10 Points in One Day Conference from the Gold Coast

Here it is! Welcome back! By popular demand, we have top-notch experts ready to share the latest updates right here on the stunning Gold Coast. Our program is designed to keep you up-to-date in essential practice areas, ensuring you meet all your CPD requirements, including the mandatory units, in a single day. Join us for a day of convenience and 12 knowledge-packed sessions – it's going to be an outstanding day! 243Q10

Description

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 program is based on QLD legislation

Session 1

Property, Family, Wills and Estates Roundup

Chair: Robert Quirk, Barrister, Higgins Chambers

7.30am to 08.15am Wills and Estates: Year in Review

Join us for a very special session as Carla Parsons and Anand Shah review key developments and significant cases in succession law from the last 12 months and share knowledge that will set you up for the year ahead. 
Presented by Carla Parsons, Director, Parsons Law; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Leading Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2023, Preeminent Wills and Estates Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2023, Best Lawyers 2022, Lawyer of the Year Succession Planning Practice, Best Lawyers 2021, Lawyer of the Year Trusts and Estates and Anand Shah, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers

8.15am to 09.00am Upcoming Changes Under the Property Law Bill 2023

  • Introduction to the major changes to Queensland property law arising from the Property Law Bill 2023
  • Changes to seller disclosure requirements for all sales of land
  • Changes to extension of time for settlement in certain cases
  • Changes affecting mortgages
  • Changes affecting leases including assignment
  • Changes affecting easements including enforceability of covenants upon subsequent owners of land
  • Existing provisions repealed by the Property Law Bill 2023 

Presented by Michael Thomson, Barrister, Fullagar Chambers

9.00am to 9.45am Key Risks & Crucial Regulatory Compliance Related to Land All Lawyers Must be Aware Of 

In the intricate world of law, the critical importance of regulatory compliance cannot be overstated. All lawyers must stay well-versed in the myriad of laws that hold the power to shape the value and utility of land. Join us in this enlightening presentation as you delve into the legal intricacies that can make or break your client's land-related endeavors. Leanne O’Neill will explore the following key topics:

  • Land development challenges
  • Proponents and landowners' obligations
  • The key risk in the context of agreements
  • Environmental sustainability

Presented by Leanne O’Neill, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward; Leading Property Lawyer, Queensland 2023 –AcquisitionInternational Leading Adviser Awards;Best Lawyers (2019 – 2024) in Government Practice

9.45am to 10.30am What’s new in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia?

  • Recent legislative amendments – some practical considerations
  • Contravention hearings
  • The PPP 500 List 

Presented by Senior Judicial Registrar Ann-Maree McDiarmid, Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia 

10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea

Session 2

Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management for All Lawyers

Chair: Jennifer Sheean, Barrister-at-law, Nationally Accredited Mediator

Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am Responsible Use of Chat GPT by Lawyers

There has been a great deal of publicity concerning the use of generative AI tools by various business sectors. The Legal sector will be able to take advantage of this tool but in doing so that remain several risks that lawyers need to understand.

  • Discuss these risks and identify what AI tools are available and when they can assist a lawyer in their practice of law
  • Examine the AI tools available
  • Research and the use of primary material
  • Contract drafting AI tools and understanding their benefits
  • Lawyers must not become sheep and simply follow the AI tool

Presented by Dr. Adrian McCullagh, Principal, ODMOB Lawyers

Ethics & Professional Responsibility
11.45am to 12.45pm Ethics, Costs and Billing for All Lawyers: Less Stress, More Success

  • Maximising your costs recovery from the start
  • Cost agreements & billing: tips & traps
  • Cost disclosure requirements
  • Drafting accurate cost estimates
  • Informing clients of their rights
  • Understanding ethical billing; examples of bad practice
  • Clear and transparent billing
  • How to deal with complaints when they arise
  • The Legal Professional Uniform Law: Considerations for Queensland practitioners

Presented by Stephen Hartwell, Barrister-at-Law, Lilley Chambers

Practice Management & Business Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm Key Practice Management Essentials for Financially Healthy Small-Medium Practices...

