Family Law: High-Value & Complex Property & Financial Settlements

Dealing with issues that are outside the normal can test even the most experienced family law practitioner. We have identified issues that challenge practitioners & brought together the best of the best to speak. You’ll spend the day identifying the real assets in complicated ownership structures, addbacks, contributions, trusts and crypto currencies. Then take a deep dive into de-facto relationships & BFA’s 5 years on. Make time to upskill, gain your points and come celebrate our 20th Anniversary. 2211N28

Description

Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
6 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills

This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

The conference will be followed by a Networking Drinks Reception

Session 1

Identifying and Dividing Up the Financial Assets

Chair: Jacqueline Dawson, Principal Solicitor, Sexton Family Law; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2022

9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair

9.05am to 9.50am Looking Beyond the Veil: Identifying the Real Assets: Who Owns What?

Not all cases fit the ‘house and garden’ mould where assets are held in the names of one or both of the parties, thus making the identity and valuation of those assets a relatively straightforward task. Often parties have interests in companies, trusts, self-managed superannuation funds, and other entities. And those entities may own valuable assets. Now it gets trickier. Examine and discuss:

  • Identifying the ownership structure
  • Working through complex company and trust arrangements
  • Identifying the assets, the liabilities and the contingencies
  • Third party interests: To join or not to join?
  • Issues in completing the balance sheet
  • Practical issues: disclosure, valuers, file management and other frustrations
  • Relevant recent cases

Presented by Cathie Blanchfield, Solicitor Director, Blanchfield Nicholls Partners; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2022

9.50am to 10.40am Dealing with Constructive, Resulting and Discretionary Trusts in a Family Law Context

  • Differences and characteristics of trusts
  • How has the Family Court dealt with trusts and the intersection of trusts in a family law context: recent cases
  • Practical examples of different trusts and evidence required to support the existence of a particular trust
  • More ‘creative’ approaches: how to deal with some different scenarios with trusts

Presented by Edward Cox SC, Greenway Chambers

10.40am to 10.55am Morning Tea

10.55am to 11.45am Consideration of Contributions: Weight, Timing, Source and Other Factors

  • Initial, post separation and during the relationship: does it matter?
  • Springboards and gold bars
  • Redundancies, inheritances, compensation payments etc.

Presented by John Longworth, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers and Leah Reid, Barrister, Greenway Chambers

11.45am to 12.35pm Treatment of Assets that Have Gone: Where are we at with Addbacks?

  • Categories where assets may be notionally added back into the pool
  • Did Stanford change the landscape?
  • Alternate ways of dealing with dissipation
  • Relevant recent cases; Candle & Falkner [2021] FamCA 247; Warbrick & Warbrick [2021] FamCAFC 60; Kwon & Reece [2022] FedCFamC1F 203
  • Paid legal fees
  • Premature distribution of matrimonial assets
  • Wastage

Presented by Heidi Menkes, Partner and Tineka Winter, Senior Associate, Pearson Emerson

12.35pm to 1.15pm What is a Digital Asset? Cryptocurrency and Digital Assets as Transferrable Assets

  • What is a crypto asset
    • Crypto currency
    • NFTs
  • Some crypto assets are locked up with some Defi process:
    • What does that mean
    • What to do when this occurs
  • Custody of crypto assets:
    • Hardware wallets
    • Custodial wallets
  • Lost crypto assets
    • What does that mean

Presented by Dr Adrian McCullagh, ODMOB Lawyers

1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair

Session 2

De Facto Relationships and BFA’s

Chair: Maurice Edwards, Special Counsel, Rafton Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator; Recommended Family Law Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2020

2.00pm to 3.00pm What is a De facto Relationship? Is it Now settled or Still Open for Interpretation?

