Parramatta 10 Points in One Day

Now in its 11th year, the Parramatta 10 Points in One Day Program is developed and curated to keep you abreast of new laws, trends and practical guidance from subject matter experts. With a broad range of topics included, you won’t have to travel to the CBD to gain in-person updates in the practice areas of your choosing, plus achieve your compulsory CPD unit requirements. Attend for the full 10 hours or only the sessions most relevant to your practice. 232P01

Description

Attend for the full day and earn 10 CPD units including:
6 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
2 units in Professional Skills

This program is based on NSW legislation

Session 1

Stream A: Property Law Update

Chair: Dominic Maley, Partner, MacLarens Lawyers

7.30am to 8.30am Navigating the New Contract for Sale in 2023

  • Key standard clauses in the new 2022 Contract for Sale of Land
  • Additional clauses relevant for the 2022 Contract
  • Negotiating terms of additional clauses when acting for a purchaser
  • Brief case studies

Presented by Ian Dunwoodie, Principal Dunwoodie Legal

8.30am to 9.30am Lease Due Diligence

  • Heads of Agreement: contents
  • Heads of Agreement: are they binding?
  • Landlord’s and disclosure

Presented by Dr Stephen Pallavicini, Special Counsel, Macpherson Kelley

9.30am to 10.30am Subdivision Essentials

  • Introduction to subdivisions
  • Subdivision types
  • Documenting subdivisions
  • Working with third parties such as councils, surveyors

Presented by Joseph Grassi, Solicitor/Director, Joseph Grassi & Associates

Attend the above session and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law

Stream B: Family, Wills and Estate Law in 2023

Chair: Sarah Bevan, Principal, Bevan Family Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Family Law

7.30am to 8.15am The Unacceptable Risk Test in Parenting Matters

  • What is the unacceptable risk test and how is it applied?
  • Are findings of fact as to specific risks necessary?
  • What role does the Evidence Act play in the assessment of unacceptable risk?

Presented by Shanna Mahony, Barrister, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers

8.15am to 9.00am Family Law Property Update

Presented by Andrew Givney, Barrister, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers

9.00am to 9.45am Wills & Estates issues for Family Lawyers

  • Relevance of inheritances in property settlement proceedings
  • Treatment of testamentary trusts in family law proceedings as marital property or as a financial resource
  • Recent cases
  • Estate planning considerations for protection of the inheritance of a beneficiary in the event of property settlement proceedings
  • Death of a party during property settlement proceedings

Presented by Katelin Whitley, Principal, Bestic Law Leading Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyles Guide 2022

9.45am to 10.30am Wills Disputes

  • Testamentary capacity, knowledge/approval of the will and undue influence in probate
  • The statutory framework for family provision applications
  • Overall guidelines for family provision applications
  • Guidelines relevant to specific categories of eligible persons
  • Common issues in family provision cases

Presented by John Clifton, Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers

Attend the above session and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law

Session 2

Plenary Session: CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers

Chair: Geoff Roberson, Managing Director, Stacks Champion

Ethics and Professional Responsibility
10.45am to 11.45am Ethical Dilemmas: Learning from Others’ Mistakes

The path to success in the legal profession is fraught with peril. Ethical dilemmas can quickly threaten to derail your goals. Work through a practical series of ethical predicaments and real life examples to gain the knowledge, skills and strategies to ensure your ethical, and career, survival.
Presented by David Ash, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers

Practice Management
11.45am to 12.45pm Managing your Remote Staff Effectively

  • Understanding impacts to productivity and morale when remote working
  • Setting appropriate guidelines and parameters which are fair to employee and employer
  • Managing issues of underperformance
  • Understanding legal obligations in relation to flexible work and discrimination

Presented by, Rohan Burn, Senior Associate, People + Culture Strategies

Professional Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm Recognising and Dealing with Legal and Commercial Risk

  • Risk: What is it?
  • Legal environment of risk for clients
  • Personal risks of advisors and officer’s
  • Risk return trade off 
  • Ethical issues and risk
  • How to deal with risk 
  • Possible tools to use in deal with striking the balance of legal and commercial risk and reward

Presented by Steven Brown, Chairman, Etienne Lawyers

Attend the above session and earn 3 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills

Session 3

Stream A: Commercial Law Roundup

Chair: Gregory Martin, Partner, Martin Bullock Lawyers

2.15pm to 3.15pm Competition and Consumer Update: New Legislation & Significant New Cases

Presented by Ayman Guirguis, Partner, K & L Gates

3.15pm to 4.15pm Modern Business Succession Planning: Strategies for Today’s Clients