  • Business Plan...a few “really need to haves”
  • Owners’ Time Management and Productivity
  • Business Development and choosing clients well
  • Structure and impact of Solicitor: Owner ratio
  • Budget/Genuine Profitability/ Credit Control/Cash flow/Liquidity
  • Risk management requirements & similarity to business management best practice
  • The bottom line...
    • More “You and Family” time...
    • Better professional satisfaction & financial rewards...
    • Reduced stress...
    • Greatly improved practice value on succession...

Presented by Rob Knowsley, Managing Director-Principal, Knowsley Management Services

 

Session 3

Employment, Business, Insolvency, and Asset Protection

Chair: Alex Nelson, Barrister-at-Law, Gibbs Chambers

2.15pm to 3.00pm Estate Planning: Separate Assets Now, Transfer Control Later

Separating your clients’ assets now allows your client to address complex tax and planning issues before senility sets in. But that doesn’t mean you transfer control at the same time – you can do that later. This session will examine the techniques you should use in separating assets and passing control, including:

  • Creating control over income and capital in a family trust
  • Segregating classes of assets for different beneficiaries
  • Personally held assets – use of testamentary trusts
  • Key techniques for assets held in trusts and companies:
    • trust cloning and splitting
    • transferring assets out – market value and CGT issues
    • stamp duty issues
  • Transfer of control: when and how

Presented by Hayley Mitchell, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law

Professional Skills
3.00pm to 3.45pm Employment Law Roundup: What All Lawyers Need to Know

  • The benefits of having a written agreement
  • Understanding how to prepare a contract that is fit for use
  • What is an implied term, how they fit in with the written contract
  • The limitations to Fixed term contracts
  • Greater rights in flexible working arrangements
  • Greater responsibilities relating Sexual harassment so what is it?

Presented by Melanie Thorley, Director, MJT Law; Recommended Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide, 2022

3.45pm to 4.00pm Afternoon Tea

Professional Skills
4.00pm to 4.50pm Strengthening Commercial Lease Agreements 

  • Importance of condition reports in commercial Lease agreements
  • How technology is being used to provide better evidence to support make-good clauses
  • How to split depreciation when an owner makes a fit-out contribution  

Presented by John Williams, Director, Asset Reports 

4.50pm to 5.40pm Common Mistakes Made When Dealing with Insolvency

  • Understanding your client’s case
  • The importance of evidence (or lack of) in your client’s case
  • Critical statutory limitation periods
  • The importance of client management

Presented by Dan Johnston, Director JHK Legal

5.40pm to 6.30pm Evaluating and Managing Risks in Contracts

  • Indemnity, insurance, and entire agreements clauses
  • No representation and disclaimer clauses
  • Clauses which seek to curtail commercial loss
  • Force majeure clauses
  • Dispute resolution clauses

Presented by Brett Heath, In-house Advocate, Carter Newell Lawyers; Best Lawyers 2022, Alternative Dispute Resolution & Insurance Law

Presenters

Robert Quirk
With over 25 years of experience across various legal domains, Robert Quirk has provided counsel to a diverse clientele, including major corporations, government departments, local governments, and individuals. His expertise spans contract, property, commercial, administrative law, environmental law, and appellate work. Additionally, Robert has extensive knowledge in criminal and enforcement matters related to these areas. He is also a Defence Force reservist.

Carla Parsons
Carla Parsons is the founder and Legal Practitioner Director of Parsons Law Pty Ltd and is one of only 43 Accredited Specialists in Succession Law in Queensland. She has extensive experience in all areas of Estate Planning, deceased estate and trust administration and Estate Litigation. Carla has been recognised since 2017 in Doyles Guide as a Leading Lawyer in respect to her practice in Wills, Estate & Succession Planning and in Estate Litigation in Queensland. Carla has been recognised since 2020 in Best Lawyers and has further been named in Best Lawyers as the “2021 Lawyer of the Year” for her work in respect to Trusts and Estates, Brisbane and “2022 Lawyer of the Year” in respect to her Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice, Brisbane. She is a regular speaker and presenter and a current member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Queensland). 

