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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
Sure it’s a Saturday, but once you are done, you really are well and truly done. This day will be time well spent and won’t cut into your work week. Take the plunge, wear what you like, come and hear the latest issues you need to catch up on, and get it all done in one fell swoop.
Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This conference was recorded in NSW on 16 March 2019
Family Law and Wills and Estates Update
Chair: Elizabeth Cohen, Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers
7.30am to 8.15am: Family Law Case Update: The Need to Know Issues Impacting Your Practice
Identify recent family law cases that are significant, analyse their facts and their outcomes, and consider how to apply their lessons to your matters.
Presented by Rachel Dart, Barrister, Culwulla Chambers, Recommended Family Law Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
8.15am to 9.00am: Probate Applications: Examples and Procedures
Presented by John Armfield, Barrister, 2nd Floor Wentworth Chambers
9.00am to 9.45am: Estate Disputes Case Law Update: The Key Decisions You Need on Your Radar
Dive into some of the most significant wills and estates cases from the recent past that may very well have an outsized impact on your practice in the coming year.
Presented by Alun Hill, Barrister, Chalfont Chambers
9.45am to 10.30am: Discovery and Disclosure in Family Law
Presented by Rhys O’Brien, Barrister, Culwulla Chambers
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers
Chair: Vahan Bedrossian, Barrister, Edmund Barton Chambers
Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am: Mediation Advocacy: You’re not in Court, So What Do You Do?
Presented by Mary Walker, Barrister, Nine Wentworth Chambers
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
11.45am to 12.45pm: Ethical Duties Owed to Former Clients
Presented by Kylie Nomchong SC, Denman Chambers; Leading Employment and WHS Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
Practice Management & Business Skills
12.45pm to 1.5pm: The Mental Health of your Staff: Motivating and Managing Staff Successfully
Presented by Kristy Peacock-Smith, Partner, Bird and Bird
Practice Management & Business Skills
1.15pm to 1.45pm: The Therapist, Counsellor and Dispute Resolution Practitioner’s Perspective
Presented by Nicole Armstrong Lourenco, Managing Director, Family Therapist, Counsellor and Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, The Relationship Practice NSW
1.45pm to 2.15pm Lunch
Property and Employment Law Roundup
Chair: Vanja Bulut, Barrister, 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers; Recommended Employment and WHS Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2018
2.15pm to 3.15pm: Property Law: Developments Over the Last 12 Months
Presented by Gregory Burton SC, 5 Wentworth Chambers
3.15pm to 4.15pm: The Changing Employment Landscape
Presented by Geoff Diggins, Barrister, H B Higgins Chambers
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
Competition, Consumer and Contract Law
Chair: Peter Kelso, Solicitor and Consultant
4.30pm to 5.00pm: Consumer Law Update
Presented by Fiona McNeil, Barrister, 5 Selborne Chambers
5.00pm to 5.30pm: Competition Law Update
Presented by Gabrielle Doyle, Solicitor, Dentons
5.30pm to 6.30pm: The New Ipso Facto Regime and the Impact on Commercial Contracts
Presented by Kim Boettcher, Barrister, Chalfont Chambers