Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Health Sector

This timely, and information-packed webinar series will assist senior health decision makers and their legal advisors to keep abreast of hot legal topics and regulatory developments that they will find of practical application. Commencing on Tuesday 30 May and each Tuesday for 3 weeks, the webinars provide information on key legal issues, AHPRA & Medical Board regulatory updates as well as an in-depth look at Coronial Inquiries in a health setting. Book all 3 or the webinars of most value to you. WEB235N26Z

Description

Attend the full series and earn 9 CPD units including:
8 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Professional Skills

This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

If you register for the full series as a live online product after the date of an individual session, you will be sent the recording for the sessions that have passed. Alternatively, you can register for individual sessions by following the links below.

Session 1

Covid-19 Vaccine Injury, Cosmetic Surgery Update and Subpoenas for the Health Sector
Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Covid-19 vaccine Injury compensation, insight into proposed changes to the regulation of cosmetic surgeons and a practical guide to subpoenas and how to respond to them are the hot topics covered in this webinar. WEB235N26AZ

Chair: Professor Tina Cockburn, Co-Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Professor, Faculty of Business and Law at Queensland University of Technology

9.00am to 10.00am Establishing a Regime for Covid-19 Injury Compensation

  • A brief overview of vaccine compensation schemes (using international exemplars)
  • Introduction and implementation of Australia's scheme for Covid-19 vaccine injuries
  • Practical challenges with accessing compensation under the present scheme
  • Lessons for the future

Presented by Dr Tina Popa, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Graduate School of Business & Law

10.00am to 11.00am Covid 19 Injury Compensation: The Current State of Play

  • What support is available to someone injured after a Covid-19 vaccine?
  • Overview of the Federal Compensation Scheme
  • What is excluded from the scheme and any appeal rights?
  • Other civil entitlements

Presented by Emily Hart, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn; Accredited Specialist in Personal Injuries; Leading Medical Negligence Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) Doyles Guide 2022

11.00am to 11.15am Morning break

11.15am to 12.15pm Who Can Be a Cosmetic Surgeon?  Protected and Regulated Titles in Health Care

  • Protected titles under the national law: who is a 'doctor'?
  • Who can use the term 'surgeon'?
  • Pending changes to cosmetic surgery regulation: titles and practice

Presented by Dr Ada Lim, Barrister, 3 St James Hall

Professional Skills
12.15pm to 1.15pm Subpoenas Unpacked 

  • When is compliance required?
  • What is a legitimate and proper purpose?
  • When is a subpoena an abuse of process, or oppressive?
  • Dealing with documents covered by legal/professional privilege?
  • How can a subpoena be set aside?
  • Exploring other access orders that can be sought in respect of confidential and/or commercially sensitive documents
  • Costs of compliance with a subpoena

Presented by Neroli Martin, Consultant, Barry Nilsson

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Session 2

AHPRA and Medical Board Regulatory Update
Tuesday 6 June 2023

Update your knowledge and understanding of the current approach of AHPRA and the Medical Board when undertaking disciplinary investigations and hearings plus obtain a comprehensive overview of claims against doctors for overpayment and false claims. WEB236N26BZ

Chair: Jack Rush KC, Lennon’s List Barristers

9.00am to 10.00am Medical Board and AHPRA: Disciplinary Investigations and Hearings

  • Immediate Action Hearings: best practice in management
  • VCAT Hearings: best practice in conduct of hearings
  • Essentials of Best Outcomes for Regulator and Practitioner
  • Essentials of the Adverse Decision – governing law
  • Regulator concerns – the landscape

Presented by Stephen Moloney, Barrister, Dever’s List; Chairperson of the Medicare Participation Review Committee of Australia

10.00am to 11.00am Navigating Government Claims in Medicare against Doctors for Overpayment: The Professional Services Review Scheme

  • Scope and Purpose of the Jurisdiction: the long march
  • Structure of the process
  • Features of best management
  • Essentials of the adverse decision; governing law
  • Regulator concerns; the landscape

Presented by Stephen Moloney, Barrister, Dever’s List; Chairperson of the Medicare Participation Review Committee of Australia

