10 Points in One Day

For those looking for the one-stop-shop, look no further. Hear from the Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner and gain your required Ethics, Practice Management, Professional Skills and Bullying, Discrimination & Harassment CPD units in one go. This seminar will equip you with practical strategies and skills necessary take your practice to the next level. Have all your CPD needs met and enjoy the convenience of our 10 points in one day. 233S01

Description

Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
6 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management or Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
1 unit in Bullying, Discrimination and Harassment

This program is based on SA legislation

Session 1

Trusts, Wills and Family Law Roundup

Chair: Julie Van der Velde, Principal, VdV Legal; 2017 Taxation Institute Chartered SME Tax Adviser of the Year; Best Lawyers 2022, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates; Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2022

7.30am to 8.30am 10 Things I Hate About Your Trust Deed

  • Critical issues: not just drafting preferences
  • Real examples from SA in the last 10-20 years
  • De-identified, but true to the original
  • Why these issues matter
  • How to improve

Presented by Adrian Cartland, Principal, Cartland Law

8.30am to 9.30am Wills Directions (and Why They are Needed)

  • Letters of wishes
  • Dealings with trust property
  • Dealings in corporate shares (or units in unit trust)
  • Triggering early capital gains taxes
  • Feuds with disappointed beneficiaries
  • Classes of assets
  • Balancing of beneficiary interests

Presented by Dr Campbell Rankine, Principal, Dr Campbell Rankine

9.30am to 10.30am Family Law Update: Major Cases You Need to Know

Examine key recent cases in family law that you need to know to provide the best possible advice to your clients.
Presented by Rose Cocchiaro, Managing Director, Resolve Divorce; Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2022

10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea

Session 2

Employment, Property and Contracts Must-Knows

Chair: David Hopkins, Director, Brown & Associates

10.45am to 11.45am Employment Law Update

One of the biggest recent developments in employment law has been the introduction of the Albanese Government’s Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Job, Better Pay) Bill 2022 which was tabled in the Federal Parliament on 27 October 2022. This session aims to discuss the implications of this Bill, its progress (noting the Albanese Government is hoping the Bill will be passed by the time Parliament rises for the summer break on 1 December 2022), the fast-tracked Senate inquiry, and how the Bill will impact the existing employment law landscape, including the capacity for employees to request flexible working arrangements, restrictions to fixed term contracts, prohibition of pay secrecy clauses, pay equity, impacts on bargaining and enterprise agreement making, and recovering underpayments. 

Further changes have been proposed regarding casual employment and “employee-like” workers, amongst other matters. This session may be able to cover these changes depending on the timing of their introduction.
Presented by Emily Slaytor, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman; Rising Star Employment & WHS, Doyle’s Guide 2022

11.45am to 12.45pm Property Law, Leasing Update and Future of Renewable Energy: Critical Cases & Recent Trends

Hear what the developments in the past 12 months of cases mean for your clients and how you can prepare your practice.
Presented by Chris Kelly, Partner, Thomson Geer; Best Lawyers 2023, Leasing Law; Recommended Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021

12.45pm to 1.45pm Contract Disputes and Dispute Resolution Clauses

  • How to structure the contract to avoid disputes escalating and to manage the process
  • When, and how, do I include mediation, conciliation, expert determination, arbitration or litigation?
  • The effect and enforceability of these clauses
  • Are there limitations on the subject matter?
  • Other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

Presented by Andrew Robertson, Partner, Piper Alderman; Leading Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2021

Session 3

Required CPD Activity: All Your Units in One Session

Chair: Wendy Jones, Partner & Head of Office, Dentons; Leading Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer and Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2020

Practical Legal Ethics
2.15pm to 3.15pm Estate Management: The risks of wearing more than one hat

In 1734, Lord Talbot expressed the view that: a trustee, executor, or administrator, shall have no allowance for his care and trouble. This became the “general rule” and remains good law today. It is good law because the general rule recognises the clear and obvious conflict which may arise been interest and duty. Charging clauses are almost as old as the general rule and yet, despite near infinite legal authorities designed to fashion clear and effective words, continue to appear in ambiguous and uncertain form to the disadvantage of estate and practitioner alike. Commissioner Keane will discuss some of the risks posed by taking on more than one role under a will.
Presented by Anthony Keane, Commissioner, Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner

Bullying, Discrimination and Harassment
3.15pm to 4.15pm Respect at Work

The introduction of the Respect at Work Bill in late 2022 reflected the Federal Government’s election commitment to implement legislative amendments to address the outstanding matters raised in the Respect@Work Report released in 2021.