Presented by Phillip McGowan, Partner, McCullough Robertson Wills and Estate Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Recommended Wills, Estates and Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyles Guide 2022

4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon tea

4.30pm to 5.30pm Everyday Issues Concerning Trusts and Tax

  • Reviewing and amending trust deeds
  • Do you have the power?
  • Trust restructuring and tax
  • Rectification and other Court applications
  • Trusts: advantageous dealings and approval of arrangements

Presented by Denis Barlin, Barrister, Thirteen Wentworth Selborne

5.30pm to 6.30pm Employment Law Update

  • Responding to Respect@work and psychosocial risks in the workplace
  • Analysis of recent general protection cases
  • Employee underpayments:  wage theft or payroll mistake
  • Update on independent contractor cases

Presented by Chris McArdle, Principal, McArdle Legal

Attend the above session and earn 4 CPD units in Substantive Law

Stream B: Litigation Practice and Update

Chair: Caroline Hutchinson, Principal/Director, Coleman Greig Lawyers

2.25pm to 3.35pm Working with Interpreters: A Guide for All Lawyers

  • Gain strategies to identify & deal with translating and interpreting
  • Work through different modes of interpreting and uses in legal settings
  • Elevate your skills when working with interpreters

Presented by J Angelo Berbotto, Lawyer and Translator at Amicus Curiae Legal Translations and Silvia Martinez, NAATI-certified Legal Interpreter and Translator ENG SPA at Convivence Interpreting and Translation

Professional Skills
3.35pm to 4.05pm An Analysis of Affidavits: How to Draft for Excellence

  • Writing for a purpose: why an affidavit?
  • The mechanics of affidavit preparation
  • How to comply with rules & eliminate objectionable material
  • Tips & techniques

Presented by Darrell Kake, Partner, Longton Legal

4.05pm to 4.20pm Afternoon Tea

4.20pm to 5.05pm Common Issues that Arise in Many Commercial Contract Disputes

  • Repudiation and termination
  • Exclusion and limitation clauses
  • Misleading and deceptive conduct affecting contract formation

Presented by Hernan Pintos-Lopez, Barrister, Greenway Chambers

5.05pm to 5.50pm Basics of Running an Immigration Judicial Review Matter

  • The nature of judicial review
  • Obtaining relevant instructions and material
  • Working through client options
  • Commencing work on the matter and procedural issues

Present Michelle Yu, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers

5.50pm to 6.30pm Personal Injury Update

  • Update on claims in the PIC
  • Recent developments in pure economic loss claims
  • Concussion in sport
  • The gig economy, and how the statutory schemes intersect and assist individuals injured in these circumstances

Presented by Daniel Hanna, Barrister, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers

Attend the above session and earn 4 CPD units including:
3 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills

Presenters

Dominic Maley
Dominic Maley was made a partner of MacLarens Lawyers in 2015. Since 2017, he has been the sole lecturer in Professional Practice and Building Law at WSU, and more recently he has taken up positions at the university teaching Building Law (under grad), Construction Law (post grad), and the Expert Evidence modules of Construction Claims. He also guest lectures at UTS in Property Transactions. 

Ian Dunwoodie
A commercial property and business lawyer since 1981, working first in large and medium sized law firms, experienced in high value private, government, business and property transactions, Ian established a boutique CBD business, property law and wealth management firm, moving to Edgecliff in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs in 1999. Dunwoodie Legal provides quality, clear and experienced legal advice to businesses, property owners, ordinary and high net worth individuals, company directors and corporations on business, property, wealth management, trusts, wills, estates and superannuation matters, and often works closely with financial planners and specialist advisers. Ian is a Notary Public (NSWSN and AANZCN), a long time board member of the Bondi and District Chamber of Commerce, a regular presenter of seminars in Sydney and overseas for Legalwise, APAC, AALC and CPE whose interests include motor racing, skiing, travel and the environment.

Dr Stephen Pallavicini
Prior to joining Macpherson Kelly Stephen was a Partner at Eakin McCaffery Cox. He as spent many years as a Senior Legal Counsel at Stockland and as Senior Property Lawyer at Woolworths Limited. He has been a member of the Law Society's Property Law Committee since 2006, the Ethics Committee since 2018 and the Law Society's Property Law Accreditation Committee since 2009. He contributes regularly to the Australian Property Law Bulletin and is co-author Thomson Reuters on-line service Commercial Leasing Precedents. 