Anand Shah
Anand Shah joined the Queensland Bar 20 years ago after practising as a solicitor for eleven years. Anand’s practice areas include wills & estates, commercial litigation, administrative law, defamation, and human rights. Anand has appeared as counsel in the High Court, the Queensland Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and as trial counsel in all State Courts, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia and many Tribunals. Anand has acted as a mediator in a variety of disputes including wills & estates, contract, professional negligence, insolvency and personal injuries. Anand has been elected by the Queensland Bar, on many occasions, to serve on its Bar Council (the Bar's peak executive body). Anand is the Immediate Past President of the Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) (Qld Branch). AALA promotes and encourages cultural diversity within the legal profession. Anand is the past chair of QUT’s Learning Potential Fund. That fund supports socio-economically disadvantaged students across all QUT faculties. Anand sits on the Qld Chapter Committee of the Australian Institute of Administrative Law. Anand tries to enjoy many things outside of the law : road trips with his wife, music, art, reading (particularly fiction and cookbooks), picnicking, catching up with friends, watching classic cinema and just chilling.

Senior Judicial Registrar Ann-Maree McDiarmid
Prior to her appointment as a Senior Judicial Registrar, Ann-Maree was a highly experienced Barrister and nationally accredited mediator who specialized in family law.  She is also a qualified arbitrator.  She acted in a wide range of complex family law disputes, including appellate work. Ann-Maree is an experienced decision maker, having held appointments as a member of various tribunals.  She enjoys academic writing and is a frequent presenter at legal conferences. In the early years, Ann-Maree conducted a general practice and prior to admission to the Bar she worked as Associate to a Supreme Court Judge.

Michael Thomson
Michael Thomson practises as a barrister in Queensland, Australia and advises and appears in commercial litigation, property disputes, personal injury claims, family law matters, and employment law matters. He has appeared in both federal and state courts and provides advice for matters in both jurisdictions. In addition to court processes, Michael is also committed to alternative dispute resolution options including mediations and other forms of negotiated settlements. In mediations, he is experienced in both representing clients and conducting the session as the mediator. Michael is based in Brisbane City at Fullagar Chambers but is available to appear on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, other parts of Queensland, or via telephone or video link. Michael comes from a mixed cultural background and is equally proud of his Australian and Japanese heritages. Michael speaks both English and Japanese natively. He is interested in cultural diversity in the legal profession and society generally. Michael is a current committee member of the Queensland Branch of the Asian Australian Lawyers Association. He is also an active member of the Australia Japan Society Queensland. Michael studied journalism and arts before turning to law. He holds bachelor and master degrees in law and before being called to the Bar, gained experience in commercial dispute resolution and litigation as a solicitor at firms in Australia and the United Kingdom. Michael does not accept direct access briefs (i.e. instructions directly from clients). He only accepts briefs from solicitors.

Leanne O’Neill
As a partner in Cooper Grace Ward’s property, planning and environment team, Leanne advises on all aspects of land access, management and use for developers, resources companies, government and agribusinesses. Leanne brings 20 years’ experience, including nine years as a solicitor representing the State of Queensland in negotiations and litigation. She held several senior legal roles in the Queensland Government and provided high level advice and representation in land management and resources sector law. Leanne advises developers on planning and development approvals and appeals under the Planning Act 2016, and compulsory acquisition and valuation law. She provides strategic advice and legal support to petroleum and resources companies on environmental, water, vegetation and biosecurity compliance, as well as native title and cultural heritage, and landholder access and compensation agreements. Leanne also advises agribusinesses and other major landholders on the diversification of land use and income streams, including environmental offsets, carbon sequestration, agistment, timber management, quarries and solar farms.