This session aims to provide an update on the progress of the Bill, and a provide practical insight into how it will impact the bullying, harassment and discrimination landscape in Australia.
Presented by Amanda Green, Legal Practitioner Director, AiGroup Workplace Lawyers

4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Break

Professional Skills
4.30pm to 5.30pm Contract Drafting Tips and Traps

  • Contract formation: battle of the forms
  • Contract structure, including special conditions
  • Inconsistencies
  • Boiler plate clauses
  • Drafting principles
  • Rules of contract interpretation and example clauses

Presented by Evyenia Walton, Special Counsel, DW Fox Tucker

Practice Management or Business Skills
5.30pm to 6.30pm Setting and Achieving Goals in your Legal Practice

  • Why we need goals
  • Types of goals and when to use them
  • Bridging the gap
  • Monitoring your progress
  • The 'secret sauce' to help you achieve your goals

Presented by Shelley Dunstone, Founder and Director, Legal Circles Consulting

Presenters

Julie Van der Velde
Julie Van der Velde is the principal of a specialised commercial law firm, VdV Legal and has degrees in Business and Law and a Masters of Taxation Law. With over 20 years' experience advising South Australian businesses her practice focuses on taxation and trust law with an emphasis on estate planning, taxation, tax planning, business structuring, business succession and intergenerational transfers. Julie is a registered Trust and Estate Practitioner, a Chartered Tax Advisor and a Fellow of CPA Australia. She has facilitated on the Law Society of South Australia's GDLP program, is regularly a Recommended Tax Lawyer and a Recommended Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Lawyer in Doyle's Guide and is the Taxation Institute's SME Chartered Tax Advisor for 2017. 

Adrian Cartland
A taxation and commercial lawyer, Adrian Cartland specialises in devising novel solutions to complex trust, equity, partnership and contract law issues and transactions. He is experienced in all the State taxes, particularly stamp duty and land tax, and advises across the full range of Federal taxes including Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax and GST, as well as Not-for-Profit tax concessions. Adrian prepares high level tax and commercial documentation for complex structures and transactions as well as dealing with revenue authorities and other parties about those structures and transactions. Where required, he pursues taxation disputes to higher authorities. He also advises on superannuation and general commercial agreements.  

Dr Campbell Rankine
Dr Campbell Rankine is an Adelaide based sole practitioner practising taxation and commercial law., He has practised law for the past 32 years, specialising in revenue law, with an emphasis on taxation of cross-border transactions, stamp duty, superannuation and ETP advices, often advising other law firms and accountants. Prior to admission he practised for 14 years as a Chartered Accountant., Campbell holds a Bachelor of Accounting and a Bachelor of Laws (Hons). His post graduate qualifications include a Master of Laws (Commercial) and a Masters of Taxation. In 2009 he was awarded a PhD by the University of New South Wales. His doctoral dissertation examined and undertook a critical analysis of the treatment under Australian revenue law of the taxation of trusts and their beneficiaries., He is Chairman of the South Australian branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, a Director of STEP Australia and past-chair of the Specialist Discussion Group (SA) of The Tax Institute. Campbell delivers professional development sessions addressing technical taxation and stamp duty to senior tax practitioners across Australia. 

Rose Cocchiaro
Rose Cocchiaro is the founding partner of Resolve Divorce, a specialist family law firm impacting divorce experiences, for good. Rose is an accredited specialist in family law, a certified divorce coach and conflict resolution specialist. Resolve practices family law in a unique way that positively influences couples and families as they heal and grow, setting up clients to achieve life goals by supporting their emotional journey as well as their legal one. Rose has studied the practice of alternative dispute resolution options nationally and internationally and has drawn on this experience to create methods and practices within the firm to give clients specialist advice and support to achieve their best outcome.