Joseph Grassi
Joseph Grassi was admitted to practice as a solicitor in 1977 and is an Accredited Specialist in Property Law, a Notary Public and holds a Master of Laws degree. He provides legal advice to private and corporate clients in relation to residential, commercial and industrial sub-divisions and strata developments. He also provides advice on environment, planning and assessment, joint ventures and financial structures of developments, asset protection strategies including Estate Planning and Administration. He is a board member of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District and the chair of its Finance and Performance Committee. Joseph is also the Chairman of the Nepean Blue Mountains Education and Medical Research Foundation which is a charity established to provide fundraising services to the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District in particular in the areas of education and research. Joseph is a past member of the Property Law Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales., 

Robyn Druitt
Robyn Druitt is a barrister at Lachlan Macquarie Chambers. She was admitted to the bar on 4 February 1991. Prior to this Robyn practiced as a solicitor from 1977-1991 in country New South Wales then suburban Sydney. Robyn's bar practice is now mainly in the area of Family Law, where she has a particular interest in advocacy in Family Law and sexual abuse. Robyn has extensive experience in the Children's Court (including Children of God litigation) and Common Law Claims against DOCS and NSW Department of Education (for the Crown in indigenous and non indigenous claims by wards as to abuse in care and sexually abused pupils in public schools). She was previously the President of NSW Young Lawyers (1983-1984) and a member of Family Law Committee (Law Society and Bar Association), the Legal Aid Committee (Law Society) and the Equal Opportunity Committee (Bar Association). Robyn is married with 3 children.

Shanna Mahony
Shanna Mahony is a member of the NSW Bar practicing at Lachlan Macquarie Chambers specialising in family law and care and protection matters. Prior to coming to the Bar she was the Director of Mahony Family Lawyers, a local Parramatta firm specialising in Family Law, Care and Protection and Wills and Estates. Shanna is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and has extensive experience in both litigation practice and non litigious matters. Shanna is a passionate advocate for the protection of women and children from violence and am a regular presenter at CLE seminars and conferences on Family Law practice and in particular issues involving family violence and child abuse.

Andrew Givney
Andrew Givney was called to the Bar in 1987 and has practiced exclusively in Family Law since then. Andrew was one of the founding members of Waratah Chambers, returning to practice in Parramatta in 2017. Andrew has served on Legal Aid committees including the committee to appoint Independent Children’s Lawyers for approximately 10 years. Andrew has appeared in the Full Court on numerous occasions, has been involved in trials covering a wide spectrum of Family Law matters. Andrew has served two terms as a Director or RSPCA (NSW) and is a keen advocate for animal welfare.

Katelin Whitley
Katelin Whitley is the principal of Bestic Law located in Sydney and the Hunter Valley and practices primarily in succession, trust, and property law matters. She was admitted to practice in 2001 and was recognised by the NSW Law Society as an Accredited Wills and Estates Specialist in 2011 and as an Accredited Property Law Specialist in 2021. She works on both simple and high level estate planning and acts on estate administrations including for large and complex estates. She has considerable experience advising and acting on contested estate litigation including lack of testamentary capacity and undue influence cases, family provision claims, construction of will litigation, and application of the Forfeiture Act. Katelin has represented estates, applicants, and beneficiaries. Katelin has completed her Master of Laws at the University of Sydney and Master of Forensic Mental Health in the UNSW School of Psychiatry. She has been lecturing in the College of Law Wills & Estates Master of Applied Law program since 2017, has been a member of the Law Society of the NSW Elder Law and Succession Committee since 2012. Katelin is also a Notary Public and serves as a Council Member with the Society of Notaries of New South Wales Inc.

John Clifton
John Clifton came to the Bar in 2004. Prior to that he worked in litigation at small and medium firms since his admission as a solicitor in 1994, including 2 years in the United Kingdom. John has worked on a wide variety of matters in his career, but in recent years his practice has consisted mainly of commercial litigation arising from contractual disputes. He also practises in Wills and Estates litigation including Family Provision claims and has a particular interest in that area. 

David Ash
David Ash is a mediator, arbitrator and barrister practising from Frederick Jordan Chambers in Sydney. Admitted as a barrister in NSW in 1998, David has maintained a broad civil practice. He has regularly advised and appeared in state and federal Courts and statutory tribunals including courts of appeal and the High Court of Australia. He is a part-time general member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal. David is approved by BarADR as an arbitrator and as a mediator. David is the author of Three Sydney Judges, a history of three Sydney appointments to the High Court. He blogs at jurisprude.net . David is a consulting editor for the Federal Court Reports and writes for the NSW Civil Procedure Handbook. David has worked as a research officer with the Judicial Commission of NSW and as a legal editor with the Law Book Company. He holds a Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Sydney. Contact David at d.ash@fjc.net.au or connect via his chambers.