Jennifer Sheean
Jennifer was admitted in 1992 as a solicitor in the New South Wales Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia. In 1991 and 1992, she was Associate to the late Mr Justice R.P. Meagher of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. After moving back to Brisbane in 1997, she was in general practice as a solicitor before joining the College of Law as a Lecturer in 2006. Jennifer was called to the Queensland Bar in 2011. Jennifer is a member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), current chair of the STEP Australia Policy and Advocacy Committee, a past member of the QLD STEP Committee, a past Board Member of STEP Australia and is the Chair of the Appeals Panel of Virginia Golf Club, Brisbane. In 2017, she undertook the Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates course through STEP and received a distinction. Jennifer is also a sessional member at the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) sitting primarily in the Human Rights Division. She is a NMAS accredited mediator. She is able to provide advice, draft documents, and appear in Courts and Tribunals (excluding QCAT) and at mediations and conferences as well as conduct mediations.

Dr. Adrian McCullagh
Adrian has degrees in Computer Science and Law as well as a Ph.D. in IT Security. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Information Security Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. He has been practicing in IT law for more than 30 years being one of the pioneer IT lawyers within Australia. He is a member of the Queensland Law Society and a member of the American Bar Association and participate in the Information Security Forum. In 1999 he was the QUT Faculty of Information Technology Alumnus of the year. Even though in private practice he continues to undertake research matters with academics at the Griffith University and the University of Queensland and has published in a wide variety of academic journals in the USA, UK and Australia. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee for the Queensland Law Society. Adrian’s current research interests include Telecoms security, IT security, IT governance, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and its uses in supply chain management, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and Identity Management. He is also investigating the impact of autonomous vehicles and machine learning and their policy considerations.

Stephen Hartwell
Stephen Hartwell was admitted as a solicitor in 1990 and was called to the Bar in July 2016. Stephen has been a member of the Queensland Courts panel of cost assessors since its inception in 2007 and prior to that was on the Solicitors Complaints Tribunal panel of cost assessors. Stephen has published many papers on the law of costs and ethical issues arising out of billing and is a regular speaker on those topics. Beyond the law of costs, Stephen has conducted a broad practice covering family law and domestic violence, criminal law, civil and commercial litigation, succession and professional discipline. Since coming to the bar in 2016, Stephen has expanded his practice in family law at both trial and appellate level. Notably, Stephen appeared as sole Counsel (unled) in the following reported cases appellate cases: Yein & Zihao (2019) FLC ∂93-889; Beckham & Quarrington (2019) FLC ∂93-913; Weng & Wah and Ors (2019) FLC ∂93-933; and Allen v Ruddy Tomlins & Baxter [2019] 1 QR 225. Stephen is a member of Hemmant’s List.

Rob Knowsley
Rob Knowsley has spent the 49-plus years since his admission as a lawyer in early 1975 working with growth-oriented legal practices in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He founded Knowsley Management Services (KMS) in early 1988. He is unashamedly passionate about assisting his fellow lawyers to build into their firms a strong ongoing capability to optimise their investments of money, education, experience and time, to produce proper profits, dramatically better profits than most assume possible. He is clear in his view that a profitable firm greatly increases options in terms of succession, a real problem for many partners in small-medium firms. Rob has a long track record of making vast improvements happen in relatively short periods of time in all manner of firms, and brings to his consultancy advice a wide experience from a range of legal roles, having practised as a Barrister and Solicitor, employed lawyer, partner and managing partner, sole practitioner, and in both private practice and Government. He has served on various State and Regional Law Society councils and committees, and Government committees, lectured and written widely on legal practice management, and is a skilled trainer and facilitator. Rob`s day to day contact with all manner of firms, especially those where he is retained on an annual basis as a practice coach, gives him a constantly updated flow of information about the changing practical problems the Legal Profession is facing. He has had significant consulting input into over 1385 legal firms, and greatly assisted his many thousands of seminar and workshop attendees. A significant part of every business day is spent advising lawyers by e-mail, by telephone, Zoom/Teams, or in person. Rob knows what`s needed, what`s possible, and exactly how to achieve it. His ground-breaking systems for planning and ensuring full utilisation of law firm human resources, developed originally in the late Eighties, have stood the test of time, being used to huge advantage in a multitude of firms to this day. Rob adheres fully to the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia.