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Session 3

Coronial Inquiries in a Medical Setting
Tuesday 13 June 2023

Immerse yourself in all things coronial. Starting with an overview of the jurisdiction, continuing with a presentation focusing on coronial investigations involving medical professionals and finishing with a presentation by a recently retired coroner, looking at the recent decisions relating to the exception to giving self-incriminating evidence. You will come away from this webinar with a deeper understanding of coronial inquiries in a health setting. WEB236N26CZ

Chair: Claire Bassingthwaighte, Legal Team Manager, Professional Conduct, Avant Law

9.00am to 10.00am The Coroner’s Court: A Unique Jurisdiction

  • The purpose of coronial proceedings
  • Understanding the distinction between manner of death and cause of death
  • The privilege against self-incrimination
  • Witness preparation
  • Apologies and family statements

Presented by Richard Sergi, Barrister, Greenway Chambers

10.00am to 11.00am Medical Professionals under Coronial investigation: Reputation, Registration and Review

  • Coroner’s referrals to disciplinary bodies where medical professionals are involved
  • Lessons learnt from the St Basils Inquest
  • Analysis of recent decisions from superior courts in Victoria and their application nationally

Presented by Megan Fitzgerald, Barrister, Greens List and Joel Harris, Barrister, Greens List

11.00am to 11.15am Morning break

11.15am to 12.15pm Exploring the Exception to Giving Self-incriminating Evidence in the Coroners Court: the Curate’s Egg?

  • Understanding the imperfect protection of Section 57 Coroner’s Act (VIC) and similar provisions in other States
  • Analysis of legislation and authority when a presumedly innocent person’s otherwise inalienable right to be ‘required’ to damn themselves may be forfeited for the ‘common good’ including Kontis & Anor v Coroners Court of Victoria [2022] VSC 422
  • A discussion of how the legislation and case law applies to matters involving health practitioners

Presented by Darren Bracken, Barrister and former Coroner, Coroner’s Court Victoria

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Presenters

Professor Tina Cockburn
Tina Cockburn TEP is a Professor in the Faculty of Business and Law at the Queensland University of Technology, Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), co-program leader of the Planning for Healthy Ageing research program within ACHLR, a sessional member of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) and a member of the Queensland Law Society Health and Disability Law Committee. Tina's health law research focuses on access to justice by vulnerable members of society and includes patient safety law - focusing on medical litigation and compensation for medical negligence, communication of information to patients (including consent and post treatment open disclosure), regulation of health care professionals and the regulation of innovative medical treatment and new technologies. Tina’s work has been published in a range of quality national and international journals, she has presented at a numerous national and international conferences, and she has been awarded competitive grants and contracts to conduct research. Tina is an active member of the national legal profession and is regularly invited to contribute to the continuing legal education programs of legal practitioners and other professionals including doctors and allied health care providers, by presenting conference papers and workshops, and by publishing articles in professional journals. 

Tina Poppa
Dr Tina Popa is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University. Tina's research and teaching interests are in tort law, health law, psychiatric harm and alternative/appropriate dispute resolution. Tina researches legal issues in medical negligence compensation, no-fault compensation systems and psychiatric harm, as well as the role of non-adversarial approaches to justice in tort/health law. Tina's PhD thesis explored the challenges in the litigation and mediation of medical negligence and mental harm claims in the post-Ipp era. Tina is a passionate lecturer and her contribution to L&T has been recognised through university, school and student-nominated awards. Tina's research has been published in leading Australian journals, including the Torts Law Journal, Tort Law Review and Journal of Law & Medicine, and she regularly presents her work at national and international conferences. Tina has had international visiting fellowships in medical law, including with the University of Ottawa in Canada and the University of Antwerp in Belgium. Tina is presently the General Editor of the Tort Law Review (Thomson Reuters), a refereed journal containing coverage of contemporary issues in tort law, within Australia and internationally.  

Emily Hart
Emily Hart is a Principal Lawyer in Maurice Blackburn's medical negligence department in Melbourne, and a Law Institute of Victoria personal injury accredited specialist. She is also the first point of contact for many people at The Alfred Hospital through the HeLP clinic, which she helped to establish.  