David Hopkins
David Hopkins obtained his law degree from the Flinders University of South Australia and was admitted to practice in September 1998.Since July 2007, David Hopkins has been a partner at Brown & Associates Commercial Lawyers, a firm which practices predominantly in commercial property law. Prior to this David worked at O'Loughlins Lawyers for 8 years, practising in property and estate planning law. David currently acts for the owners of numerous retail shopping centres, office buildings and industrial properties throughout South Australia. David also acts for tenants, including franchisors that lease multiple tenancies and sub-let them to franchisees. David also maintains a practice in estate planning and estate administration law. David is a member of the Law Society's Property Committee and the Succession Committee and the Property Council of Australia. 

Emily Slaytor
Emily joined Piper Alderman as a Special Counsel in 2021, after having relocated to Adelaide from Sydney where she worked for a specialist employment law firm.She has around 10 years’ experience practicing as an employment and industrial relations lawyer, assisting and advising employers on how to manage their legal obligations and risks, and navigate employment-related issues.Emily has acted for a diverse range of employers across both the private and public sector, at a national level. She has conducted numerous investigations for clients in relation to bullying and harassment matters and internal employment disputes, and regularly assists clients in the areas of managing long and short term injured workers, difficult workers compensation claims, performance management and disciplinary issues, discrimination and harassment, as well as unfair dismissal and general protections claims. 

Chris Kelly
Chris practises in a diverse range of property law, with a strong focus on leasing and major commercial acquisitions as well as renewable energy and infrastructure projects. Chris regularly acts for vendors, purchasers, landlords, tenants and developers. He has expertise in the preparation of numerous property documents with varying levels of complexity including contracts for sale, leases, easements, encumbrances, land divisions and caveats. He also regularly undertakes property related due diligence. Chris has been recognised by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Australia in the area of Leasing law (2020 and 2021). Chris has also been recognised by Doyle's Guide in 2019 and 2020 as a recommended Property and Real Estate Lawyer. He was also recommended by Doyle’s Guide in Health and Aged Care in 2019 and previously as a National Rising Star in the Property & Real Estate space in both 2016 and 2017. In 2019 Chris was a finalist in the Property Council of SA's Young Property Professional of the Year awards. Chris has guest lectured at Flinders University of South Australia and regularly speaks at property seminars for the Property Council of Australia and the Australian Property Institute. He holds a commerce degree with a major in accounting and currently sits on the SA Property Council's Diversity Committee.  

Andrew Robertson
Andrew Robertson has been a partner at Piper Alderman for over 20 years and has acted for clients in complex disputes for almost 30 years.  He has resolved disputes in multiple jurisdictions, for clients across a range of industries, and effectively utilised multiple dispute resolution mechanisms. In addition to acting for parties in disputes he is qualified and experienced in resolving disputes as the neutral dispute resolver in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms, including as mediator, arbitrator and expert determiner.  He is an NMAS accredited mediator and Grade 1 (the highest grade) Resolution Institute arbitrator.  He is a Fellow of multiple ADR bodies in Australia and overseas.  He has presented papers at national and international conferences on dispute resolution and contract law. He is a former National Councillor of the Institute of Arbitrator and Mediators (now the Resolution Institute). He is a founder, former director and former Chair of the Society of Construction Law Australia. He is a member of the Law Society’s ADR Committee and has chaired and presently co-chairs the International Legal Practice Committee. Andrew has Bachelor degrees in Law, Economics and Commerce from the University of Adelaide and a Master of Construction Law from the University of Melbourne.  He is also a qualified accountant (Fellow of CPA Australia). 

Wendy Jones 
With her pragmatic approach, exacting technical skills and leadership ability, organisations including financial institutions, manufacturers, wine makers and retirement villages, benefit from Wendy's proven commercial litigation expertise. For over 20 years, Wendy has worked successfully and tenaciously on large and complex litigation matters, including some of Australia's largest audit negligence claims, as well as contract and product liability disputes, and trade practices issues. Her special interest in insolvency law means Wendy's advice is regularly sought on voluntary administrations, deeds of company arrangement, liquidators' recovery and investigation powers, secured creditor rights, priority issues and proofs of debt. Wendy's involvement with financial institutions is extensive. She advises and supports them on diverse matters ranging from cheque conversion, mistaken payments, misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, and bank systems and procedures, to terms and conditions of bank products, bank fees and charges, guarantees, access to banking records and debt recovery, including regarding obligations under Code of Banking Practice. 