Steven Brown
Steven Brown is highly experienced lawyer with an extensive knowledge in all aspects of commercial law, with an intimate knowledge of the Corporations Law and the Australian Securities Exchange business and listing rules, being involved in corporate structuring, compliance, corporate takeovers, company floats, the preparation of prospectuses, employee share schemes and advising on directors' duties, and insolvency and securities law and practice. Steven currently lectures: in the Masters of Banking Law Course conducted by Macquarie University; in the Master of Finance for FINSIA in the areas of securities and insolvency and contract law and law, regulation and ethics; and for the Property Investors Association of Australia in security law and practice. Steven has published a number of articles on commercial subjects. He has lectured for the Australian Institute of Company Directors from 1989-2008, lectured in the Master and Doctorate courses at UTS in corporations, finance and securities law from 1989-1995, and is currently lecturing in the College of Law Masters course in commercial drafting and business structuring. 

Ayman Guirguis
Ayman Guirguis heads up the Competition and Consumer Law team at K&L Gates in Australia. He advises on all aspects and issues of competition including the implications of mergers, joint ventures and supply chain issues; defending clients alleged to be parties to cartels or other anticompetitive arrangements; and consumer law issues including responding to ACCC investigations and defending prosecutions commenced by the ACCC. Ayman was formerly a senior officer of the ACCC. Ayman is named as a leading individual for Competition/Antitrust in Chambers Global and Best Lawyers.

Denis Barlin
With a particular focus on the SME market, Denis Barlin advises on all aspects of revenue laws, including income tax, CGT, GST and State taxes generally - including stamp duties and land tax. As well as taxation, Denis provides advice on trust law matters generally and superannuation. Denis is a regular speaker for professional associations including the TIA and has been a regular contributor to a number of professional journals.

Michael Doherty
Michael is a highly experienced Employment and Workplace Relations Lawyer honing his skills since 1998 and providing valuable advice for clients, including CEOs of ASX-listed companies, senior executives and managers of national and multinational companies, managers and independent contractors. He has represented clients in some of Australia’s most significant industrial relations cases, including the Trade Union Royal Commission of 2014/2015 and the Banking and Finance Royal Commission of 2018, where Michael represented an industry superannuation fund. Michael also represented clients at hearings following Qantas’ grounding of its fleet in 2011 and the hearings that suspended industrial action by Sydney Trains employees in 2018. In 2020 he represented clients in high profile cases against Uber Eats and Deliveroo, asking the Court to classify delivery riders as employees (not independent contractors). The Doyles Guide has recognised Michael in its coveted list as a leading employment lawyer since 2016, while Michael Doherty Legal has been listed as a  recommended law firm since 2017. Michael has served on the NSW Law Society Employment Law Committee since 2015.

Caroline Hutchinson
Caroline Hutchinson is a Principal Director and Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation who leads Coleman Greig’s Commercial Litigation and Employment teams. She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. With extensive experience in litigation, Caroline and her dynamic team deal with a wide variety of issues from contractual disputes to intellectual property proceedings, misleading and deceptive conduct through to insolvency matters, building and construction through to workplace advice and disputes. Caroline brings to the benefit of her clients a pragmatic perspective and has advised on large-scale commercial projects, complex contractual disputes and litigation, and worked with national clients in various sectors including Australian subsidiaries of multinationals. Caroline is well-placed to assist in mitigating the risks involving the effects of litigation on a company’s corporate profile with her keen grasp of commercial realities and comprehensive understanding of the differing legislative requirements across the various Australian states. She is highly knowledgeable and has expert skills, in alternative dispute resolution processes, pursuing the resolution of disputes in the environments of both threatened and ongoing litigation. She is a non-executive (independent) director on one of Western Sydney University’s boards, the ambassador for Coleman Greig’s Women in Business forum, and is a proud proponent of community and pro-bono work. 

