Business Clients: 25 Answers To Their Most Asked Questions
Issues covered include: commercial law, taxation, employment, contract law, intellectual property, governance
Description
Clients can often throw you a curve ball question, and unless you’re a specialist in that area the answer may not roll off your tongue. For those with a broad practice that includes business clients, for whom you need to be an expert across a huge range of areas from tax to employment to contract law. Find out what the specialists in these fields see as the absolute key questions for business clients, so that you’ve got the answers covered.
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Chair: Gerry Cawson, Director, Kain Lawyers; Preeminent Corporate Lawyer and Leading Commercial Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Best Lawyers 2020, Venture Capital Law
9.00am to 9.05am: Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: 5 Most Asked Questions on Employment Law
- When is misconduct serious enough to terminate employment?
- To what extent must we accommodate non-work injuries?
- When (and why) should an employer be formally involved in a workers’ compensation dispute?
- What makes a redundancy ‘genuine’?
- Will our non-compete clause be enforceable after termination?
Presented by Michael Kay, Partner, Wallmans Lawyers; Best Lawyers 2020, Employment; Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employer Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.50am to 10.35am: 5 Most Asked Questions on Contracts
- Is this Heads of Agreement binding?
- What mistakes can I make in giving indemnities under a contract?
- What terms can be implied into my contract?
- What is the difference between a deed and an agreement?
- Best endeavours vs reasonable endeavours obligations in contracts: Are they different and what do they mean?
Presented by Simon Venus, Partner, Piper Alderman; Best Lawyers2020, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Agricultural and Rural Affairs; Recommended Corporate and Commercial Lawyer, Doyles Guide, 2019
10.35am to 10.50am: Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: 5 Most Asked Questions on Tax
- Can I claim tax losses incurred in previous years for tax?
- What are the issues around shareholder loans and unpaid present entitlements?
- What tax risks do I take on when I become a director?
- Do I have a GST adjustment and why?
- How will land tax affect my business?
Presented by Julie Van der Velde, Principal, VDV Legal; Taxation Institute Tax Adviser of the Year (SME) 2017; Recommended Tax Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
11.35am to 12.20pm: 5 Most Asked Questions on IP
- What is IP and why do I need to care about it?
- How do I copyright a patent?
- But I paid for it… don't I own it?
- If I change it by at least 10%, is it still infringement?
- Can I register a worldwide trade mark?
Presented by Luke Dale, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Preeminent IP Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
12.20pm to 1.05pm: 5 Most Asked Questions on Governance
- What do I need to do in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission [and APRA CBA review]?
- How do I deal with conflicts of interest?
- How detailed do my minutes of board meeting need to be?
- What can I do about a difficult director?
- What are our obligations when our parent company directs us?
Presented by Carissa Prescott, Special Counsel, Thomson Geer Lawyers
1.05pm to 1.15pm: Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
Stamford Plaza Adelaide Hotel
Level 2, 150 North Terrace
Adelaide 5000
SA
Australia