Personal Injury Conference 2020 - Recorded In March 2020, NSW
"Issues covered include: workers compensation, psychological injury, common law, medico-legal, vicarious trauma, quantifying claims, online court system, financial advice, funds management, ethical considerations
Description
You need to stay ahead in the ever changing world of personal injury law and we have the program to give you an edge. This conference delivers on the significant and topical issues that you need to stay informed and up to date. Analysis of key issues and the practical takeaways will keep you and your practice informed and successful. When your client demands the answers, you will have them immediately at your fingertips.
Attend and earn 7 CPD units including:
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
2.5 units in Professional Skills
2.5 units in Substantive Law
Session 1
Personal Injury Roundup
Chair: Nick Hogan, Barrister, Elizabeth Street Chambers
9.00am to 9.05am Opening Comments by the Chair
9.05am to 9.50am: Workers Compensation Legislation and Psychological Injury Update
Catch up on the latest workers compensation cases that are critical to your practice, an analysis of where we’re at with the latest workers compensation legislative updates, the current landscape for practitioner’s psychological injury, and how it will all shape your practice in the year ahead.
Presented by Eraine Grotte, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers
9.50am to 10.35am: Common Law Liability: Recent Cases & Developments
- Recent Court of Appeal cases
- Recent High Court cases
Presented by Dr Tim Channon, Special Counsel, Wotton & Kearney
10.35am to 10.50am Morning Tea
Professional Skills
10.50am to 11.35am: Medico-Legal Reports: A Barrister’s and a Doctor’s Perspective
Practical tips for those lawyers representing parties in personal injury claims, from both a legal and medical perspective
- What I should ask the medical expert?
- What information I should give to the medical expert?
- What you should expect from a medico-legal report
- How to best utilise information from a medico-legal report
Presented by Maria Gerace, Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers and Dr Richard Sekel, Occupational Medical Practitioner, Immex
Professional Skills
11.35am to 12.20pm: Trauma-Informed Practice and Vicarious Trauma for Lawyers
- Understanding your client’s trauma
- Ways to minimise additional trauma on your clients
- Strategies to identify and manage your own risk of vicarious trauma
Presented by Dr Cathy Kezelman AM, President, Blue Knot Foundation
12.20pm to 1.05pm: Quantifying the Personal Injury Claim
- How to determine economic loss for the self-employed
- How to determine career prospects and justify fringe benefits
- Preparing your clients for their claims
- What information is required?
Presented by Fiona Bateman, Dolman Bateman, Forensic Accountants
1.05pm to 1.15pm Final Q&A and Closing Comments by the Chair
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for Personal Injury Lawyers
Chair: Mark Robinson SC, Barrister, Maurice Byers Chambers
Practice Management and Business Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: The Online Court System in the District Court of NSW: An Expert Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers
- Regulatory framework
- Online Court procedure
- The experience so far
- Hints and tips
Presented by Mark Maconachie, Barrister, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Professional Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Financial Advice and Funds Management for Personal Injury Lawyers
- Legal obligation to recommend financial advice: To whom, how and why?
- The NSW Trustee & Guardian: When, why and how much?
- Private trustee company or family member: all you need to know
- Understanding the options and the market post the Royal Commission
Presented by Jane Campbell, Principal, Aeran Pty Ltd
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Considerations for Personal Injury Lawyers
- Areas of ongoing concern for personal injury lawyers
- Practical guidance on how to reduce the risk of complaint
- The top ethical issues for personal injury lawyers
- Typical case scenarios
Presented by Matthew Eirth, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers
Venue
Cliftons Sydney
Level 3, 10 Spring Street
Sydney 2000
NSW
Australia
Directions
Nearby Public Transport:
Train Stations - Wynyard 400m OR Martin Place 500m
Bus Interchange - Clarence Street 450m
Ferry - Circular Quay 1.2km
Parking Information
Parking not included in your registration. Here are some options below.
Secure Park 20 Bond Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 1 O'Connell Street - click here for rates
Wilson Park 31 Bond Street - click here for rates