Anthony Keane
Anthony Keane commenced his role as South Australia’s second Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner on 1 August 2022.Commissioner Keane is an experienced and well regarded practitioner having worked in the legal profession for more than 20 years both in private and public practice and as solicitor and as counsel. Commissioner Keane previously practised across a wide range of practice areas particularly focussing on industrial and employment law, personal injury and medical negligence and coronial inquests.In his time with the Crown Solicitor’s Office, the Commissioner appeared in most South Australian courts and tribunals as well as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, and the High Court of Australia. In addition, the Commissioner is experienced in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.The Commissioner looks forward to continuing the important regulatory work of his role. 

Amanda Green
Amanda joined Ai Group Workplace Lawyers – a specialist employment law firm affiliated with peak employer association, Australian Industry Group - as a Legal Practitioner Director in 2017, Prior to that, she worked for well-known South Australian law firm Norman Waterhouse for over a decade.  In her dual role as Legal Practice Director and Principal Advisor, she provides timely, practical and commercially focussed legal advice and consulting services. She has represented South Australian employees, employers, private businesses and the public sector, in particular Local Government councils. She has worked across all aspects of human resources, employment relations and industrial relations, with expertise spanning enterprise agreements, contracts, award interpretation and application, policies and procedures, workplace health and safety, investigations, and discrimination. She has a keen interest in the employee-employer relationship, and recently attained a Master of Psychology (Organisational and Human Factors) to complement her professional background, experience and interests.

Evyenia Walton
Evyenia graduated Flinders University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice and a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She has worked in-house since 2004 in technology companies specialising in intellectual property protection, and again in 2009 where she worked for UniSA as an in-house lawyer for 7 years specialising in contract reviews and drafting, commercial matters and intellectual property and commercialisation. Evyenia has also worked for the Department of Defence in Melbourne where she assisted in the negotiation in some of Australia’s largest procurement contracts, and worked in a top tier firm prior to her in-house role at UniSA.Evyenia is passionate about helping people and businesses achieve their goals. Since starting Interpret Contracts in 2015, she has worked on several complex transactions including the purchase of a franchise system in 2019 and more recently, the sale and purchase of a multimillion dollar transport company. She is personable and relatable to her clients as a business owner herself, and knows the juggling act of life with three small children and a busy family life. 

Shelley Dunstone
Shelley is the founder and Principal of Legal Circles, a consulting practice that helps lawyers to achieve their business and career aspirations. She helps lawyers to build profile and attract more of the work they want to do, from clients they like to work with. Admitted as a lawyer in 1981, Shelley practised in a wide variety of legal fields before specializing in commercial litigation and becoming a law firm partner. In addition to Law, Shelley holds qualifications in Marketing and Applied Finance. She is a Life Member of the Australian Legal Practice Management Association, an Adjunct Lecturer with the College of Law, and a former Chair of the Senior Lawyers Committee of the International Bar Association. Shelley has written for numerous law firm management books and journals, and has presented at conferences around Australia and internationally – in Buenos Aires, Madrid, Dubai, Vancouver, Boston, Vienna, Washington, Tokyo, Boston, Rome and Seoul. 

Venue

Hilton Adelaide

Level 2, 233 Victoria Square
Adelaide 5000
SA
Australia

Hilton Adelaide

 

Parking information

Due to COVID restrictions, Hilton Adelaide no longer offers valet parking service for the time being and there is no on-site parking available, however there are plenty of public carparks in the surrounding area for attendees to use.

Some of the closest and most popular carparks are the following:

  • Mill Street Auto Park (multi storey carpark)
  • Mill Street Wilson Parking (street parking)
  • Central Market UPark (multi storey carpark)

Directions

Hilton Adelaide is centrally located in Victoria Square on the corner of King William Street and Grote Street.
Getting around the city is easy with the free City Tram, taking you between South Terrace and The Entertainment Centre. Delegates can catch the city tram at Hilton Adelaide’s doorstep.

Similar events

Issues covered include: leasing, conveyancing, property law, tax, PPSA, presentation skills, work-life balance, ethics, digital customer data, commercialising IP, buying and selling a business, insolvency

More Information

Issues covered include: Mental Wellbeing of Employees, Creative Thinking , Costs, Disclosure, Legal Profession Uniform Law, Property Witholding Tax, Retail Leasing, Unfair Contract Terms Under the ACL, Family, Trust and Succession Law.