  • Section 4AA of the Family Law Act: the statutory definition of a de facto relationship
  • The High Court’s decision in Fairbairn v Radecki [2022] HCA 18
  • Sharing life as a couple: when does a de facto relationship start
  • What steps or conduct marks the end of a de facto relationship
  • Jurisdictional requirements to bring a de facto financial claim

Presented by Irene Morozov, Partner, Barkus Doolan Winning Family Lawyers; Accredited Family Law Specialist; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2022

Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm Financial Proceedings Involving the Rich and Famous and the FCFCoA's Major Complex Financial Proceedings List: Practical Insights

  • Matter handling & client service expectations: Is a different approach required?
  • Managing the client entourage & issues of risk
  • ‘Project management’ with other professionals for best outcomes
  • Alternate dispute resolution and scope for creativity
  • Operation of the FCFCoA's Major Complex Financial Proceedings List: What is it, who's in and what to expect

Presented by Shannon Rogers, Partner, Barkus Doolan Winning, Accredited Family Law Specialist

4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea

4.15pm to 5.15pm Are Binding Financial Agreements a Shield to Cupid’s Bow and Arrow?

A review of BFA’s five years on from the decision in Thorne & Kennedy including:

  • Are BFAs’ still popular in the legal profession?
  • What are the traps to avoid in drafting?
  • How easy is it to set aside a BFA in Court?
  • Is there a trend evident from recent court decisions?

Presented by Maurice Edwards, Special Counsel, Rafton Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator; Recommended Family Law Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2020

5.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair

Presenters

Jacqueline Dawson
Jacqueline Dawson is the Principal of Sexton Family Law and an Accredited Specialist in Family Law.  Admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1994 and an Accredited Specialist since 2001, Jacqueline began practice in early 1995 with the firm then known as Robyn Sexton & Associates and remained as a principal of the firm when Judge Sexton was appointed to the Federal Magistrates Court.  Jacqueline is a Councillor of the Law Society of NSW.  She is presently Chair of the Specialist Accreditation Board of the NSW Law Society, Co-Chair of the Family Law Committee of the NSW Law Society and Deputy Chair of the Professional Conduct Committee of the NSW Law Society.  She also serves as a committee member of the Sydney University Law Extension Committee and of the Legal Qualifications Committee of the Legal Profession Admission Board.

Cathie Blanchfield
Cathie was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales in July 1988. She was appointed a partner with Stuart Fowler and Partners in 2000, and in 2007 established Blanchfield Nicholls with Nigel Nicholls. For over 30 years Cathie has practised exclusively in family law and related matters. Her work has focussed on primarily financial and property matters for married, de-facto and same sex couples. She is expert in resolving complex family financial arrangements and has extensive experience in dealing with parenting matters. Cathie has developed a particular interest and expertise in drafting and advising on Financial Agreements, and this has become a significant part of her practice. Cathie has been recognised as a Leading Sydney Family & Divorce Lawyer since 2016, a Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer (Australia) since 2017 as well as a Leading Family Lawyer (High-Value/Complex Property Matters) – NSW in 2019, by the independently researched and peer nominated Doyles Guide.

Edward Cox SC
Edward Cox SC is a commercial and equity barrister who also regularly appears in family law property matters.  He has extensive experience in international disputes, specialising in shipping and private international law. Edward regularly appears in the Federal Court, Supreme Court of NSW, Federal Circuit and Family Court and District Court of NSW.

John Longworth
John Longworth is a senior member of the Sydney Family Law fraternity who was one of the first lawyers accredited by the Law Society as a specialist.  Both as a solicitor-advocate and barrister, John has worked in many state and federal courts, including at first instance and appellate level. In addition, John is a qualified Arbitrator, has completed training as a Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner and has worked on a range of committees and organisations involved in the development of family law policy and strategy. John's extensive legal experience and community involvement has enabled him to develop a broad-based and authoritative view of the Family Law system in the Australian community. John is also featured in Doyles Guide as one of the Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel in New South Wales.

Leah Reid
Leah practises principally in family law. Prior to being called to the Bar, she was a legal associate to a judge in the Family Court of Australia in 2012 and 2013, and also practised as a family law solicitor in complex property, parenting, and child support matters. Leah also worked as in-house counsel at Australia’s leading data analytics firm, advising on a broad range of areas including contract law, intellectual property law and privacy law. Leah’s experience as a commercial in-house lawyer coupled with her background in mathematical economics and statistics is particularly valuable in complex financial proceedings.

