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Issues covered include: Penalties in Regulatory Proceedings, Competition and Consumer Law Update, Employment Law Update, Strengthening Your Organisation’s Legal Compliance Regime, Mental Health in the WorkplacePreventing Damage to Your Organisation’s Brand or Reputation, Effective Communications with the Board, Legal Professional Privilege
Sweeping in scope & formidable in depth, this conference will equip you with the insights you’ll be expected to have as your organisation’s legal counsel. Catch up on game changing workplace law changes, receive regulatory updates you cannot ignore and gain crucial commercial and governance tactics that will prove vital to your practice, all while gaining your core CPD area points.
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
The Key Legal Issues for In-House Counsel in 2020
Chair: Mark Anning, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Tritium
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: The Rise in Penalties in Regulatory Proceedings: Lessons for In-House Counsel
Presented by Anthea Faherty, Special Counsel, McInnes Wilson Lawyers
9.50am to 10.35am: Competition and Consumer Law Update
Presented by David Grace, Consultant and Adelaide Hayes, Associate, Cooper Grace Ward
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Employment Law Update
The way in-house counsel are able to deal with employment matters and emerging human resources issues presents a unique opportunity to those that are up to date and comfortable with employment and industrial issues. Focusing on issues resolution and early intervention explore:
Presented by Amanda Harvey, Director Principal, Thrive Workplace Consulting & Legal / Weir Consulting (National)
11.35am to 12.20pm: Strengthening Your Organisation’s Legal Compliance Regime
Presented by Mark Anning, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Tritium Pty Ltd; Prepared by Rebecca Hoare, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Mental Health in the Workplace: Critical Considerations for In-House Counsel
Presented by Belinda Winter, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward; qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructor; committee member, QLD Law Society Wellness Committee; Best Lawyers 2020, Labour and Employment Law and Occupational Health & Safety Law
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for In-House Counsel
Chair: Mark Young, In-House Lawyer, Translational Research Institute
Practice Management & Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Preventing Damage to Your Organisation’s Brand or Reputation…and Repairing it When Things go Wrong
The Governance Institute of Australia’s 2019 Risk Management Survey identified damage to brand or reputation as the 2nd highest risk to manage in the coming year. Hone your skills and strategies in preventing and dealing with damage to your organisation’s brand and reputation by examining:
Presented by Trent Taylor, Partner and Blair Beven, Partner, Holding Redlich
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Effective Communications with the Board
Presented by Daniel Gosewisch, General Counsel, Minor DKL Food Group
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Legal Professional Privilege: Challenges and Strategies for In-House Counsel
Presented by Kathryn Finlayson, Partner, MinterEllison
Mercure Brisbane
Level 2, 85-87 North Quay
Brisbane 4000
QLD
Australia
Parking Information
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Directions
Nearby Public Transport:Train Stations - Roma Street StationBus Interchange - George Square Bus Station