Dr Ada Lim
Prior to coming to the Bar, Ada worked as a medical practitioner for over a decade, as a solicitor in a boutique litigation firm, and as a casual academic and research student in computer science. Ada also holds a private pilot’s license and is working toward her second and third FAI Diamonds in sailplanes. Ada is also a designated aviation medical examiner.

Neroli Martin
Neroli has 35 years’ experience including acting for and advising health professionals and organisations responding to professional indemnity claims, disciplinary proceedings and coroner’s inquests. Neroli‘s practice also includes a significant amount of work in general insurance law, including public and product liability, property damage, indemnity and contractual disputes. She has extensive experience in areas such as indemnity disputes, policy interpretation, contract claims and catastrophic injury claims. Neroli focuses on early strategy to assist clients to determine whether a claim should be the subject of alternative dispute resolution, or defence. She has a reputation for achieving excellent results for her clients whether at mediation, or at hearing. Neroli has been recognised in the peer-review guide, Best Lawyers in Australia since 2021, for her expertise in Personal Injury Litigation and since 2022, in Health and Aged Care Law, Medical Negligence and Insurance Law. Neroli holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from Sydney University. She is a member of Women in Insurance and the Australian Insurance Law Society. 

Jack Rush RFD KC
Jack was called to the Bar in 1978, appointed silk in 1992. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2013, he resigned in 2016 and returned to the Bar. He loves being a barrister! Jack practises in all areas of the law – trial and appellate advocacy, class actions. He appeared as both junior and senior counsel in the Wittenoom asbestos litigation, in the litigation on behalf of haemophiliacs diagnosed with HIV as a consequence of a contaminated blood supply, Victorian potato farmers due to contamination of land as a consequence of the advised use of dieldrin, the first stolen generation case, McCabe v British American Tobacco exposing both corporate and legal misconduct in the destruction of documents, numerous inquiries including counsel assisting the Royal Commission into the Victorian Black Saturday fires of 2009 and as Inquirer into the performance and structure of the Victorian Police Command in 2013. Jack also has appeared both for the medical profession and plaintiffs in medical mal-practise litigation. He appeared for the plaintiff in the case of Backwell v AAA which was the first case where exemplary damages was awarded against a doctor. Jack has been a member of the Royal Australian Navy (Legal Reserve) for 35 years appearing in many Courts Martial and Military Inquiries. He is Currently Judge Advocate General of the ADF holding the rank of Rear Admiral.

Stephen Moloney
Stephen Moloney practises in administrative law, commercial law, negligence, particularly medical negligence and professional discipline. He has been a member of the Victorian Bar since 1991 and is a member of Dever's List. He is the Chairman of the Medicare Participation Review Committee of the Commonwealth, first appointed in 2010 and was recently re-appointed by the Federal Minister of Health. In this role the suitability of health professionals to participate in the Medicare Scheme is determined. He is the immediate past President of The Australian Institute of Administrative Law (Vic Chapter) and the Medico Legal Society of Victoria. He is a former member of the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Alfred Hospital. He holds a substantial practice in a variety of government regulatory areas including all aspects of the investigation and regulation of health practitioners at both a State and Commonwealth level. He regularly advises and appears for government and its agencies at both a State and Federal level in multiple jurisdictional areas.

Claire Bassingthwaighte
Claire was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2003 and the High Court of Australia in 2006. Before joining Avant in 2008, she worked in private law firms defending public and private hospitals in medical negligence claims and represented the Medical Board prosecuting practitioners. As Manager of the Professional Conduct Team, Claire now leads a group of experienced solicitors who specialise in defending practitioners in a wide range of complex health law matters including; coronial investigations and inquests, commissions of inquiry, and complaints to regulators. She has represented practitioners in the Coroners Court of Queensland, the Human Rights Commission, the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal as well as both the District and Supreme Courts. She also provides general advice as part of Avant’s Medico-legal Advisory service. Claire is the Deputy Chair of the Queensland Law Society’s Health and Disability Law Committee well as a member of the Occupational Discipline Law Committee. She is a volunteer Judicial Committee Member with community sporting organisations and a member of the Medico-Legal Society of Queensland.