More Information

Issues covered include: Directors, Officers and Corporate Litigation, Hayne Royal Commission, Defamation, Creditors, Insolvency Law Reform, ipso facto, Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016, Trusts Minority Shareholder Disputes with a Corporate Trustee, Mental Health, Contingency Fees, Litigation Funding and Class Actions, Ethical Professional Conduct.

More Information

Issues covered include: Planning, property, combustible cladding, defects, caretakers, ethics, leasing, tax risks, GST, investment, discretionary trusts, property valuation, development financing, capital gains tax

More Information

Issues covered include: remedies, directors, officers, corporate litigation, shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, proportionate liability, defamation litigation, defamatory, cyber crime, cyber attack, mandatory data breach notification, privacy, litigation funding, class actions, ethics, ethical obligations

More Information

Issues covered include: Admissibility of Tendency Evidence Post R v Bauer, Post Sentence Orders under the new Serious Offenders Act 2018, Family Violence in the Criminal Courts, Committal Hearings, DNA Evidence and Crime, Trace DNA, Transfer DNA, Low level DNA, Familial DNA testing, Reduced Legal Aid Funding, Ethics for criminal lawyers.

More Information

Issues covered include: casual employment, permanent employment, underpayment, accessorial liability, penalties, working from home, employee flexibility, privacy, surveillance of employees, enterprise bargaining, enterprise agreements, industrial disputation, industrial action, conflict resolution, bullying, ill and injured employees, unlawful termination, adverse action, discrimination claims, mental illness, mental health, death in the workplace, industrial manslaughter

More Information

Issues covered include: civil claims for institutional abuse, NDIS, workers compensation, psychological injury, negligence, Civil Liability Act, ethics, vicarious trauma, expert witnesses.

More Information

Issues covered include: Estate planning, vulnerable beneficiaries, beneficiary, urgent applications, interlocutory applications, enduring powers of attorney, variation of trusts, business succession, death benefit, succession law, ethics, conflicts of interests, testamentary capacity, interview skills, technology, business model, marketing, cost, fixed pricing

More Information

Issues covered include: WorkCover, TAC, claims process, redress claims, general damages, damages awards, aggravated damages, my health record, ethics, psychological, psychometric testing, client costs, solicitor costs

More Information

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,

More Information

Issues covered include: domestic violence, family violence, admissibility, bad character, crown witness, media strategies, media comments, mobile phones, computers, search warrant, police seizing, sentencing advisory counsel, managing clients' expectations, difficult clients, committal hearing, ethics for criminal lawyers, ethical issues

More Information

Issues covered include: Civil Liability Act, damages, workers compensation, psychological injury, psychiatric injury, chronic regional pain syndrome, NDIS, NIIS, WorkCover, risk management, personal injury practice, admissibility, expert evidence, ethics, ethical issues

More Information

Issues covered include: strata, redevelopment, tax, compulsory acquisition, notices to perform, mandatory disclosure, off the plan contracts, SMSFs, misleading or deceptive conduct, anti-money laundering

More Information

Issues covered include: policy changes, machine entitlement leasing, L&GNSW compliance, property and licensing issues

More Information

Issues covered include: owners corporation, leasing, environmental and planning, Environment Protection Act, SMSF, stamp duty, co-ownership, misrepresentation, misleading conduct, real estate transactions, ethical and professional responsibility, GST, tax issues, state taxes, property valuation

More Information

Issues covered include: banking, superannuation, financial services, tax, jurisdiction, ethics, witnesses, evidence, technology, litigation funding, class actions

More Information

Issues covered include: parental alienation, child protection, independent children's lawyers, expert evidence, arbitration, financial matters, asset planning, financial settlements, alternative dispute resolution, ethics, client interviews

More Information

Issues covered include: deceased estates, superannuation, family provision applications, urgent and interlocutory applications, mediation, ethics, risk management, capacity, vulnerability

More Information

Issues covered include: cladding, short-term holiday letting, Airbnb, air space, crane access, planning, heritage, property valuation, development, financing, environment and sustainability, ethics

More Information

Issues covered include: procurement contracts, cancelled programs or schemes, information requests, sexual harassment, statutory interpretation, data breach, model litigant

More Information

Issues covered include: Mediation, heads of agreement, settlement, ipso facto, data, privacy, consumer law, GDPR, consumer data right, property law, employment law, commercialising IP, legal professional privilege, wills, estates, succession law, undue influence, extensions of time, superannuation and estate planning, financial agreements, family violence, domestic violence, property settlement, family law cases

