CANCELLED: Comprehensive Legal Update for Your Commercial Clients
Clients can often arrive with a difficult 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, you need to be an expert across a huge range of areas from tax to employment law to IP to governance. 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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Attend and earn 4 CPD points in Competency Area 4: Substantive Law
Chair: Andrew Crean, Partner, Mills Oakley
9.00am to 10.00am: 5 Most Asked Questions on Tax
- Can I claim losses incurred in a business I have bought?
- What are the issues around shareholder loans and unpaid present entitlements (UPEs)?
- Do I have to pay GST for goods and services I sell to customers overseas?
- What tax risks do I take on when I become a director?
- How will land tax affect my business?
Presented by Damian Quail, Principal, Williams + Hughes
10.00am to 11.00am: 5 Most Asked Questions on Employment
- When is misconduct serious enough to terminate employment?
- To what extent must we accommodate non-work injuries?
- When can we require an employee to be subject to an independent medical examination?
- What makes a redundancy ‘genuine’?
- Will our non-compete clause be enforceable after termination?
Presented by Nick Ellery, Partner, Corrs Chambers Westgarth; Preeminent Employment Lawyer (Employment Representation), Doyle’s Guide 2019; Leading Workplace Health & Safety Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
11.00am to 11.15am: Morning Tea
11.15am to 12.15pm: 5 Most Asked Questions on IP
- What is IP and why do I need to care about it?
- But I paid for it… don't I own it?
- If I change it by at least 10%, is it still copyright infringement?
- I have registered my business and company name… should I register a trade mark?
- Can I register a worldwide trade mark?
Presented by Stephanie Rowland, Partner, Allion Partners; Recommended Intellectual Property and TMT Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
12.15pm to 1.15pm: 5 Most Asked Questions on Governance
- What should I do to be prepared for inquiry by ASIC in the wake of the Banking Royal Commission?
- How do I deal with conflicts of interest at board level?
- How detailed do my minutes of board meeting need to be?
- What can I do about a difficult director?
- What are director’s obligations when the parent company gives directions?
Presented by Will Moncrieff, Partner, Jackson McDonald; Leading Corporate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019; Best Lawyers 2020, Commercial Law
Venue
Mercure Perth
Level 1, 10 Irwin St
Perth 6000
WA
Australia