10 Points in One Day

This is it! Your last chance to square away your CPD points before the March 31st deadline! Don't fret if you've left it to the last minute – we've got you covered. Join us for an intensive, one-day CPD marathon covering 10 crucial areas of law, from ethics and professional skills to practice management. Secure your spot now before it's too late and ensure you're fully compliant by the deadline. 243W04 

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Attend and earn 10 CPD points Including:
7 points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
1 point in Competency Area 1: Practice Management
1 point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
1 point in Competency Area 3: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

This program is based on WA legislation

Session 1

Family Law, Trusts and Wills Updates For All Lawyers

Chair: Laurence Iffla, Partner, Iffla Wade

7.30am to 8.30am Recent Family Law Cases: Key Insights for Lawyers

Gain a concise summary of some significant family law cases, ensuring you stay informed and well-prepared to navigate the complexities of your practice
Presented by Bethany Moller, Senior Associate, O’Sullivan Davies

8.30am to 9.30am Trusts and the Estate Plan

  • Inter vivos and testamentary discretionary trusts, their commonalities and differences
  • Interaction as between trust and personal assets
  • Potential pitfalls where estate planning exercise does not adequately consider trust assets

Presented by Lee-Ann Carton, Principal, Succession Solutions Perth

9.30am to 10.30am The Rise and Rise of Will Disputes

  • Family provision claims and will challenges
  • Why they are growing
  • Why they will continue to grow
  • What can you and your firm do about them.
  • Tips to deal with them and common traps to avoid

Presented by Morgan Solomon, Director, Solomon Hollett Lawyers

Session 2

Ethics, Professional Skills & Practice Management for All Lawyers

Chair: Nicholas Murfett, Director, Murfett Group

Practice Management
10.45am to 11.45am Solicitor and Client Costs: A Review of Recent Decisions and the Likely Impact on Costs Assessments in Western Australia

  • Review of recent case law from New South Wales and Victoria
  • How the decisions may impact costs assessments in Western Australia
  • How best to manage the solicitor and client relationship when costs issues arise

Presented by Amy Pascoe, Director, Pascoe Legal

Professional Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm When Everything is Not my Fault, Yet I’m Still to Blame – Dealing with Difficult or Unreasonable Client

  • Red flag
  • Ethical obligations
  • Expectation setting
  • Setting boundaries
  • Where to get help

Presented by Kim Morrison, Consultant, O'Sullivan Davies

Ethics and Professional Responsibility
12.45pm to 1.45pm Your Ethical Obligations for Wellbeing

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Session 3

Commercial Law Claims, Property and Employment Updates For All Lawyers

Chair: Elspeth Hensler, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers

2.15pm to 3.15pm Dealing with Regulators and Regulations

  • Dealing with regulatory inquiries, from investigation to litigation
  • Discuss issues which commonly arise, and issues to look out for
  • Lessons from recent examples

Presented by Chris Mofflin, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers

3.15pm to 4.15pm Counter-Factuals and Claims for Loss of Opportunity

Claims for loss of opportunity arise in many areas of commercial law claims. The legal principles continue to evolve. This presentation considers

  • Application of the principles in the context of misleading conduct, contract and tort claims
  • Valuing lost causes of action
  • ]Causation requirements
  • Pleading aspects
  • Issues of proof
  • Recent cases

Presented by Richard Price, Barrister, Frances Burt Chambers

4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea

4.30pm to 5.30pm Recent Developments in Property Law

Join an experienced practitioner as you analyse the most critical property cases over the last 12 months. You will gain perspective on key facts in each, the important takeaways, and the potential impact on your clients and your practice.
Presented by Joel Yeldon, Barrister, Fourth Floor Chambers

5.30pm to 6.30pm New Employer Positive Duties to Eliminate Sex Discrimination and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

Late last year amendments were made to the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), which created a new legal obligation on employers to prevent sexual harassment and sex discrimination in the workplace.  Further, the Australian Human Rights Commission will shortly have the power to investigate non-compliance with the new positive duty, with a raft of new powers to enforce compliance. 
Explore the new obligation, powers for compliance, and best practice initiatives to be implemented into Australian workplaces.
Presented by Natasha Leedman, Principal – Natasha Leedman, Specialist Workplace Lawyer & Consultant

Presenters

Laurence Iffla
Laurence (Larry) Iffla is a partner of Iffla Wade and was formerly a partner of Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) where he was head of the Perth property practice. Larry has over 35 years' experience in commercial property and development matters, stamp & transfer duty and other property related tax advice, as well as personal estate planning for select clients. He also works in corporate and commercial law, particularly involving the structuring of business and property acquisitions. Larry was identified as a preeminent lawyer in Doyle's Guide to the Legal Profession - Leading Property & Real Estate Lawyers WA in 2011.