Heidi Menkes
Heidi is an Accredited Family Law Specialist and has practised exclusively in the area of family law for over 13 years. Heidi joined Pearson Emerson Family Lawyers in 2017 after having practised in other Sydney CBD based firms since being admitted as a solicitor in 2008. Heidi is also collaboratively trained and can offer this as an alternative way for clients to reach a commercially sound resolution to their dispute. Heidi and is a dynamic and pragmatic lawyer with extensive experience in a wide range of family law matters ranging from complex property matters including high net worth individuals, trust structures and complex corporate structures, to spousal maintenance, financial agreements, and matters involving third parties, child support and parenting. Heidi is a regular presenter at family law conferences throughout NSW and Australia, and was recognised by Doyle's Guide as a Rising Star in family law in the Australian legal market for 2020.

Tineka Winter
Tineka is an Accredited Specialist in family law.  She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction from the University of Newcastle. After graduating from university, Tineka spent a year working for a commercial firm in London before working as an Associate for two years in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia. Tineka’s experience working in the Court allowed her to develop a deeper understanding of how Judges make decisions, which assists in giving considered and practical advice to clients.  Tineka developed a passion for family law whilst studying when she volunteered at a community legal centre and then worked as a paralegal in a small firm that specialised in family law. Tineka is motivated by a desire to assist in resolving matters and in helping her clients to navigate the challenges people face following the breakdown of relationships. Tineka assists in a wide range of family law issues for our clients parenting disputes and arrangements and property settlements following separation, as well as preparing financial agreements for the protection of assets during relationships.

Dr Adrian McCullagh
Adrian has degrees in Computer Science and Law as well as a Ph.D. in IT Security. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Information Security Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. He has been practicing in IT law for more than 30 years being one of the pioneer IT lawyers within Australia. He is a member of the Queensland Law Society and a member of the American Bar Association and participate in the Information Security Forum. In 1999 he was the QUT Faculty of Information Technology Alumnus of the year. Even though in private practice he continues to undertake research matters with academics at the Griffith University and the University of Queensland and has published in a wide variety of academic journals in the USA, UK and Australia. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee for the Queensland Law Society. Adrian?s current research interests include Telecoms security, IT security, IT governance, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and its uses in supply chain management, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and Identity Management. He is also investigating the impact of autonomous vehicles and machine learning and their policy considerations.

Maurice Edwards
Maurice Edwards is an Accredited Family Law Specialist, a Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP), a Nationally Accredited Mediator and Accredited Arbitrator. He is a Collaborative Family Lawyer and was President of the Greater Sydney Collaborative Family Law Group.  Maurice is a Public Notary and a Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of Notaries.  He is the Rafton Arbitration and Mediation Practice (RAMP) leader and heads a team of mediators, arbitrators and parenting co-ordinators dedicated to providing easier access to allow parties to resolve family law disputes.   Maurice has trained in Japan specifically in the mediation of disputes relating to the Hague Child Abduction Convention.  He has 38 years’ experience in family law and is Special Counsel at Rafton Family Lawyers.

Irene Morozov
Irene has practiced exclusively in family law for over 20 years and has been a partner of the firm since 2009. ‘Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Market’ has ranked Irene as ‘Recommended’ nationally each year since 2016 and one of the 'Leading' Family and Divorce Lawyers in New South Wales each year since 2016. She has successfully represented clients in all areas of family law, including de facto relationships, parenting, property, spouse maintenance and contravention applications in the family courts and at appellant level. Irene is one of Sydney’s leading family lawyers and is highly skilled in conducting and managing litigation involving big money cases. She has an extraordinary eye for detail. Irene’s high level of expertise allows clients to achieve a favorable outcome to the resolution of their matter, either through negotiation, mediation or litigation.

Shannon Rogers
Shannon has practiced in family law for more than 13 years with a focus on financial and parenting cases that involve complex facts and issues. Shannon is an Accredited Family Law Specialist and is an experienced litigation lawyer with exceptional skills – representing clients at both trial and Appellate level. Shannon developed a passion for this area of law because of his innate understanding of relationships and his ongoing awareness of the difficult emotions that often confront both sides of a dispute. Shannon helps our clients with a strategic and common sense approach that keeps clients at ease and resolves matters as efficiently as possible. Shannon is particularly skilled in dealing with matters that are high in conflict and involve allegations of Family Violence and complex parenting disputes. Shannon also has experience in matters involving Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders in the Local Court of NSW.

