10 Points in One Day – Last Chance
Issues covered include: Tax and Trusts, Employment Law , IP Issues for Non-IP Lawyers, Franchising Update, Innovation in Law, Negotiation Skills , Common Professional Conduct Complaints, Family Law Case Update, Property Law, Contracts, Ipso Facto Clauses and the Personal Property Securities Act, Contract Law Review, Estate Planning and Asset Protection
Description
Make the most of your last chance to earn CPD points this year by hearing from 12 top experts who will give you information and skills necessary to grow your knowledge and practice. Featuring 12 timely topics hand-picked to cover some of the most crucial areas for solicitors with commercial and private clients, you’ll gain all the CPD you need and bolster your practice in one efficient, information-packed day.
Attend the full day and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Legal Knowledge
1 unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 unit in Practice Management and Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Session 1
Business/Commercial and Employment Law Update
7.30am to 8.15am: The Latest in Tax and Trusts
Review recent developments and significant decisions impacting on tax and trusts, in the last 12 months.
Presented by Howard Alexander, Barrister, Briggs Lane Chambers
8.15am to 9.00am: Employment Law Update
Make sure that you are up to date and comfortable with employment and industrial issues.
- Developments in general protections claims
- Procedural fairness and natural justice: a useful tool as well as an employer obligation in all employment issues
- Workplace investigations: when, who and how
- Conflict coaching and early interventions
- Significant cases, trends and legislative amendments, including Modelez and the definition of a work day
Presented by Amanda Harvey, Director Principal, Thrive Workplace Consulting and Legal/ Weir Consulting
9.00am to 9.45am: IP Issues Your Business Clients Need to Know: A Guide for Non-IP Lawyers
- Structuring for success: War story regarding sale of an IT Company
- IP ownership, Stamp duty & CGT and US Investor requirements
- IP Protection: the types and how this relates to the goal of the business
- Patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and confidential information
- War story re Neobank:
- IP protection to ‘hold off’ big four from adopting technology
- First to market advantage
- Freedom to operate
- War story re The Butler Board, ownership issues, patents v designs v trade marks
- International expansion: War story regarding US Gym Franchise expansion to Australia
- Brand availability, IP treaties, Local requirements (tax, resident director), Practical set up in Australia e.g. bank accounts
- Connections overseas: Trade missions, incubators, certificates of origin for goods, employment/migration issues
- Employment: Key employees and restraints of trade
Presented by Mark Metzeling, Special Counsel, Macpherson Kelly Lawyers
9.45am to 10.30am: Critical Franchising Update
Examine the Franchising Inquiry’s recommended changes including:
- Advice to franchisors:
- Suggested amendments to precedent franchise agreements and what they will mean for practitioners
- The impact on franchise agreements signed before the recommended changes are implemented
- Advice to franchisees:
- Amendments to the franchisee’s request in franchise negotiations in light of the recommended changes
- How the recommended changes may impact rights and obligations under existing agreements
Presented by Elizabeth Gore-Jones, Principal, The Franchise & Business Lawyers
Session 2
CPD Mandatory Core Areas For All Lawyers
Chair: Les Power, Legal Practice Director, Wilson Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation
Practice Management and Business Skills
10.45am to 11.45am: Innovation in Law: The Practical Steps
Technology is rapidly changing the way lawyers engage with the court, other practitioners and potential new clients. This session will put aside the hype and horror associated with block-chain, smart-contracts and artificial intelligence, and look to ask some practical questions like:
- What are some innovative practices and technology that a sole practitioner and small-to-medium legal practices can introduce?
- What should a technology plan or innovation strategy of a modern legal practice looking to innovate contain?
- How should a legal practice approach a business case and risks for adopting new technology and practices?
Presented by James Tan, Director, Corney & Lind Lawyers
Professional Skills
11.45am to 12.45pm: Making a Deal: Negotiation Skills
- What makes a good outcome?
- How best to get there?
- The value of the ‘why’ question
- Some real life examples
Presented by Alan Limbury, Negotiator; Specialist Accredited Mediator; NMAS Accredited Mediator and Arbitrator; Managing Director, Strategic Resolution; Leading Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Practical Legal Ethics
12.45pm to 1.45pm: Common Complaints for Commercial Lawyers
- Duties: the heart of professional conduct
- Dealing with third party costs complaints
- Navigating the conflict minefield
- The perils of delay
Presented by David Edwards, Principal Legal Officer, Legal Services Commission
Session 3
Family, Property, Contract Law and Estate Planning Roundup
2.15pm to 3.05pm: Family Law Case Update
- Update on case law developments in Full Court of the Family Court in the last 12 months
- Assessment of how appellate case law developments have been applied in the Federal Circuit Court
- Practical and strategic issues surrounding implementation (from September 2019) of the new protocols for cross examination in cases involving family violence
- Checklist for conduct and carriage of cases in the ‘Discrete Property List’ in the Federal Circuit Court
Presented by Dr Mark Sayers, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers; Leading Family Law Junior Counsel and Recommended Parenting & Children’s Matters Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
3.05pm to 3.55pm: Recent Developments in Property Law
Cover off the latest updates impacting on property law including significant cases and legislative updates.
Presented by Damien Freeman, Barrister, Deane Chambers
3.55pm to 4.10pm: Afternoon Tea
4.10pm to 4.55pm: Contracts, Ipso Facto Clauses and the Personal Property Securities Act
Take a practical dive into the interplay between Ipso Facto Carve-Outs and the Personal Property Securities Act.
Presented by Stacy Miller, Partner, Cronin Miller Litigation
4.55pm to 5.45pm: Contract Law Review
- Recent cases on the rectification of contracts
- The High Court’s recent decision on the availability and extent of restitution in the context of terminated building contracts; Peter Mann & Anor v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd [2019]
- Masters v Cameron (Third Category), and the extent to which ‘letters of offer’ may be binding; The Edge Development Group v Jack Road Investments Pty Ltd [2019]
- The width of exclusion clauses in D & O insurance contracts; AIG Australia Ltd v Kaboko Mining Ltd [2019]
- The High Court’s recent decision on the enforcement of arbitration clauses; Rinehart v Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd [2019]
- Loss of opportunity claims
- Recent cases on the novation of contracts
- Recent legislative impacts on contract law
Presented by Stephen Dickens, Partner, Mills Oakley; Accredited Specialists in Commercial Litigation; Recommended Lawyer, Dispute Resolution, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019
5.45pm to 6.30pm: Strategic Structuring for Estate Planning and Asset Protection: How to Protect Clients in Life and in Death
- How structuring advice can limit a client’s personal risk and their business exposure
- Common structuring errors practitioners should avoid
- The real threat of estate litigation and strategies to avoid it
- Ways to provide solutions that solve multiple problems and leave the client better off
Presented by Bryan Mitchell, Managing Director, Mitchells Solicitors; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Leading Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer and Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, 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