Bethany Moller
Bethany graduated from University of Western Australia with Law and Commerce degrees. Since 2011, she has worked in boutique firms, and was later admitted to the Supreme Court of WA and High Court. Bethany has practised primarily in family law since 2017 and in 2023 became an Accredited Family Law Specialist. Bethany was named a Doyle’s Guide Rising Star in 2018, 2019, 2023 and 2024. She served as an ordinary Family Law Practitioners’ Association council member from 2019-2020 and was elected Secretary 2020-2021, continuing presently.

Lee-Ann Carton
Lee-Ann Carton is an experienced tax and succession planning lawyer. She has worked throughout Australia and the UK advising clients ranging from global financial institutions and multinational energy and resource companies to high net wealth individuals. Lee-Ann's experience has given her an appreciation of the importance of approaching any matter commercially, logically and with the client's end goal front of mind. Lee-Ann has developed a particular interest in complex estate and succession planning and regularly advises and presents across these areas. Lee-Ann is a Member of the STEP WA State Committee, Chair of the STEP WA Membership and Promotion Sub-Committee and Member of the national STEP Membership and Promotion Sub-Committee. Lee-Ann has been recognised in Doyle's Guide since 2021 in the category of "Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyers - Western Australia". 1911AW01 Lee-Ann Cartoon is an experienced tax and succession planning lawyer. She has worked throughout Australia and the UK advising clients ranging from global financial institutions and multinational energy and resource companies to high net wealth individuals. Lee-Ann's experience has given her an appreciation of the importance of approaching any matter commercially, logically and with the client's end goal front of mind. Lee-Ann has developed a particular interest in the area of complex estate and succession planning and regularly advises and presents across these areas.

Morgan Solomon
Founding Director at Perth law firm Solomon Hollett Lawyers, Morgan has decades of experience in succession law, commercial, business, wills and estates and estate litigation. Prior to opening Solomon Hollett Lawyers along with Craig Hollett in 2015, Morgan was Director at one of Western Australia's leading midsized law firm. Morgan has particular interest in Wills, Contested Estates, Contentious Probate and Administration matters and currently is the author of the Lexis Nexis practical guides on non contentious probate, administration and Wills in WA. His Will drafting is also informed by a very broad range of commercial, business and litigation law experience. In recent years Morgan has held the positions of Vice Chair and then Chairman of the prestigious Law Australasia group of leading independent law firms across Australia and was a board member of the Prostate Cancer Foundation WA. A third generation West Australian lawyer, he also takes an active role in the State's cultural community, as a founding member of the WA Chamber of Culture and the Arts, holds an honours degree in fine art from UWA and, and sits as Chair of the statutory body the Arts and Culture Trust.

Nicholas Murfett
Nick Murfett practiced law full time for approximately 25 years commencing in 1986. His experience was initially with larger firms and later with his own firm “Murfett & Co” - later “Murfett Legal”. Nick’s practice areas were commercial litigation, insolvency and commercial transactions. Nick left full time practice in December 2009 to pursue his interests in business as well as executive coaching. Nick still practices as a low fee practitioner undertaking occasional pro bono matters as well as supporting his own business interests and retains his interest in the law.  Nick has had experience in a broad range of businesses as both an investor and director/manager including farming, aviation, hospitality and commercial property. He is a mediator formerly accredited with LEADR and a Professional and Executive Coach accredited by and a member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC). Nick has a keen interest in the welfare of business and professional people.

Amy Pascoe
Amy has worked exclusively in the area of legal costs and is currently the legal practitioner director of Pascoe Legal. Amy has educated and provided advice to many Western Australian law practices on the transition to the Legal Profession Uniform Law in 2022. In 2021 Amy was elected to the Legal Practice Board ("LPB"), and since that time has served on the LPB's Professional Affairs Committee, the LPB's Admissions and Registrations Committee and the LPB's Legal Services and Complaints Committee. Amy is also Deputy Convenor of the Law Society of Western Australia’s Costs Committee to which she has been a member since 2016.

Kim Morrison
For Kim Morrison, the greatest reward is knowing her work means that a child will have a safe and meaningful relationship with their parent. Kim has been an accredited family law specialist since 2017. Her strong technical knowledge of the law enables her to effectively help families plan and move forward with their lives after separation. She likes the interrelationship between family law and other types of law including property, trusts, commercial and criminal law. The mental challenge of maintaining such breadth of legal knowledge, and the need to understand and work within interpersonal relationships and family dynamics, motivates her to continue learning. It comes as second nature to Kim to find the fine balance between vigorous representation and maintaining personal relationships to allow parties to reach a negotiated settlement for the benefit of the family. Her strategic thinking enables her to plan cases with the big picture front of mind, always with the end goal in sight. Assisting clients to finalise their relationship with dignity and respect, and in a cost effect manner, generates enormous job satisfaction for Kim. Kim started her legal career in 2004 at the Housing Industry Association in the IR/Legal department. In 2006 while completing her studies, Kim worked as a family law / litigation paralegal and legal assistant in a mid-tier firm in Brisbane. In 2008, Kim graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a double degree of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Business (International Business), and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 2009. Kim also holds a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, and Graduate Certificate in Applied Family Law, both from College of Law. She is a member of Law Society of Western Australia and sits on the Accreditation Committee, which administers the specialist accreditation program in Western Australia. Kim was elected as a committee member of the Family Law Practitioners Association of Western Australia in 2021. Outside of the office, Kim enjoys time at the beach, travelling, Thai boxing, scuba diving and being in the sunshine.

