Personal Injury Law Roundup: Navigating the Complexities of Claims Arising from Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence: A PI Practitioners’ Guide
OND233Q06A4
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is based on QLD legislation
11.35am to 12.20pm Navigating the Complexities of Claims Arising from Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence: A PI Practitioners’ Guide
- Harassment and violence against adults (i.e. not historical childhood sexual abuse claims)
- Discuss the intersection of employment, defamation and anti-discrimination law and your role in providing accurate and adequate advice to clients to ensure their rights are protected
- Managing the vicarious trauma risks that go hand in hand with representing those that have and continue to experience trauma while balancing the need to apply a trauma informed approach to working with these clients
- Practical guidance regarding these various issues to help practitioners while navigating an enquiry and/or claim in this space
Presented by Katie Caldlow, Partner, Chambers Russell Lawyers
Presenters
Katie Caldlow
Katie Caldlow is a Partner at Chambers Russell Lawyers and manages the firm’s compensation practices in both Queensland and NSW; the firm’s Queensland practice falling under Southside Legal (a division of Chambers Russell Lawyers). She was admitted to practice in 2014 and holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours) from the University of Southern Queensland. Katie has more than 15 years’ experience working within legal practices, having commenced her legal career whilst studying externally, and has always worked within civil litigation. She has a broad range of experience as a civil litigation lawyer having practiced in personal injuries, strata and body corporate law, estate litigation, consumer law and general civil disputes in Queensland and NSW. Katie prides herself on making a positive contribution to the legal profession and the lives of her clients whilst also ensuring the delivery of legal services within her practice areas in a trauma informed way