More Information

Issues covered include: reputation, due diligence, franchise business, valuation, transfer of work, term sheets, MoUs, HoAs, precursor agreements, warranties, representations, indemnities, insurance, leases, IP, privacy, data

More Information

Issues covered include: REIQ contracts, e-conveyancing, strata, cladding, real estate agent, GST, foreign resident capital gain, stamp duty, state tax, anti-money laundering, AML/CTF, conveyancing disputes, mediation, misleading or deceptive conduct, contracts, sale of land, ethics, ethical obligations

More Information

Issues covered include: preparation, lay witness, supporting evidence, relevance, admissibility, ethical issues, expert evidence, discretionary rulings, voir dires, disclosure, managing subpoenas, Royal Commissions, compulsory examinations, transcripts, abrogation of privilege, persuasive advocacy, interlocutory applications, urgent applications, mediation, advocacy in mediation

More Information

Issues covered include: leasing reforms, ipso facto issues, mixed use developments, heads of agreement, agreements for lease, special conditions, flexible arrangements, tax, defaults, lockouts, breaches, damages, compensation, dispute resolution

More Information

Issues covered include: general deterrence, revenge porn, the De Simoni Principle, evidence admissibility, uncharged offences, crime scenes, cross-examination, dementia, trauma, ethics

More Information

Issues covered include: Restraint of Trade and Breach of Confidential Information, Liability of Officers, WHS, OHS Act, Fair Work Act 2009, Unfair Dismissal, Enterprise Agreements, Enterprise Bargaining, better off overall test (BOOT), Drug and Alcohol Testing, Sexual Harassment, Weinstein clause, Working from home.

More Information

Issues covered include: patents, trade marks, copyright, remedies, IP litigation, due diligence, asset monetisation, governance, ethics

More Information

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

More Information

Issues covered include: Warranties, indemnities, indemnity clause, insurance, due diligence, cybersecurity, privacy, consumer data, business structures, tax strategies, GST, franchise

More Information

Issues covered include: unsigned contracts, dispute resolution, ipso facto clauses, insolvency, common law rights to terminate, risk, limitation of liability, indemnities, unfair terms, unconscionable conduct, cross-jurisdictional contracts, variation

More Information

Issues covered include: Heads of Agreement, Agreements for Lease, Special Conditions, Flexible Arrangements, Negotiating and Drafting, Conveyancing, landlords, tenants, buyers, sellers, financiers, Breaches, Damages and Compensation, practice and procedure.

More Information

Issues covered include: Leasing, refurbishment, demolition, ipso facto, early access agreements, leasing incentives, clawbacks, VCAT, lease disputes, leasing disputes, tenant defaults, tenant lockouts, non-performance

More Information

Issues covered include: underpayment, sexual harassment, out of hours conduct, unfair dismissal, termination, casual workers, surveillance, drug and alcohol testing, enterprise bargaining, industrial disputation

More Information

Issues covered include: defects, bonds, cladding, delay, disruption, work orders, fitness for purpose, project procurement, insolvency, ipso facto regime, consumer law

More Information

Issues covered include: Case update, valuation of quantum meruit claims, appeal an arbitral award, Indemnity Clauses and a Carve Out for Proportionate Liability, Delay and Disruption, Insolvency Reforms, the PPSA and the ‘Fiocco’ Report, Security of paymenet for subcontractors, Arbitration, Construction and infrastructure disputes.

More Information

Issues covered include: South Australian Employment Tribunal, SAET, worker's compensation, Return to Work Act, institutional abuse, NDIS, personal injury claims, costs for personal injury, motor vehicle accidents

More Information

Issues covered include: powers, constraints, jurisdiction, error, disciplinary proceedings

More Information

Issues covered include: Construction disputes, building award, underpayments, accessorial liability, insolvency, ipso facto, extensions of time, time bars, concurrent delay, construction insurance

More Information

Issues covered include: building and construction cases, security of payment, Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act, project bank accounts, jurisdictional error, building projects, construction projects, international partners, international dispute resolution, arbitration, dispute resolution in building and construction, mediation, delay claims, construction disputes

More Information

Issues covered include: employees, IP considerations, franchise business, valuation of a business