Melanie Thorley
After graduating from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) I then completed his Masters of Law (LLM) with Queensland University of Technology. In 2014, Melanie opened MJT Law that is thriving today. She have lived in 11 countries and visited many more, and believe in the right to have proper legal representation and have incorporated this view into MJT Law through their pro bono work. Their pro bono practice saw hundreds of clients and gave away over $100,000 of free legal advice in 2018/2019.

John Williams
John is a Director of the Asset Reports group, he oversees all departments across Western Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. John joined Asset Reports in 2015. Before this, he worked for global companies such as Glencore, BHP, and IBM. John holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s degree in accounting. His knowledge and experience in both areas help Asset Reports identify clients’ needs and provide them with the best products and service possible.

Hayley Mitchell
Hayley Mitchell is a Wills and estates specialist lawyer in Brisbane. Hayley has dual accreditation in succession law (Queensland) and self managed superannuation funds (through the SMSF Association). Hayley can provide advice and assistance to clients in a range of matters including estate planning, Wills, enduring powers of attorney and superannuation binding death benefit nominations, advice to executors and beneficiaries of estates and SMSF disputes and superannuation death benefit disputes.

Dan Johnston
Dan is a Legal Practitioner Director at JHK Legal and has over 10 years’ experience working and assisting clients in commercial litigation, debt recovery, insolvency and employment law contentious matters. Dan has worked with clients ranging from small to medium enterprises, blue chip clients, insolvency practitioners (both corporate and personal), bankrupts, mercantile agents, creditors, debtors, employees and employers. Dan has worked on numerous matters in both Federal and State Courts including (but not limited to) resisting claims made for and against Insolvency Practitioners, Australian Consumer Law claims, summary judgement and strike out applications, and appeals in the District and Supreme Court of Queensland. Dan has practised in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, and the Northern Territory and currently holds a practicing certificate in Queensland. Dan is also admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland and to the High Court of Australia.

Brett Heath
Brett Heath is an inhouse advocate at Carter Newell Lawyers and has specialised in commercial and insurance litigation since 1988. Having worked inhouse for a specialist professional liability insurer, and completed the Bar Practice Course, Brett now conducts professional liability, large-scale public liability, director’s and officers’ liability, construction and employment litigation. As Carter Newell’s inhouse advocate, Brett appears in all courts and tribunals for the firm’s clients. Brett is a regular speaker on continuing professional development issues, particularly with respect to risk prevention for professionals, developments in insurance and real estate law, commercial drafting techniques and mediation and litigation strategies.

Alex Nelson
Alex Nelson was first admitted to practice as a lawyer in New South Wales in 1998. He was enrolled as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1999 and was called to the Bar in Queensland in March 2010. Alex’s first role as a lawyer was in the Australian Army as a Legal Officer.  After resigning his commission as a full time Army Lawyer, he continued as an Army Reserve Legal Officer for several years while he worked at Roberts Liu & North, a Townsville firm of solicitors (now Roberts Nehmer McKee) where he undertook work in the general commercial and property law fields followed by Suthers Taylor Lawyers in Townsville where he undertook work in commercial litigation. Alex then went on to establish his own firm in Townsville where he undertook, and supervised several employed solicitors in family law, criminal law and commercial law for 8 years before being called to the bar in Brisbane in March 2010. Since that time Alex has focused on his work in Criminal Law and in Commercial Litigation with an emphasis upon Defamation.

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

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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: Chardwaj, specialised courts, better decisions, improving written reasons

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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