Richard Sergi
Richard Sergi is a barrister with over 20 years’ experience at the Bar specialising in medical negligence (common law personal injury claims), Inquests and health practitioner disciplinary proceedings.  Complex medical negligence matters and major claims form a significant part of Richard’s practice. His extensive experience covers all clinical areas including, for example, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, cardiothoracic medicine, respiratory medicine, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, neurology, general surgery, and psychiatric practice. Richard acts for public health authorities and private hospitals as well as individual practitioners including Visiting Medical Officers, Staff Specialists, and employed medical and allied health practitioners in both public and private practice. The particular obligations, pitfalls and forensic idiosyncrasies of coronial proceedings and the Coroners Act 2009 are a significant part of Richard’s practice.  He appears for all manner of interested parties including hospitals, service providers, and health practitioners in matters arising under the Health Practitioners Regulation National Law (NSW).Richard facilitates expert enclaves and is an accredited mediator.  He is briefed as Independent Counsel to determine damages of eligible claimants in class action proceedings. While medical negligence and related matters are Richard’s principal area of practice, he maintains a practice in other common law areas including public liability, occupiers’ liability, and intentional wrongs. Richard has built his practice on an unfailing commitment to achieving the best possible outcome for his clients.  The hallmarks of his approach are his down-to-earth manner, exceptional advocacy skills and attention to detail.  Patient, diplomatic and frank, Richard is an advocate who understands the importance of clear and timely advice.  He believes that a collegiate working relationship with solicitors is fundamental to ensuring clients make informed decisions during the legal process and achieve the best result. Richard is a member of the NSW Medico-Legal Society of NSW Inc.

Megan Fitzgerald
Megan practices in inquests, royal commissions and public inquiries, regulatory prosecutions and damages proceedings. She has a particular interest in medical and legal professional obligations and public administration. Since joining the bar Megan has appeared alone and as junior counsel in disciplinary prosecutions and negligence actions relating to health practitioners and legal professionals; inquests and public inquiries acting for bereaved family members, public interest groups and health practitioners; and personal injury actions arising out of medical, industrial and motor vehicle incidents. Along with appearance work, Megan has a strong practice in drafting and advice work. Prior to coming to the Bar, Megan practised as a solicitor in the insurance litigation department of Lander & Rogers, primarily in professional negligence and personal injuries.

Joel Harris
Joel Harris is a Barrister at the Victorian Bar and is a member of Greens List. Joel maintains a broad common law practice, encompassing personal injuries, insurance law, medical and professional negligence claims and administrative law. Joel has appeared in a range of matters including damages trials in the County and Supreme Courts, serious injury applications, statutory benefits hearings (WorkCover, Comcare and TAC) and VCAT reviews. He appears in mediations and statutory settlement conferences. Joel is also Consultant and Reporter for the Australian Torts Reports. Joel was called to the Bar of England and Wales in November 2016 and is a member of The Honourable Society of Middle Temple. In London he worked for the Medical Protection Society managing a range of medical negligence claims including delayed treatment, misdiagnosis, surgical error and failure to warn brought against Dentists, General Practitioners, Surgeons and Consultants.

Darren Bracken
Darren Bracken practices broadly in the civil jurisdiction providing strategic advice and advocacy in both common law and commercial proceedings. He has over 20 years of experience at the Bar and was a Coroner at the Coroner’s Court of Victoria for five years until his return to the Bar in February 2023.Darren has appeared in cases involving debt disputes, insurance disputes (acting for both insurer and insured), professional indemnity claims, defamation proceedings, building disputes. Confiscation Act matters, Sentencing Act claims for property and compensation and a wide range of complex claims including class actions/group proceedings. Darren’s broad experience allows efficient and insightful assessment of facts, law and circumstances resulting in early identification of a case’s strengths and difficulties. His strong communication skills result in his clients feeling engaged and confident that their interests are being enthusiastically advanced. Darren has appeared in many Supreme Court and Court of Appeal cases dealing with applications for compensation under the Sentencing Act including many of the 'Esso/Longford applications' and subsequent appeals. He has appeared at the Racing Appeals Tribunal, the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board and the International Court of Arbitration for Sport. 

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

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

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

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

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

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Issues covered include: 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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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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