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Issues covered include: estate disputes, probate applications, family law, discovery, disclosure, mediation, ethics, mental health, dispute resolution, property law, employment law, consumer law, competition law, ipso facto regime, contracts

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Issues covered include: corporate misconduct, shareholder recovery, drafting shareholder agreements

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Issues covered include: contributions, property, investments, death benefits, insurance

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Issues covered include: precedents, discretionary trusts, value, asset protection and utility, inter vivos trusts, family trusts, superannuation, life insurance, family succession

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Issues covered include: trust structures, distribution strategies, asset protection

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Issues covered include: ATO, Taxation of trusts, Trust splitting, Fixed trust, distribution of capital gains, trust strutures, asset protection, sham trust, discretionary trust drafting, trust vesting and winding up, UPEs, Division 7A, loans, transfer duty on specie distributions, Trust Variations and Resolutions, Corporate Trustees, testamentary trusts.

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Issues covered include: VCAT's jurisdiction, evidence, procedural fairness, natural justice, Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal, VCAT, ADR, mediation, compulsory conference

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Issues covered include: Capacity, capacity disputes, equitable remedies, estate litigation, undue influence, unconscionable conduct, estoppel, extension of time, mediation, superannuation, testamentary trusts, enduring powers of attorney, financial agreements

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Issues covered include: Informal wills, Succession, Beneficiaries, Testators, Recent cases, Superannuation, Succession Law and Family Law, contested Probate, Undue Influence, Claims for adult children.

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Issues covered include: family provisions rpactice updates, costs, mediation, ethics

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Issues covered include: TAC, TAC statutory, WorkCover, WorkCover statutory, psych injuries, psychiatric impairment, serious injury, Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, Medical Panel, serious injury applications, damages awards, damages

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Issues covered include: case update, legislation update, criminal injuries, impairment assessment, appeals to District Court

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Issues covered include: pre-accident risk assessment, workplace incidents, WHS litigation, pleas, defended hearings

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Issues covered include: incident management, reportable conduct scheme, complaint, workplace investigation, ill and injured staff, medical certificates

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Issues covered include: warranties, indemnities, insurance, M&A transactions

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Issues covered include: strata, short stay, body corporate, foreign investors, duty, CGT, interim planning decisions, administrative law rulings

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Issues covered include: privilege, waiver, the Harman Obligation, advocacy

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Issues covered include: blended families, second spouses, superannuation, case update

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Issues covered include: law making process, new laws, amendments, legislative drafting process, parliamentary bills, delegated legislation, tabling of documents, public interest immunity, PII, royal commissions, judicial inquiries, parliamentary inquiries, parliamentary privilege, executive privilege, parliamentary procedure, powers of parliament, inquiry powers, public sector

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Issues covered include: inherent risks of treatment, breach of duty and causation, delay, misdiagnosis, failure to diagnose, euthanasia, medical products, product liability, class actions, regulatory matters

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Issues covered include: Guardianship division, VCAT, moral duty, financial elder abuse, ethics, ethical considerations

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Issues covered include: discretionary trusts, trust and company law, tax implications for property settlements, financial documents

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Issues covered include: estate planning and succession, taxation, superannuation, Division 7A issues, testamentary trusts, blended families, foreign clients and assets, small businesses, aged care issues, executor risks

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Issues covered include: trusts, CGT concession, ATO rulings, discretionary trusts, vesting, winding up a trust

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Issues covered include: employment termination, contractors, single touch payroll, superannuation guarantee, payroll tax, FBT, expatriate tax overview, underpayment of wages, accessorial liability under the Fair Work Act

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Issues covered include: ALRC, discovery, financial proceedings, disclosure, companies, trusts, partnerships, deceased estate, alternative, restorative justice, mediation, mediator, successful family law practice, costs, billing, growth and development, domestic violence, family violence, trauma, protection orders, parenting orders, evidentiary rules, affidavits, parental alienation, ethics, ethical dilemmas