Geoff Roberson
Geoff is the principal of Stacks Champion. He has over 40 years’ experience as a commercial lawyer and litigator. He is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation. He has acted in disputes involving all aspects of corporate law, partnerships, trade practices, building and construction law, employment law, professional negligence, local government, planning and environment, product liability, guarantees, trusts and estates, defamation and contract disputes. He has conducted matters in the High Court, Supreme Court, Federal, District and Local Courts, together with a variety of Tribunals. Geoff was President of the Law Society of NSW, Parramatta Rotary Club, Parramatta City Chamber of Commerce and Artswest. He was an elected member of the Parramatta City Council for four and a half years (1999 – 2004). He was Deputy Chancellor of Western Sydney University. He is an Emeritus Member of The College of Law, he holds an Honorary Doctorate awarded by Western Sydney University and he is a life member of the Law Society of NSW and a Paul Harris Fellow.

J Angelo Berbotto
Solicitor and translator since 2005, Angelo has worked in Australia and England. He is a NAATI certified translator English-Spanish (both directions) and French, Italian and Portuguese into English. He also holds the UK Chartered Institute of Linguists’ Diploma in Public Service Interpreting (Legal strand, 2006). After several years working in public law, Angelo served as the Attorney-General of the British Overseas Territory of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha from 2016 to 2018. He currently divides his time between his legal practice (Family and Immigration Law) and his translation practice.   Angelo is the National President of the Australian professional association of interpreters and translators  www.ausit.org <http://www.ausit.org/>

Silvia Martinez
Silvia is a Certified Specialist Legal Interpreter and Certified Translator (Spanish<>English), concentrating her freelance practice in conference and legal interpreting. She has assisted in research which contributed to the establishment of the JCCD’s Recommended National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribunals, and regularly trains interpreters entering the legal system. She is engaged to provide interpreting services in the NSW criminal jurisdiction through Multicultural NSW, and in other jurisdictions where private clients may require it.

Darrell Kake
Darrell is a partner at Longton Legal and has conducted court proceedings in NSW, QLD, VIC and the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea. Darrell is a NSW Law Society accredited specialist in commercial litigation and a member of the NSW Law Society’s Specialist Accreditation Commercial Litigation Advisory Committee. Before his return to NSW, Darrell was previously the equivalent in Queensland. Darrell is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Law’s specialist Masters of Law (LLM) in Commercial Litigation and was an officer in the Australian Army Reserve for over 20 years. Darrell has prepared many affidavits. He secretly believes that oral evidence is best as it most accurately reflects the observations of witnesses, however considers that careful drafting can significantly improve the quality of affidavit evidence.

Hernan Pintos-Lopez
Hernan Pintos-Lopez has appeared in courts, tribunals and inquiries on behalf of major national and international corporations, government departments and individuals. Hernan's practice builds on knowledge and practical experience developed through a career in government and public life. It spans a range of areas including: commercial litigation and class actions (including in relation to bushfires); royal commissions, inquiries and coronial inquests; equity; administrative law; corporations law; technology and construction; and succession and family provision. In 2008, Hernan was awarded the University Medal for Law by the University of NSW. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Hernan worked for nearly fifteen years in the government, business and community sectors.

Michelle Yu
Michelle practises primarily in the areas of migration law, public/administrative law, family law and children’s care and protection. Prior to being called to the Bar, Michelle practised as a legal adviser to members and staff of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Migration and Refugee Division). Michelle has also previously worked for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and community legal centres specialising in migration and refugee law. Due to her experience working with both applicants and government agencies, Michelle has developed a strong understanding of the Australian migration and citizenship framework and their impact on other areas of law.

Daniel Hanna
After practising 7 years in a boutique insurance firm and 12 years in one of Australia's top 20 firms, Daniel Hanna joined the Parramatta Bar in 2011. His common law practice is mainly in the CTP and public liability fields. Over time he has developed specific expertise in the technical fields of Compensation to Relatives, Nominal Defendant claims, administrative law reviews and statutory limitation issues. Current clients include all major CTP insurers and many leading plaintiff personal injury practices, particularly in Sydney's west and regional areas.

Venue

PARKROYAL Parramatta
Level 1, 30 Phillip Street
Parramatta 2150
NSW
Australia

Map of PARKROYAL Parramatta

DRIVING There is parking at the Hotel. Delegates can park at the basement of the hotel and the tickets will need to be validate at reception. It is $15 per day for conference delegates. Parking is not included in the registration fee and fee is subject to change.

TRAINS A 10-minute walk from our Parramatta hotel, explore the vast network of trains for an alternate mode of transport on your unqiue holiday. Please visit www.sydneytrains.info or www.131500.com.au for more information.

FERRIES Head to the nearby Rivercat Ferry terminal, where hotspots such as Parramatta Centre and Sydney's Central Business District are just a short ferry ride away.

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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.

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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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.

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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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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

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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: 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: 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: 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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