10 Points in a Day – Your Last Chance
Make the most of your last chance to earn CPD this year by hearing from an expert panel who will give you all the information and skills necessary to grow your knowledge and practice. Featuring 10 timely topics hand-picked to cover some of the most crucial areas in law in 2022, you’ll gain all the CPD you need and bolster your practice in one efficient, information-packed day. WEB223Q18
Description
Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
6 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
2 units in Professional Skills
This program is based on QLD legislation
Session 1
Commercial and Employment Law Update
Chair: Pamela Roberts, Principal, Woods Hatcher
7.30am to 8.30am Employment Law Roundup
- Casual employment: developments post WorkPac v Rossato
- Contractor/Employee conundrum: what the Federal Court & High Court has recently said/not said
- Compulsory vaccinations: update on recent caselaw on workplace policies and directions
Presented by Stephen Hughes, Special Counsel, Travis Schultz & Partners
8.30am to 9.30am Commercial Trusts Roundup
- Trusts and beneficiaries: residency and COVID
- Beneficiary reimbursement agreement issues – ATO hot topic
- Winding up a trust structure
- Are disclaimers by beneficiaries of trust distributions effective (post Carter)?
Presented by Anthony Anderson, Barrister, Sir Harry Gibbs Chambers
Professional Skills
9.30am to 10.30am Commercial Business Sales Valuation
- Factors that increase the price a buyer is willing to pay for a business
- Factors that decrease the price a buyer is willing to pay for a business
- Ways to increase the value of your (or your client’s) business prior to sale
Presented by John-Henry Eversgerd, Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers
Chair: Elizabeth Gore-Jones, Principal, The Franchise & Business Lawyers
Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am Making, Accepting and Rejecting Offers: Achieving the Most for Your Client
- How offers may be made
- Offers made in accordance with court rules and Calderbank offers
- Form and substance, the technicalities and traps
- The implications of rejecting different types of offers
- Strategy and tactics for plaintiffs and defendants-when and what type of offers should be made at different stages of disputes and litigation
Presented by Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers
Practice Management & Business Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm Social Responsibility with Respect to Employee Welfare and Mental Health
- Getting the culture right: building trust with staff and across teams
- Leadership traits to enhance employee welfare and mental health
- Tips for effectively managing employee welfare and mental health concerns when they occur
Presented by Lauren Phelps, Culture & Wellness Advisor, Lawganised
Legal Ethics
12.45pm to 1.45pm Powers of Attorney and Your Ethical Responsibilities
- Your ethical obligations when capacity could or is being challenged
- Meeting your ethical obligations when advising your clients on who to appoint and the scope of power given
- Warning signs that a grant of power may be being abused and your associated ethical duty
- The how, when & why of conflict authorisation clauses
- Making PoAs work for superannuation purposes
- Blended families: possibilities and risks
- Important aspects of 30 November 2020 regime changes
Presented by Clifford Hughes, Principal, Clifford Hughes & Associates
Session 3
Wills, Contracts, IP & PPSA Roundup
Chair: Darius Hii, Director, Chat Legal Pty Ltd
2.15pm to 3.15pm New Unfair Contract Law Reforms: Drafting Tips to Avoid Risk
In August 2021, the federal government commenced its consultation process on proposed amendments intended to strengthen the unfair contract terms provisions in the Australian Consumer Law and the Australian Securities Investments Commission Act 2001 (Cth). Changes proposed include expanding the regime to a broader range of business contracts; the introduction of civil penalty provisions and additional remedies; and the creation of a rebuttable presumption that similar terms to those declared unfair are also unfair.
- Analyse the likely implications of these legislative reforms
- Practical guidance on issues to consider when drafting contracts
- Strategies to minimise the risk of falling afoul of the strengthened provisions
Presented by Sarida Derrington, Barrister, 31 West Chambers
3.15pm to 4.15pm PPSA: Updates & Practical Strategies
- PPSA overview & update
- Issues for secured parties covering creation, perfection and enforcement
- Be fast and not furious: don’t lose your Ferrari!
- Case law update
Presented by Lynne Walton, Founder and CEO, Accessii Group
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm IP Licencing and Commercial Arrangements for Commercial Lawyers
- Assigning and licensing: statutory requirements and best practice
- Dealing with data, social media content, and other non-standard subject-matter
- Options to manage risk
Presented by Patrick Sefton, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
5.30pm to 6.30pm Succession Roundup: Latest Developments over the Past 12 Months
- Testamentary capacity
- Informal wills and lost wills
- Construction and rectification of wills
- Removal of executors
- Family provision applications
Presented by Rob Cumming, Barrister, 19 Inns Chambers
Presenters
Pamela Roberts
Pam Roberts completed her law degree by external study from QUT in 1993 whilst undertaking a five year article clerkship. She was awarded first class honours from QUT and has practised in the commercial and property law area since that time. She has been the principal solicitor of the Coomera office of Woods Hatcher Solicitors, the commercial and property office of that firm, since 2001 and has practised from that office since 1997. The firm also has an office at Isle of Capri which primarily deals with litigious matters. Pam is heavily involved in the local community being Vice-President of the Rotary Club of Coomera River, a member of the Coomera Chamber of Commerce and a Council Member of the Coomera Anglican College.
Stephen Hughes
Stephen Hughes is a workplace relations and personal injuries lawyer with over 30 years' experience. Stephen's practice to date has a substantial litigation focus in State and Federal courts and Commissions. Stephen is regularly invited to speak and chair at numerous specialist conferences on work health and safety, employment law, discrimination, bullying, harassment, social media and personal injuries law. Since 1993, Stephen has been the Honorary Solicitor and an ex officio Board Member for the Australian Society of Rehabilitation Counsellors Inc. Stephen is also a director of the Australian operations of an international fleet management software company.