More Information

Issues covered include: negotiated mergers and acquisitions, M&A, IP, intellectual property, data, privacy, consumer data right, tax, CGT, valuations

More Information

Issues covered include: pleadings, particulars, defences, preparing witnesses, affidavits, trial preparation

More Information

Issues covered include: IP commercialisation, utility of trade secrets, IP protections, IP due diligence, ethical obligations

More Information

Issues covered include: contractual warranties, contractual indemnities, insurance contracts, arbitration clauses, binding arbitration agreements, contracting in the digital age, digital footprints, limitation of liability, Australian consumer law, proportionate liability regimes, ethical considerations, contract drafting, contract tendering, contract negotiation, block chain, smart contracts, multi-party agreements, privacy, cybersecurity

More Information

Issues covered include: rectification and variation, drafting contracts, heads of agreement, pre-contractual representations, dispute resolution clauses

More Information

Issues covered include: Retainer, Compliance, Uniform Law, Fixed fee, Disputes, Costs Recovery, Billing.

More Information

Issues covered include: flat fee billing, Uniform Law, costs recovery

More Information

Issues covered include: Retainer, Compliance, Uniform Law, Fixed fee, Disputes, Costs Recovery, Billing.

More Information

Issues covered include: privilege, PR issues, media training, managing difficult colleagues

More Information

Issues covered include: ethics, public speaking, presentations, client management

More Information

Issues covered include: client relationships, managing mistakes or oversights, practice management, ethics, professional skills

More Information

Issues covered include: Cognitive bias, ethical decision making, stress management, practice management, time management

More Information

Issues covered include: client trust, ethics, blockchain, technology, cyber security, risk management

More Information

Issues covered include: cyber security, data breaches, technology, blockchain, cyber risk: hacking, phishing, scamming, ransomware, National Data Breach Scheme.

More Information

Issues covered include: time management, creativity, culture and ethics

More Information

Issues covered include: financial reports, accounting concepts, difficult colleagues, oversight, inadvertent mistakes

More Information

Issues covered include: Technology document review, Commercial disputes, Negotiation, Implied Waiver of Privilege and Inadvertent Disclosure.

More Information

Issues covered include: Independent experts, technology, work life balance, managing clients, ethical issues.

More Information

Issues covered include: Arbitrate, mediate, arbitration agreement, mediation, alternate dispute resolution, employee in family legal practice, technology, social media, email security, the cloud.

More Information

Issues covered include: tendering and procurement, workplace investigations, ethical issues

More Information

Issues covered include: Networking, Self promotion, workplace investigation, ethics, whistleblower, mandatory reporting data breaches and privacy.

More Information

Issues covered include: Property valuation, GST Withholding Regime, Tax, Ethics misrepresentation, misleading conduct, real estate, valuation reports, conveyancing, residential propety, foreign resident capital gains tax withholding.

More Information

Issues covered include: Ethics, ethical obligations, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, complaints, communication skills, differentiate your practice, digital challenges, generate leads

More Information

Issues covered include: undertakings, professional conduct, neuroscience, psychological safety, leadership excellence, digital tools, content creation

More Information

Issues covered include: Fraudulent behaviours, corruption, corrupt conduct, administrative investigations, conflict of interest, model litigant, cost orders

More Information

Issues covered include: Sentencing Appeals, Confiscation of Assets, CCC, persuasive argument orally and in writing.

More Information

Issues covered include: Bail applications, preparation, advocacy, ethical obligations, ethics, evidence, witness statements, preparing witnesses, briefing counsel, prepare a brief, instructing solicitor

More Information

Issues covered include: Chardwaj, specialised courts, better decisions, improving written reasons

More Information

Issues covered include: delegation models, health and safety, continuous disclosure, insurance, liability

More Information

Issues covered include: director duties, professional liability, work health and safety, risk and liability, early settlement of disputes

More Information

Issues covered include: disability and discrimination law, adjustments, relief, bullying, sexual harassment, adverse action, performance management

More Information

Keep up with key developments in discrimination law and master how to walk over the blazing coals of this hotbed area where you need to be able to respond to any situation quickly, efficiently and with the utmost confidence. When your client calls you with their pressing questions and pleas for guidance you had better be prepared to properly advise them on the spot, so ensure you know precisely where the law stands and how to expertly guide your client to safety.

