10 Points in One Day
"Issues covered include: Wills and Estates, Developments in Family Law, Financial Agreements under the Family Law Act 1975 and their Impact on Estate Planning, Drafting Affidavits, Legal Ethics, Work Smarter, Not Harder in Your Practice, Property Law Developments: Covenants, Contracts, Following and Tracing Property, Contract Law Recent Case Update, Lessons from Employment Law: To Litigate or not to Litigate?
Description
It’s been a busy year so we’ve included 10 timely topics in a myriad of areas of law in our annual 10 Points in One Day program. Come and see why this unique program is always hotly anticipated. Attend the full day and complete your CPD for the year in one go or just register for the sessions that interest you.
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
Family Law and Estates Roundup
Chair: Karen Gaston, Partner, Head of Private Clients, Thynne + Macartney; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Leading Estates Litigation Lawyer and Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
7.30am to 8.30am: Wills and Estates: Year in Review
Join us for a very special session as Katrina reviews key developments and significant cases in succession law from the last 12 months and shares knowledge that will set you up for the year ahead.
Presented by Dr Katrina Kluss, Barrister, More Chambers, Hemmant’s List; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
8.30am to 9.30am: Developments in Family Law
- Round up of recent significant case law in property and parenting matters
- Summary of the facts and key points to take away from each case
- Practical discussion useful to family law practice
Presented by Ann-Maree McDiarmid, Barrister, Win Paten Chambers; Recommended Family Law and Parenting & Children’s Matters Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.30am to 10.30am: Financial Agreements under the Family Law Act 1975 and their Impact on Estate Planning
Explore the family courts recent approach to financial agreements, in particular post the High Court decision in Thorne v Kennedy and their potential impact on estate planning, inheritances and family provision claims.
Presented by Phillip Sorensen, Barrister, Fifteen Inns of Court; Accredited Specialist in Family Law
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers
Chair: Gavin Handran, Barrister, North Quarter Lane Chambers; Preeminent Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel and Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Professional Skills
10.45am to 11.45am: Drafting Affidavits: Practical Workshop with Case Examples
- UCPR and Practice Direction requirements
- Significant considerations when exhibiting evidence
- Practical issues for affidavits on originating applications, where there are no pleadings
- Drafting affidavits for applicants and for respondents, with practical examples
Presented by Angela Rae, Barrister, Burnett Lane Chambers and Hemmant’s List; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Practical Legal Ethics
11.45am to 12.45pm: Legal Ethics and Lessons from the Latest Cases of Misconduct
- Recent case examples
- Main areas of concern for practitioners
- Penalties which can be imposed
- What to do and what not to do if you are faced with an ethical issue
- Emerging areas of risk for practitioners
Presented by Genevieve Dee, Partner, Lander & Rogers; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer and Recommended Family Lawyer (High-Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2019
Practice Management & Business Skills
12.45pm to 1.45pm: Work Smarter, Not Harder in Your Practice
- Month end reality check: the key financial and operational KPIs
- Know where the money is: What areas of practice generate the best return?
- Positive communication and employee engagement
- Client satisfaction
- Effective website marketing
- Critical technology and skills to improve efficiency and productivity
- Data protection and cyber security
- Electronic document signing
- Voice recognition dictation software
- Client-friendly web-based apps
- Clients portals for secure exchange of information
- Cloud-based practice management systems
- Debtor management
- Work in progress management
- Productivity checks
Presented by Graeme McFadyen, Principal, Misso Legal Consulting
Session 3
Property, Commercial and Employment Law Updates
Chair: Mark Healy, Barrister, Inns of Court; Recommended Employment & WHS Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
2.15pm to 3.15pm: Property Law Developments: Covenants, Contracts and More
- When misleading conduct is not enough: QM Properties Pty Ltd v Belscorp Pty Ltd [2019]
- Restrictive covenants in the era of solar panels: Bettson Properties Pty Ltd & Anor v Tyler [2019]
- Drawing the line between contractual and fiduciary relations: Eaton v Rare Nominees Pty Ltd [2019]
Presented by Michael Amerena, Barrister, Inns of Court
3.15pm to 4.15pm: Treasure Hunt: Following and Tracing Property
- What is following and tracing?
- How do you trace property?
- Recent examples of tracing succeeding and failing
- Possible developments
Presented by Gavin Handran, Barrister, North Quarter Lane Chambers; Preeminent Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel and Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
4.15pm to 4.30pm: Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm: Contract Law Recent Case Update
Review some of the significant cases in contract law in the last 12 months.
Presented by Robert Quirk, Barrister, Bay Street Chambers and Higgins Chambers
5.30pm to 6.30pm: Lessons from Employment Law: To Litigate or not to Litigate?
- Balancing risk with remedy for the bullied or mistreated client
- Assessing the claim: Is it actionable? Is there independent evidence? Will witnesses be cooperative? Should an informal approach be adopted?
- Assessing the client: How is their mental health? How are their options for re-employment elsewhere? Their resources?
- Assessing the choices: Via a court? A Commission? What are the financial costs?
- Assessing the combatant: Do they always relish a war footing, or are they amenable to a negotiated settlement?
Presented by Susan Moriarty, Principal, Susan Moriarty & Associates; Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employee & Union Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2019
Venue
Mercure Brisbane
Level 2, 85-87 North Quay
Brisbane 4000
QLD
Australia
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Directions
Nearby Public Transport:Train Stations - Roma Street StationBus Interchange - George Square Bus Station