Property Law Conference
Issues covered include:Sale of Land Act 1962 , Building Defects, Cladding, Planning & Development, Owners Corporation, Retail and Commercial Leasing, Insolvency, ethics, costs
Description
Whatever property problem this coming year brings, this comprehensive program will prepare you. New legislation, new cases, planning & development, owners corporations, retail and commercial leasing, cladding, insolvency, costs and more: Melbourne’s leading experts have you covered. Gain all the updates you need in each of these key areas and more, plus lock down your core area CPD points.
Attend the full day and earn 7 CPD units including:
4 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skills
Session 1
Comprehensive Update of Critical Property Law Developments
Chair: Lisa Gaddie, Partner, Lander & Rogers
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Amendments to the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic): Breaking Down the Significant Reforms
- Sunset clauses: new framework restricting the use of sunset clauses in certain off-the-plan contracts
- Terms contracts & rent-to-buy arrangements: new prohibitions, offences and termination rights related to the use of certain types of terms contracts and rent-to-buy arrangements
- Options in land banking schemes: new regulations on money paid in relation to options to purchase in land banking schemes
Presented by Natashia Ackroyd, Partner, Holding Redlich
9.50am to 10.35am: Building Defects, Cladding and the Impact on Property Practitioners
- Recent cases, including the impact of VCAT’s Lacrosse Tower ruling
- Regulatory update: the latest developments in the legal framework
- Managing both the legal and commercial issues involved in building defects and cladding
- Due diligence: what vendors, purchasers and third-parties need to examine
Presented by St John Frawley, Partner, Thomson Geer; contributing author, Construction Law in Australia (Third Edition), Bailey and Bell; Best Lawyers 2020, Construction/Infrastructure Law & Alternative Dispute Resolution; Recommended Construction & Infrastructure Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: Planning & Development Update
Examine the latest environment and planning issues with an impact on the property sector, including:
- New developments under the Environment Protection Act and the impact on property practices
- Planning & environment issues in infrastructure projects
- Emerging issues in land acquisition and compensation
- Significant VCAT and Supreme Court decisions
- Other recent developments in environment and planning
Presented by Amanda Johns, Specialist Consultant, MinterEllison; Accredited Specialist in Environmental, Planning & Local Government Law; Best Lawyers 2020, Land Use and Zoning Law, Planning and Environmental Law, Real Property Law
11.35am to 12.20pm: Owners Corporation Update
Explore significant cases and changes in the past year and how they will impact your clients and your property practice, including:
- Owners Corporations & Other Acts Amendment Bill (which will commence on 1 January 2021 if passed)
- Amending and dissolving plans of subdivision
- Rules and covenants
- Dysfunctional OCs and administrators
- Disclosure obligations and OC Certificates
Presented by Tim Graham, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Best Lawyers 2019, Real Property Law; President and Fellow, Australian College of Strata Lawyers; contributing author & editorial committee member, Australian Property Law Bulletin
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Retail and Commercial Leasing Case and Legislative Update
Delve into all the latest cases, trends and developments that you need to be across for your practice and your clients. Analyse the key facts and circumstances in each case, consider how the cases resolved, and gain insights into the practical takeaways you need to know.
Presented by Nicholas Jones, Barrister, Svenson Barristers
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for Property Lawyers
Chair: Nicole Maxwell, Partner, HWL Ebsworth; Best Lawyers 2020, Real Property Law & Leasing Law; Recommended Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: A Guide to Managing the Impact of Insolvency on Property Law
- Steps to take if a party to a property transaction goes into liquidation, administration or receivership
- How to deal with security under a property contract
- Voluntary administration: what to do & key factors to know
- A guide to navigating a receivership
- Liquidation and property
- Restructuring outside of insolvency
- The ipso facto reforms and their relation to property contracts
Presented by Daniel Harrison, Barrister, Young’s List
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Ethical Issues for Property Lawyers
In a highly interactive scenario-based presentation, an experienced ethics lawyer will lead audience discussion on responding to typical ethical issues for property lawyers, including:
- Solicitors’ undertakings
- Conflict of interest
- Client capacity to give instructions
- What to do when faced with a demand for excessive legal costs by a landlord’s solicitor in an assignment of lease situation
Presented by Michael Dolan, Special Counsel Ethics, Law Institute of Victoria
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Practice Management & Business Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Navigating Costs for the Property Lawyer
- Compliance with the Legal Profession Uniform Law
- Fixed fees: one size does not fit all
- What can you charge a client for?
- Handling a request for a cost assessment
- File management
- Fulfilling your obligations to service your client while avoiding complaints of over-servicing
- Costs issues faced by property lawyers
Presented by Annabel Speirs, Senior Costs Lawyer, The Australian Legal Costing Group; Accredited Specialist in Costs Law
Venue
RACV City Club
Level 2, 501 Bourke St
Melbourne 3000
VIC
Australia
Parking Information
Parking is not included in your registration. Here are some options below. RACV City Club Car Park.
Directions