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Issues covered include: consumer data right, consumer law, ACCC, penalties, Royal Commission into the Financial Sector, employment law, mental health, whistleblowing, regulatory compliance

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Issues covered include: Consumer law, ACCC, consumer data right, ICT, IT contracts, privacy, employment, mental health, workplace investigation, unconscious bias

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Issues covered include: Consumer data right, big data, privacy, mandatory data breach reporting, GDPR, Banking Royal Commission, ACCC, consumer law, ACL, corporate social responsibility, modern slavery, ethics, mental health, practice management, workplace investigation

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Issues covered include: admissibility, advanced rulings, expert evidence, contracts, deeds, Royal Commissions, compulsory examinations, privilege, waiver, advocacy, interlocutory & urgent applications

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Issues covered include: Retail shop lease dispute, tenant, landlord, Retail Leases Act, QCAT, retail tenancy disputes, retail leasing, mediation, leasing disputes, combustible cladding, asbestos, tax, fitouts, depreciation, lease incentives, GST, commercial tenancies, market overview.

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In its 6th year, the Geelong 10 points in One day program offers insights from the industry front line practitioners. You don't have to travel to the CBD to gain updates of current topics and gain your compulsory CPD units. Attend the full program or choose the sessions most relevant to your practice.

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Issues covered include: Win and Retain more Clients, Stress Management, Privileged Evidence and Avoiding Inadvertent Waiver, Contract Disputes and Settlement of Litigation, Exclusion, Indemnity and Insurance Clauses, Insolvency Law Reform, Post-employment restraints, Property, Retail and Commercial Leasing.

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The vast majority of businesses in Australia are small businesses, so you better be prepared to provide up to date and expert advice when a small business client comes to you for help. That means being across the game changing developments stemming from the budget, the election and the Banking Royal Commission. Eleven experts working on small business advisory will give you the latest updates and cutting edge strategies on all of the key issues your small business clients will expect you to know.

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Issues covered include: immigration for business and investors, foreign investment, non-residents doing business, non-residents doing family business, owning a property, anti-money laundering, tax considerations and non-residents, estate planning, administration and sucession for migrations and foreign investors

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Issues covered include: exceeding expectations, plain English techniques, business acumen, resilience and wellbeing

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Issues covered include: Narcotic Drugs Act 1967, Medico Legal aspects, in-house counsel perspective, Courts, prescribing in the clinical setting

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Issues covered include: workplace discrimination, religious organisations, estate planning, crime, parenting, child support, parental rights

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Issues covered include: Technology, Blockchain, WayBack Evidence and Domain names, Directors liability, Quality and financial control, Ethics, manner of manufacture, Infringement, latests cases and developments.

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Issues covered include: Family court proceedings, Subpoena, Separation, Divorce, Family violence, Litigation, Evidence, New Redress Scheme, Child Safety Obligations, Royal Commission, Civil Claims for Institutional Abuse, Criminal Liability and Sexual Abuse, Child Safe Standards.

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Issues covered include: Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) Update, TBAR, Royal Commission, Pension options, SMSF Deed, Superannuation contributions, non-concessional contributions, Transfer Balance Account, Super Death Benefits, Binding death benefit nominations, blended families, incapacity.

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Issues covered include: Enterprise value, Tax strategies, Pre-Sale Restructuring, Selling Business with Property, CGT exemptions, Concessions, Property structure, Business valuation methodologies, Preparing a Business for Sale, Equity transfer to family, Third party sale, tangible and intangible assets, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Data Protection, M & A Merger and Acquisition.

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2019 is a significant year for the retirement village and aged care sectors. The Royal Commission is shaking up the industry, elder abuse and tax law are changing, and there are big shifts in integration and funding issues. Plus the many risks in estate planning, capacity, technology and more. With so much unrest in the sector it’s now more crucial than ever to stay up to date with the latest developments. Equip yourself with the strategies necessary to handle these issues for you client or organisation.

