Adverse Action Claims and Workplace Discrimination - A Practical Guide to Adverse Action Matters in the FCFCA & Adverse Action and General Protections Claims: Review and Update of Recent Case Authorities
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Description
Attend and earn 1.5 CPD hours in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
9:05am to 9.50am A Practical Guide to Adverse Action Matters in the FCFCA
A practical guide on how to commence or defend an adverse action proceeding and the main steps along the way, including:
- Discovery
- Affidavits
- The hearing
- Damages
Presented by Shannon Moody, Barrister, Sir Harry Gibb Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am Adverse Action and General Protections Claims: Review and Update of Recent Case Authorities
Review recent developments in case law in adverse action and general protections claims that will help inform and update employment and workplace lawyers as to issues arising in these types of claims
Presented by Benedict Coyne, Barrister, Griffith Chambers
Presenters
Shannon Moody
Shannon Moody has been at the private bar since 2002 specialising in employment and industrial relations law. Between 1996 and 2002, Shannon practised as a solicitor in Brisbane and Melbourne with Blake Dawson Waldron and Freehill Hollingdale and Page, also specialising in employment and industrial relations law. At the Private Bar, Shannon specialises in a range of employment and industrial law matters, including adverse action, unfair dismissals, contracts of and for service, executive contracts, sexual harassment and discrimination, and industrial instruments. Shannon practices across a wide range of industries and acts for employers and employees.
Benedict Coyne
Benedict Coyne is a barrister the Private Bar and an Accredited Specialist in employment, industrial and workplace law. Benedict has a nation-wide practice focusing on employment law and public law/human rights litigation including, inter alia, administrative law, class actions, discrimination law, and tort claims. Benedict has experience in representing both employers and employees in various types of employment matters in multiple state and federal jurisdictions. Benedict has appeared led and unled in the Federal Court of Australia, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, the Supreme Court of Queensland, the District Court of Queensland and other courts in employment / industrial, public and criminal law matters. Benedict is regularly briefed to run matters in the State and Federal Courts, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC), the Fair Work Commission, and the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). Prior to being called to the private Bar, Benedict practised as a solicitor in Brisbane working for a national class actions firm and a specialist Queensland employment law and discrimination law firm. While practising as a solicitor, Benedict successfully obtained Specialist Accreditation in Workplace Relations Law from the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) and the Queensland Law Society (QLS) which he maintains at the Private Bar. Benedict was previously Associate to Justice Mordy Bromberg on the Federal Court of Australia in Melbourne and national president of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights (ALHR) for two consecutive terms. Benedict completed his Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford with Distinction. In 2021 Benedict was appointed as a Member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for a three-year appointment. For more details about Benedict and his experience please visit: www.benedictcoyne.com