
- The legal and commercial implications over the past year
- Personal insolvencies, trends, benefits and concerns for debtors and creditors
- Where is it all heading?
Presented by Nicholas Simpson, Barrister, 13th Floor St James Hall Chambers
3.15pm to 4.15pm Employment Law Highlights
- Vaccinations and returning to work
- Class actions in the employment space
- Casual employment: legislative and judicial responses
Presented by Ian Latham, Barrister, Denman Chambers; Leading Workplace Health and Safety Law and Recommended Workplace Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2021
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm Property Law Review: Developments Over the Last 12 Months
- Strata law update
- Leasing update
- Conveyancing update
Presented by Ian Dunwoodie, Principal, Dunwoodie Legal Solicitors
5.30pm to 6.30pm Contract Disputes: Case Law Update
- Indemnities when they can be enforced
- Interpretation of dispute resolution clauses
- Dispute Resolution clause enforceability
- Solatium and the approach of the High Court
Presented by David Jury, Partner, HWL Ebsworth
Presenters
Geoffry Underwood
Geoffry Underwood is a barrister practising from Sixth Floor, Selborne Wentworth Chambers, 174 Phillip Street Sydney. He practises principally in the area of Equity, Estate and Family Provision advising and litigation. He has been involved in Estate Litigation on a regular basis for over 20 years. He has many interests outside the law including family, travel, golf and classical music.
Neil Jackson
Neil Jackson holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University (both obtained in 1986), and a Master of Law from the University of New South Wales (obtained in 1996, majoring in a family law related subjects). He practised as a solicitor in Sydney from July 1986, largely specialising in personal injury litigation, family law and de facto relationships law, before being called to the New South Wales Bar in February 1997. From 1998 he was the National Editor of the CCH De Facto Relationships Service.
Tereza Seric
Tereza has been practising in the areas of Family Law and Children’s Care and Protection since 2013, working as both solicitor and solicitor advocate. As a Solicitor Advocate, she conducted trials and interim hearings in the Family Court, Federal Circuit Court, Children’s Court and Local Court jurisdictions. Tereza was called to the Bar in 2020 and joined Culwulla Chambers. She has an interest in both parenting and financial matters – with a particular focus on complex parenting matters. As part of her practice in the Care and Protection jurisdiction, Tereza has developed a strong interest in complex non-accidental injury cases.
Irina Hoskinson
Irina commenced private practice in 2011. Irina was called to the Bar in 2016 and takes briefs to appear in Supreme Court, Federal Circuit and Family Court and Local Court. She appeared in family provision, probate, bankruptcy, corporate insolvency, general equity and family law matters. In 2020 Irina took a break from the Bar for 14 months and held a position as a Senior Deputy Registrar in the role of Probate Registrar in the Supreme Court of NSW. In that role she was making decisions in relation to complex probate and administration matters; she also sat as a Common Law and Equity Registrar and presided over corporations examinations.
Michael Perkins
Michael is a lawyer, author and educator with over 30 years experience in trusts, estates and private client practice. He is a strong supporter of Supported Decision Making as a method of client care in professional practice and dealing with the orderly management of a person’s interest as they age.. Michael’s experience includes expertise in business structuring and reorganisation, construction, family disputes, building services, agribusiness, hospitality, professional services, film and media production, and digital media production, publishing, distribution and marketing. In 2022 Michael was appointed to the STEP – Advising Families Across Generations Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Mental Capacity Global SIG (Special Interest Group) Steering Committee.
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen was first admitted as a legal practitioner in 1971. She practiced as a solicitor until 1982 when she was admitted as a barrister. From 1977-82 she was an instructor are the College of Law. Her main areas of practice are Succession Law and deceased estates and trusts. She also works in various commercial law and equity and Family Law areas. She has served on Ethics and Family law Committees of the NSW Bar Association and has worked as a District Court Arbitrator. Over her long years of practice Elizabeth has gained expertise in many other fields including conveyancing tenancy, personal injury and consumer and Trade Practices law.
Angus Macinnis
Angus Macinnis has a broad commercial practice with a focus on dispute resolution, and in particular, on employment and work health and safety law, and intellectual property law. He advises employers and employees on all aspects of employment law, from drafting contracts and employment policies, to advising on employment related disputes, to dealing with employment and safety regulators. He has a particular interest in the employment law aspects of social media use and has published in this area in publications including the Law Society Journal, The New Lawyer, and the Internet Law Bulletin.
