Conveyancing Conference
Issues covered include:The Native Title Claim Scene in Victoria, Indigenous Land Use Agreements, Compensation of Cultural and Economic Loss of Native Title, Native Title Compensation, Intersection Between Native Title and the Victorian Treaty Process
Description
Hear from leading experts across the spectrum of native title practice. Don’t miss this half-day examination of the very latest issues that are truly essential to anyone whose work touches on native title or cultural heritage issues.
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
Critical Conveyancing Updates
9.05am to 9.50am: Conveyancing Legislation and Case Update: New Law, Contract & Cases
- The New LIV/REIV Contract of Sale of Land
- Amendments to the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic)
- Hot decisions from VCAT and the courts that practitioners should be aware of
Presented by Emma Elsworth, Principal, Transact Property Law
9.50am to 10.35am: Owners Corporation Update in Conveyancing
Explore significant cases and changes in the past year and how they will impact your clients and your conveyancing practice, including:
- Owners Corporations & Other Acts Amendment Bill (which will commence on 1 January 2021 if passed)
- 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
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
10.50am to 11.35am: A Guide to eConveyancing and Technology in Your Conveyancing Practice
- Effectively utilising eConveyancing
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Reducing risks through eConveyancing
- Utilising eConveyancing to deal with foreign parties, verification of identity and more
- User error and where the pitfalls of eConveyancing arise
- Technology in your conveyancing practice
- Is there an expectation that a practitioner is across technology?
- If you’re not across technology, are you prejudicing your client in breach of your duties?
- Examples of the impact of technology on modern conveyancing and the related duties and responsibilities for practitioners
Presented by Hana Lee, Solicitor, Forty Four Degrees Lawyers & Consultants; co-chair, Technology and the Law Committee, Law Institute of Victoria
11.35am to 12.20pm: Controversial Tax Developments for Conveyancing Transactions
- Obligations in relation to GST withholding for purchasers
- Issues giving rise to disputes in the practical application of the GST withholding regime
- Application of new Victorian stamp duty economic entitlement provisions
- Practical tips about how conveyancers and property lawyers can address economic entitlements in transactions and potential areas of dispute to look out for
Presented by Matthew Meng, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
12.20pm to 1.05pm: SMSF Borrowing: A Guide for Conveyancing Practices
- Options when a bank won’t lend to an SMSF under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, including examples
- Stamp duty and land tax issues associated with limited recourse borrowing arrangement transactions with multiple titles
- Overview of compliance issues regarding an SMSF lending to entities (ie, can the SMSF be the bank?)
Presented by Nathan Papson, Principal Lawyer, Papson Legal; SMSF Specialist Adviser & Chartered Tax Adviser
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Ethical Issues in Property Transactions
In a highly interactive scenario-based presentation, an experienced ethics lawyer will lead audience discussion on responding to typical ethical issues for property lawyers and licensed conveyancers, including:
- Electronic transactions
- Undertakings
- Conflict of interest
- Client capacity to give instructions
Presented by TBC
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Risk Management Planning for Your Conveyancing Practice
- Establishing a practical risk management system
- Identifying, assessing and mitigating risk
- Client engagement and ensuring your expectation matches the client’s expectation
- Managing the challenges that comes with increased accessibility and speed of communications via technology
Presented by Leila Chalk, Principal Solicitor, Forty Four Degrees Lawyers & Consultants
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Professional Skills
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Understanding Financial Challenges Created by the Current Property Environment
The transactional and cyclical nature of the property industry creates unique financial challenges to the businesses exposed to it. Gain an understanding of the causes, impacts and potential solutions for these property related financial issues.
- Identifying the contributing factors and dealing with financial distress
- Navigating challenges in the development cycle: settlement risks, achieving pre-sales and obtaining finance, disruption from head contractor failure and more
- What if a developer or a builder becomes insolvent? What to look out for and the options other than appointing a Voluntary Administrator
Presented by Damian Pearce, Client Director - Business Recovery and Insolvency Services, Pitcher Partners
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.
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