Property Law Roundup
Issues covered include: Strata Title, Planning, Environmental Law, Insolvency, Property Market
Description
Whatever property problem your clients bring your way this coming year, this comprehensive program will prepare you. New strata title legislation and regulations, new cases, planning & environment updates, insolvency issues: Perth’s leading experts have you covered. Gain all the updates you need in each of these key areas and more.
Attend and earn 4 CPD points including:
0.5 CPD point in Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
3.5 CPD points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
Chair: Clinton Russell, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
9.00am to 9.05am: Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.55am: Strata Title Update: New Legislation, Regulations and Cases
- Navigating the amended Strata Titles Act 1985 and Strata Titles (General) Regulations 2019
- Examine the latest cases from SAT, District Court, Supreme Court and interstate and explore the key facts and takeaways that may impact your practice
Presented by Rachel Cosentino, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
9.55am to 10.45am: Planning and Environmental Law Update
- Emerging planning issues for urban infill development
- Managing land use conflict in urban areas
- Planning controls and the use of private property
Presented by Glen McLeod, Principal, Glen McLeod Legal; Preeminent Planning & Environment Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.45am to 11.00am: Morning Tea
11.00am to 11.50am: A Guide to the Impact of Insolvency on Property Law
- What to do if a party to a property transaction goes into liquidation, administration or receivership
- Guidance on security under a property contract
- Voluntary administration: the key factors you need to know
- A guide to receivership and the important issues to consider
- Liquidation and property
- Restructuring outside of insolvency
- The ipso facto reforms and their relation to property contracts
Presented by Kylie Britton, Partner, Dentons
11.50am to 12.40pm: What to do When a Property Sale or Leasing Transaction Goes Wrong
- Practical considerations when a breach occurs: assessing the consequences and planning a strategy
- Vendor and purchaser remedies
- Default and rescission notices: the procedures, the details and avoiding the many things that can go wrong
- When a notice defect is fatal and when and how it can be fixed
- Can a notice work even if it’s formally invalid?
- Strategies for when a purchaser is weighing up the use of a caveat as opposed to an urgent injunction to protect its interests, including its deposit
Presented by Peter Beekink, Partner, Lavan; Best Lawyers 2019, Leasing Law & Real Property Law; Preeminent Property & Real Estate Lawyer & Leading Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Competency Area 2: Professional Skills
12.40pm to 1.10pm: Property Market Snapshot: The Insights Lawyers & Property Professionals Need to Know
- The latest economic trends, opportunities and risks facing Western Australia
- Analysis of the current market, and potential impact on the property sector from emerging economic trends
Presented by Noel Richards, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics
1.10pm to 1.15pm: Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia