10 CPD Points in One Day in Cairns
Don’t have time to earn your CPD points in dribs and drabs over the course of a year? This program is designed just for you, to give you the need-to-know updates for your practice and all of your CPD points, including the compulsory units, in one go. At one place, in one day. If you don’t need the whole day, just book the session you want. It’s as simple as that. There’s something here for everyone with 11 different areas of law all covered in one day.
Description
Attend and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Session 1
Estates, Trusts, Family Law & Personal Injuries
Chair: John Eylander, Barrister, Commercial Court Chambers
7.30am to 8.15am: Enduring Powers of Attorney: Stay at the Forefront
- Taking instructions:
- Assessing capacity when taking instructions
- QLS Guidance Statement, OPG Guidelines
- Including special provisions in EPOAs:
- Conflicts of interest
- Attorney’s expenses
- Superannuation
- Entities
- The principal’s will?
- Your duties as a solicitor preparing the EPOA:
- What your witness certificate is actually certifying
- When you get it wrong
- Should you be advising the attorneys?
- Remedies
Presented by Jeneve Frizzo, Principal, Queensland Law Society Accredited Specialist (Succession Law) and Sally-Ann Hayward, Senior Associate, The Will & All
8.15am to 9.00am: Family Law and Domestic Violence in 2019: Recent Changes, New Cases and Fresh Considerations
- The new cross-examination rules where there are allegations of family violence
- The intersection of the state domestic and family violence laws with the Family Law Act
- Latest case law
- When domestic violence affects property settlements, Kennon in 2019
Presented by Andrea Lawrence, Barrister, Trinity Chambers
9.00am to 9.45am: Trusts Law: Tips and Traps
- What to watch out for with trusts when dealing with:
- Family law property settlements
- Deceased estate administration
- Enduring powers of attorney
- Wills
Presented by Leanne Matthewson, Director, Murdoch Lawyers
9.45am to 10.30am: Personal Injury Case Update – Enhance your Knowledge with this Essential Session
- All you need to know from the last twelve months
Presented by Laura Neil, Barrister, Endeavour Chambers
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas
Chair: Christopher Taylor, Barrister, Trinity Chambers
Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am: How to Conduct a Workplace Investigation: A Step by Step Guide
- Assessing a complaint – what type of investigation (if any) is required?
- Who should investigate and who should be the decision-maker?
- Protection of employees, including stand down of respondent
- Planning the investigation including scope and purpose
- Best practice in conducting a fair and effective workplace investigation
- Reviewing the evidence to reach sound conclusions
- Implementing outcomes of the investigation
Presented by Mark Peters, Principal and Madonna Galeano, Lawyer, Peters Bosel Lawyers
Practice Management and Business Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm: Promoting a Healthy Work/Life Balance for Your Practice to Achieve Optimum Results
- Key statistics on stress in the legal profession
- Best ways to manage day-to-day stress
- Encouraging a work life balance to ensure success
- Recognising destructive behaviour in your colleagues and what to do
Presented by Dr Rachael Field, Professor of Law, Bond University
Practical Legal Ethics
12.45pm to 1.45pm: Ethical Duties Owed to Former Clients
- What is the nature of the duty to a former client?
- When does a conflict of interest arise?
- Effective information barriers
Presented by Chris Ryall, Barrister, Maritime Chambers
1.45pm Lunch
Session 3
Property, Commercial and Contract Law Roundup
Chair: Rhiannon Saunders, Director, WGC Lawyers
2.15pm to 3.15pm: Risk and Conditionality in the Law of and Concerning Contracts
- Review the law bearing upon contractual conditions and conditionality
- Explore practical examples, using scenarios and case studies, which can advance your client’s position in contemporary contractual disputes.
Presented by Michael Jonsson QC, Trinity Chambers
3.15pm to 4.15pm: Concurrent Liability in Contract and the Tort of Negligence: What to Advise your Clients
Explore practical ways to advise your clients in a range of situations in terms of risk protection by examining and discussing the developments and the significant shifts in the law. Analyse important and recent decisions and case studies and the impact on your practice.
Presented by Christopher Taylor, Barrister, Trinity Chambers
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm: Reviewing the Impact of Legislative Changes: PPSA, Insolvency and Debt Recovery
- Personal Property Securities Act
- Safe harbour provisions/insolvent trading by Directors
- Increased creditors’ rights in external administrations
Presented by Matt Mullen, Senior Manager, Grant Thornton
5.30pm to 6.30pm: Property Law Update: An Essential Guide to the Last Twelve Months
Presented by Melissa Neilsen, Partner, Miller Harris Lawyers
Venue
Shangri-La Hotel Cairns
Pierpoint Road
THE MARINA
Cairns 4870
QLD
Australia