Elspeth Hensler
Within Elspeth Hensler’s commercial practice, she acts for clients in banking, corporate, insolvency, revenue, mining, construction and succession matters. Beyond her success in representing clients on wide-ranging matters, Elspeth is highly regarded and respected for her varied work within the legal profession. Between 2009 and 2021 she was one of two barristers coordinating the WA Bar’s response to requests for pro bono assistance. Between 2013 and 2021, she helped to organise the WA Bar’s CPD and Bar Reader courses. She is a member of the Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and drafted its grievance policy.   Since 2014, she has been a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Notre Dame Fremantle School of Law. She is an author of the private residential tenancy and social housing residential tenancy sections of the Lawyer's Practice Manual WA. Previously, she was a member of the steering committee which produced the 20th Anniversary Review of the 1994 Chief Justice’s Gender Bias Taskforce Report.  Elspeth is a former Chair of the WA Legal Assistance Forum and former President of Australian Women Lawyers and Women Lawyers of WA. Between 2009 and 2021 she was a member of the WA Bar Council.  In 2014, Elspeth was presented with the Attorney General’s Community Service Law Award and jointly presented with the WA Bar Association Distinguished Service Award. In 2015, she received Women Lawyers of WA’s award for Woman Lawyer of the Year.  In her spare time, she plays double bass.

Chris Mofflin 
Chris is a barrister practising out of Francis Burt Chambers. Prior to joining the Bar, he practised as a solicitor at the State Solicitor’s Office and the Perth and Tokyo offices of Herbert Smith Freehills, and was the Associate to the Hon. Chief Justice Martin. Chris has a broad practice in commercial and public law matters including contractual disputes, judicial review proceedings, coronial inquests and negligence claims. He also acts in regulatory and other prosecutions. His commercial practice has a particular focus on arbitration, including private commercial arbitration for corporate and government clients, private international and investor-state arbitration.

Richard Price
Richard Price is a former litigation partner of Freehills. He practises principally in the area of Commercial litigation. Area's of Practice include Commercial, Appeals, Banking, Bankruptcy, Consumer protection law, Contractual disputes, Corporate insolvency, Corporations law, Equity, Intellectual property, Landlord and tenant, Mining and resources, Real property, Restraint of trade Securities and investments, Trusts.,

Joel Yeldon
Joel Yeldon practises has practiced as a barrister for 15 years. He is a barrister and member of Fourth Floor Chambers in Perth since 2019. Prior to that he was a barrister practicing from Francis Burt Chambers from 2008. Prior to joining the independent bar, he practiced as a solicitor at Clayton Utz, and Maxim Litigation Consultants. He was admitted to the Supreme Court and High Court in 2000. He holds a Master of Law postgraduate degree from Melbourne University (2014) and took Law at Murdoch University at undergraduate level and obtained a bachelor’s degree (1999). He also has a bachelor’s degree in business(1995), and a bachelor’s degree in Arts (1995). He practices mainly in property law and in building and construction disputes and for insurers. Joel also has a good range of experience in other legal areas, including in disputes involving misrepresentations made in business sales transactions. Broadly speaking, his experience has involved equitable estates in real property law, trustee/beneficiary disputes, vendor/purchaser disputes, professional indemnity issues, and trade practices and tortious claims against stockbrokers, architects and engineers. Over the years, Joel has also been a lecturer in law at university level. Joel has also presented on legal topics at many CPD events.

Natasha Leedman
Natasha Leedman operates a private consulting business providing specialist advice and representation in workplace law for both corporate and individual clients. Specifically, Natasha provides front-end advisory work and conducts litigation on state and federal workplace relations law, equal opportunity and discrimination law, work health and safety, vocational regulation, privacy and confidentiality, and is also experienced in freedom of information matters. She has strong experience in working across some key sectors including transport, energy and resources, technology, government, financial and professional services, construction, property, manufacturing, retail, health and education. Natasha has over 20 years' collective experience working in the banking and finance, and government, sectors as well as in private practice, including a secondment to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (now Fair Work Commission). In her most recent role, Natasha was a Partner in the Workplace practice group of a leading national firm. Natasha has varied interests outside of work, including being an active board and committee member of a leading independent school in Perth.

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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: Guardianship division, VCAT, moral duty, financial elder abuse, ethics, ethical considerations

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Issues covered include: discretionary trusts, trust and company law, tax implications for property settlements, financial documents

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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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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: 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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