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Anderson is barrister from the Sir Harry Gibbs Chambers in Brisbane. He has a broad litigation and advice practice with particular focus on taxation, trust, wills and estates and commercial matters. He is fellow of The Tax Institute and holds the Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) designation with The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
John-Henry Eversgerd
John-Henry is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting . He has over 20 years of experience assisting clients with disputes, litigation, transactions, strategy, and their financial reporting and tax requirements. John-Henry specialises in loss quantification and the valuation of shares, businesses, intellectual property, contracts, debt, derivatives and other investments. He has valued businesses and investments located in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, North America, South America, the United Kingdom, and Europe. John-Henry has lectured on valuation and forensic accounting topics at the University of Melbourne and has presented at legal and accounting conferences and the Victorian Bar Association, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), and Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) Australia. John-Henry regularly provides expert evidence for court, mediation and arbitration.
Elizabeth Gore-Jones
Elizabeth Gore-Jones was admitted in 1994 and commenced specialising in franchising law in 2000. She started her law firm "The Franchise & Business Lawyers" in 2012 specialising in providing commercial, business and franchising advice to franchisors and franchisees alike. She is a member of the Queensland Law Society Franchising Committee and is a past member of the Franchise Council of Australia, the Queensland chapter of the Franchise Council committee and the Women in Franchising committee. Elizabeth lectures at the Bond University PLT course explaining franchise legal practice to graduate law students. Elizabeth has a particular interest in setting up new franchise systems and assisting franchisees in dispute to reach an agreement without resorting to the court system.
Chris Ryall
Chris Ryall has practised as a member of the private bar in Cairns since 1999. His practice as a barrister has been principally in the areas of commercial litigation, personal injuries, and estates. Chris has appeared in disciplinary matters involving solicitors and other professionals before various tribunals. In addition, he has experience in dealing with ethical and regulatory issues while a member of the Council of the Bar Association of Queensland.
Lauren Phelps
Lauren Phelps is Lawganised’s dedicated Culture & Wellness Advisor . Lauren is a lawyer who spent nearly 15 years in private practice. That experience led Lauren to understand first hand that lawyers are their own worst critics, that the profession is a tough one, but that individuals can have a happy and sustainable career if they have the right tools to look after themselves and to look after each other. It was this passion that led Lauren into legal education and professional development, where she most recently worked for the Queensland Law Society. Lauren’s passion shows through her education, facilitation, resources and consulting in a range of areas spanning leadership, wellbeing, resilience, mental health and more
Clifford Hughes
Clifford Hughes practices as an independent consultant to numerous legal and accounting firms in respect of tax, super, business structuring and succession issues for their own practice structures and also for their clients. He is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a triple Accredited Specialist with the Queensland Law Society & the Law Institute of Victoria.
Darius Hii
Darius Hii is Director at Chat Legal. Darius is an estate planning and tax lawyer, who works alongside private clients and advisors to provide comprehensive structuring advice. The core of his work revolves around personal and business succession planning. This often involves preparing holistic estate plans and ensuring they are structured to complement a client's succession planning and asset protection intentions, as well as implementing tax effective business succession and restructuring strategies. He has developed a deep interest in trusts and taxation which complements his area of practice, and has spent time involved with payroll and land tax disputes with the Office of State Revenue.
Sarida Derrington
Sarida Derrington has a broad civil practice, with a particular focus on commercial disputes, insolvency, competition and consumer law, and civil regulation. Sarida’s experience prior to being called to the Bar includes working as a Senior Lawyer at the Australian Government Solicitor, where she predominantly acted in large scale litigation and investigations on behalf of Commonwealth regulators; as a Senior Associate at Ashurst (in the Competition & Antitrust team); and most recently as a Senior Associate in a boutique Brisbane firm with a broad commercial disputes practice. While at the Australian Government Solicitor, Sarida also spent time as a Civil Law Adviser in the ministerial office of the Commonwealth Attorney-General.
Lynne Walton
Lynne Walton migrated to Australia from Scotland in 2008 and became a full member of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia in 2010. She began her career with Ernst & Young in Glasgow in the early 1990s where she chose to specialise in corporate recovery and insolvency. She now has more than twelve years' experience in insolvency and restructuring gained with working in senior positions in firms such as KPMG in Glasgow, BDO in Brisbane and PPB in Perth, Australia. Lynne also held a position as Associate Director of Corporate Banking with Bank of Scotland and spent six years as managing director of a dental supply company in Scotland. She is therefore familiar with the day to day concerns and challenges of running a commercial enterprise.
Patrick Sefton
Patrick is a specialist technology and IP lawyer. Patrick has extensive experience advising on ICT contracts and programs, as well as the protection of innovation and brand. In his specialist areas, he has advised all levels of government, and multi-national and listed entities through to startups. Patrick values collaboration, pursuit of shared goals, commercial resolution of differences, and collective success. He keeps the big picture in his mind, although his role also includes attention to and responsibility for the details. Patricks clients value his responsiveness and commerciality. Patrick has particular interest staying current across novel applications of ICT including, most recently, commercial applications of machine learning and AI, and their associated legal issues. More broadly, Patrick is enthusiastic about the value that technology can unlock when it is appropriately planned and implemented.
Rob Cumming
Rob Cumming is a Barrister at Inns of Court. After 35 years as a solicitor, Rob commenced practising as a barrister at the Queensland Bar in May 2017. Rob specialises in a range of estate, trust and disability law issues. He is well versed in dealing with estate litigation, particularly family provision applications, construction, rectification and cy-pres applications, and solemn form proceedings. He is very experienced in guardianship and administration matters and the special requirements for persons with a legal disability. As a solicitor, Rob successfully achieved Queensland Law Society Specialist Accreditation