Chloe Sevil
Chloe Sevil is a Senior Associate at Clyde & Co who specialises in incident response, privacy and data. Chloe coordinates the response to large scale data and cyber incidents, managing multi-jurisdictional legal teams, forensic vendors, law enforcement, public relations/communications and internal stakeholders. She has extensive experience advising Australian and trans-Tasman businesses on data and privacy risk. Chloe is an active member of the NSW Law Society’s Data and Privacy Committee, and besides her incident response work Chloe has a keen interest in privacy law reform, technology and innovation.
Reece Corbett-Wilkins
Reece is a Partner at Clyde & Co and is leading member of Clyde & Co's cyber incident response team. He has experience acting in a range of local, regional, and global incidents affecting government agencies and private sector organisations of all sizes, operating across all industry sectors. Acting as 'breach coach', Reece is well regarded for his ability to advise boards and other senior members in the executive, legal, IT, risk management and public relations functions to navigate their strategic response to Australia’s complex cyber landscape. He also routinely advises on incident preparedness and resilience strategies to address cyber risk head on.
Fiona Bateman
Fiona Bateman is a forensic accountant who has been providing specialist reports for personal injury matters since 1992. Her particular specialty includes providing reports where the personal exertion value is not easily understood. Fiona Bateman has worked in the accounting sector for 43 years, both in industry and the profession, and has been a partner in Dolman Bateman team since 1992. Her role in litigation support includes the provision of expert evidence before various State and Federal courts and assistance with cross-examination of other accountants. Fiona provides business advice, accounting, and taxation services to a large range of businesses and professions and particularly the building industry. She has been Manager of KB Constructions P/L, a building construction company, since 1980.
Dennis Bluth
Dennis Bluth is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales having been admitted on 11 February 1977. He is a graduate of Sydney University in Arts in 1974, Law in 1977 and Master of Laws in 1983. Dennis is a partner with HWL Ebsworth Lawyers. He practises in all areas of conveyancing and finance law, as well as advising on estates and trusts. Dennis retired from the Law Society Property committee in December 2021 after over 25 years of service. He was also Chair of the Legal Practice Section 2013-2016.
Ian Latham
Ian Latham is a barrister at Denman Chambers specialising in employment and industrial law, particularly in the area of civil penalty. He has appeared in many civil penalty cases particularly ABCC v Parker (No 1) and (No 2), BKH Contractors Case (No 1) and (No 2) and FWO v ZNZ, FWO v A-Z and FWO v Robit Nominees. He writes for the Lexis Fair Work Act Service and the Lexis Industrial Relations Act (NSW) Service.
Ian Dunwoodie
As a commercial property and business lawyer for 37 years, there are not many things that Ian Dunwoodie hasn't seen or legal problems that he hasn't been able to find a solution for. Starting in 1981 Ian worked for 16 years in large and medium sized national and international law firms, gaining a wealth of experience in high value private and government business and property transactions including a stint as a senior lawyer at the Maritime Services Board conducting business and property transactions associated with the port and commercial infrastructure in Sydney Harbour, Port Botany, Port Kembla and Newcastle.
Nicholas Simpson
Nicholas Simpson is a barrister who practises from 13th Floor St James Hall Chambers. He is the author of The Law of Bankruptcy Notices and Creditors’ Petitions (2020) published by Lexis Nexis. Nicholas previously worked as a commercial litigation solicitor in corporate insolvency, bankruptcy, real property, technology and construction disputes. Before commencing practice as a solicitor, Nicholas was the Common Law Researcher to the Supreme Court of New South Wales. In addition to his practice, Nicholas has lectured and tutored at the University of Sydney in Civil Procedure and tutored at the Australian Catholic University.
David Jury
David Jury is a partner at HWL Ebsworth with over 20 years' experience in negotiating, drafting and litigating contracts primarily for those involved in the building and construction industry. With experience for owners, government, contractors, sub-contractors and consultants David has provided advice to clients on a variety of issues and from different perspectives. David's experience in litigation as well as alternate dispute resolution has provided him with valuable insights into how parties to contracts can improve their chances of avoiding disputes.
Venue
Cliftons - Spring Street
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
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Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km