More Information

Issues covered include: running a defended hearing, unauthorised driving laws, pharmacological evidence, and case update

More Information

Issues covered include: foreign purchases surcharge, landholder duty, duty valuations, WA transfer duty

More Information

Issues covered include: Guardianship division, SACAT, elder law, elder abuse, powers of attorney, advance care derivatives, capacity, mental impairment

More Information

Issues covered include: Environment Protection Amendment Act, environment duty, Environment Protection Act, VCAT, environmental due diligence, environmental warranties, environmental indemnities

More Information

Issues covered include: the Land and Environment Court, environmental prosecutions, development appeals, civil enforcement

More Information

Issues covered include: Blended Families and Vulnerable Beneficiaries, Enduring powers of guardianship, Family Provision Act, Business Succession, Property, Beddoe applications, Benjamin orders, Succession, Wills, s45 Administration Act, s92 Trustees Act.

More Information

Issues covered include: The Surrogacy Act, Parental Alienation and Child Protection, Divorce, Separation, Consent Orders, Co-parenting, Parenting Arrangements, Social Media, Disclosure, Companies, trusts, partnerships, deceased estates, Family Court of Australia Federal Circuit Court merger, Family Law Act, Family Law Amendment (2018 Measures No. 1) Rules 2018.

More Information

Issues covered include: disclosure, evidence gathering, dispute resolution, collaboration, mediation, arbitration, witnesses, interim financial hearings

More Information

Issues covered include: Social Media, Evidence, disclosure, discovery, Property Valuation: Expert Evidence, Drafting Affidavits and Practical Advocacy.

More Information

Issues covered include: binding financial agreements, shams and scams, tax risks, financial statements

More Information

Issues covered include: diversity, wellness, discrimination, true story content, location, social media, streaming, social impact programming, unfair contracts, fair dealing, visas and immigration law

More Information

Issues covered include: Insurance Contracts Act, non-disclosure, superannuation disability claims, Centrelink, tax and superannuation implications

More Information

Issues covered include: copyright, trademarks, patent law, IP, intellectual property, IP infringements, intangible assets, IP licensing, ethical duties, IP risk, machine learning technology

More Information

Issues covered include: Jurisdictional error, administrative law, reasonableness, limitations to administrative, discretionary power, procedural fairness

More Information

Issues covered include: client legal privilege, avoiding waiver, inadvertent waiver, lay witness statements, traditional mediation, hybrid mediation, ADR, admissible expert evidence, persuasive expert evidence, legal ethics, ethical duties, risk management, written advocacy, written submissions, improve your advocacy

More Information

Issues covered include: costs recovery, out of pocket legal costs, costs assessors, costs determinations

More Information

Issues covered include: mediation strategies, ethics, settlement agreements, advocacy, professional skills

More Information

Issues covered include: Health Practitioners and Hospitals in Investigations and Inquests, Misdiagnosis and Failure to Diagnose, Disciplinary Matters: AHPRA and VCAT, NDIS, Breach of Duty and Causation.

More Information

You don’t need crystal balls, tea leaves, or even a loose-lipped inside source in government to know where migration is headed. Simply put, regional migration is the hottest topic in migration law and you need to be on top of it if you want to provide your clients with the best advice possible. But being across everything in regional migration is no simple feat. There are numerous pathways with often byzantine requirements and caveats, and every state approaches regional migration in its own unique way, add

More Information

Issues covered include: Mining Titles Validation Bill, Forrest v Wilson, ealth and safety obligations, administrative decisions in the resources sector, compensation under Native Title Act

More Information

Issues covered include: jurisdiction, appeals, strata disputes, Home Building Act, costs

More Information

Issues covered include: scope of employment, permanent impairment, PIRS criteria, workplace injury damages, Motor Accident Injuries Act, Motor Accident Compensation Act, CARS and MAS determinations, psychiatric examinations

More Information

Issues covered include: perfecting security interests, applications for extensions of time, priority risks, disputes, applications and compliance

More Information

Issues covered include: Parliamentary procedure, law making process, information, privilege

More Information

Issues covered include: Privacy, data breach, privacy supply chain risks, privacy complaints, Privacy Act, data, GDPR

More Information

Issues covered include: case update, strata law, planning, ipso facto

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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.

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information

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

More Information