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Issues covered include: Tenancy, tenants, franchise lesing, office sharing, subleases, Dispustes, Variation, Surrender provisions and Termination of Leases, remedies, defaults and damages, co-tenancy, covenants, breaches, insolvency, financial issues and risk, Outgoings, Guarantees, Insurance, Indemnities, Case and Legislative Update.

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Issues covered include: Supreme Court of New South Wales, Service of Notices in Probate, Affidavit of Service, Grants of Probate and Administration, Letters of administration on intestacy, Special and limited grants, Taxation, executor and trustees, stamp duty, foregin estate, income tax, Probate case update decisions.

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Issues covered include: Sexual Harassment, Bullying and Work Safety Claims by Independent Contractors, Fair Work Act and Work Health and Safety Act, Uber and the Point to Point Transport Industry, Sham contracting, who is a contractor, who is an employee.

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Issues covered include: Finance and Property proceedings, Dispute Resolution, Pre-nuptial and nuptial agreements, Family Law Settlements, Transfer of tax debt, Bankruptcy, Spouse Maintenance orders variation, post-separation contributions, Accrued Jurisdiction of the Family Court, Contravention applications, Arbitration.

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Issues covered include: National Redress Scheme, Vicarious Liability in Civil Liability Amendment (Organisational Child Abuse Liability) Act, Expert evidence, Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Medico-Legal.

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Issues covered include: Admissibility of expert evidence, High Court and Court of Criminal Appeal, Evidence Act, Admitted facts, Uncontested facts, Disclosure and Privilege, Tendency and Coincidence Evidence.

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Issues covered include: Statutory unconscionable conduct, Indemnities, Contract drafting, Incorporation of Contractual Terms, case law, Jeffrey Goldberger, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright.

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Issues covered include: Proposed Acquisition Notice, Powers of resumption, Assessments, Instructing Experts and Maximising Expert Evidence, Land valuation assessment and methods, partial acquistion, business valuation and compensation.

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Issues covered include: Phoenix business activities, tax case update, historical loans, unpaid present entitlements, small business restructuring, practical tax solutions for small business

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Issues covered include: wealth accumulation, property tax, insurance payment, cryptocurrency, client's marriage, separations, family and accounting, succession and estate plannning

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Issues covered include: intent, purpose, context and structure, practical problem solving, judicial review, repeal of statute

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Analyse decision making and reason writing and then work through an in depth, interactive workshop where the presenters will examine, dissect and reconstruct a decision in this unique, can’t-miss workshop.

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Issues covered include: 'Ultimate Consumer' test, heads of agreement, guarantees, assignment, special tenancy arragement, lease documents interpretation, breaches of lease, termination

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Facing family law issues in your school? We have a step by step guide to guide you. Dealing with child safety risks? We’re offering real world guidance from the legal, law enforcement and principal perspectives. Want all your questions answered? Our interactive panels are tailor made for you. And that’s just the start of what you’ll gain from this unique, can’t miss event.

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Issues covered include: capacity, unconscionable conduct, sexual issues, privacy, data security, convergence and seniors living

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Issues covered include: three way examination, inspections, defaults and penalties, case law

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Issues covered include: Trademarks, patents, parallel imports, protection of IP in China, policy register for IP Australia, patent remedies, patent drafting,

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Issues covered include: terrorism offences in Australia, prosecuting home grown terror plots, trends in terrorism, human exploitation

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Keep yourself updated on the psychology and the legal trends in psychological and psychiatric injury claims, including bystander PTSD claims. With claims on the rise, understanding both the medicine and the law is essential for all practitioners working in this area. Straddling the medical and legal worlds, this seminar offers a better understanding of how medical professions form their assessments and evaluate claims, and you will gain an update on the Work Accident and TAC claims.

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Issues covered include: third parties in family law disputes, problem solving, property settlements, family violence amendments, alternate dispute resolution

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Issues covered include: serving of notices in different types of probate proceedings, digital assets and the afterlife, probate litigation

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Issues covered include: Parents, legal disasters, Privacy law, mental and physical health of staff, misconduct, disability and discrimination obligations, race, sex and gender identity, children with physical and learning disabilities

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