In-House Counsel Summit
Issues covered include: Consumer law, ACCC, consumer data right, ICT, IT contracts, privacy, employment, mental health, workplace investigation, unconscious bias
Description
In a perfect world you wouldn’t have to worry about keeping up with new laws and the latest trends that are having a drastic impact on in-house practice right now. You’d have a vast team and endless resources to meet your obligations and guide your organisation. But the reality is that in-house counsel are being asked to do more with less while keeping up with a rapidly evolving legal landscape. We can’t give you that perfect world, but we can give you the information, updates and tools you need to succeed
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
This conference was recorded in QLD on 12 March 2019
Session 1
New Law, Key Updates and Modern Trends
Chair: Kiri Parr, Regional Legal Counsel, ARUP
9.00am to 10.00am: Consumer Law Crackdown: Increased Penalties and how to Avoid the Risk
- New and significantly higher penalties now in force for contraventions of the Australian Consumer Law
- Risks arising from increased ACCC activities under the ACL
- ACCC’s compliance and enforcement priorities for 2019
- Update on additional consumer law reforms and the impact on in-house counsel
- How to ensure your business operations are compliant with the ACL
Presented by Justin Oliver, Partner, MinterEllison; Best Lawyers 2019, Competition Law and Regulatory Practice
10.00am to 11.00am: Consumer Data Right: A Seismic Shift in Data Regulation
- Key features of the Consumer Data Right
- The regulatory framework and the key players
- How will data transfers work in practice?
- What’s at stake? Compliance monitoring and consequences of non-compliance: remedies and enforcement powers for breaches
- A look ahead: what’s coming next and what you need to do to prepare
Presented by Michael Morris, Partner, Allens; Recommended Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018 and Intellectual Property Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2017
11.15am to 12.15pm: Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and IT Contracts: the Essentials for In-House Counsel
- IT contracts: the new QLD government framework and its limitation
- Cloud services as an ICT solution
- Privacy and Data Protection
- The Internet of Things
- Online Technologies and IP
- Impact of emerging technologies and platforms on work health and safety and workers compensation
Presented by Dr Adrian McCullagh, Principal, ODMOB Lawyers
12.15pm to 1.15pm: Employment Law Update
- New labour hire legislation
- Modern slavery laws update, supply chain transparency, and reporting
- Additional key developments in employment law
Presented by Victoria Hepburn, Partner, MinterEllison; Leading Employment Lawyer (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2018; Best Lawyers 2019, Employee Benefits Law and Labour and Employment Law
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for In-House Counsel
Chair: Hamish McKellar, Governance Consultant
Practice Management & Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Mental Health in the Workplace: How In-House Counsel can Manage this Growing Issue
- The prevalence of mental health issues found in the workplace: it’s more common than you may think
- Your ethical and professional responsibilities: What obligations do you owe to your organisation, to the employee with a mental health issue, and to your other employees?
- Health and safety issues
- Effectively managing employees with mental health issues: what to do and pitfalls to avoid
Presented by Daniel Gosewisch, General Counsel, Minor DKL Food Group
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Conducting a Valid Workplace Investigation: A Practical Workshop
This interactive workshop will provide insight into the management of staff-related workplace investigations.
- ‘Best practice’ approach to workplace investigations
- Common challenges: employees on sick leave, unions, admissibility of evidence, police involvement and more
- Practical tips: lessons from the trenches, case law examples and workplace policies in practice
- The critical role of in-house lawyers in briefing independent investigators
Presented by Sam McIvor, Partner, Mullins Lawyers; Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2018
Practical Legal Ethics
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Countering Unconscious Gender Bias
Institutional unconscious bias towards women is prevalent in the legal profession. When confronted with individual instances of unconscious bias, for example in the workplace, how can we react constructively?
Presented by Professor Elena Marchetti, Griffith Law School, Griffith University