Conveyancing Conference
Issues covered include: strata title, off the plan contracts, mandatory disclosure, cladding, insolvency, recent cases, economy, tax update, risk management, ethical risks.
Description
When a problem arises involving strata law, building issues, insolvency, cladding, tax, risk management, ethics or other property pitfalls, you need (1) information and (2) a strategy. This practical conference delivers both with a comprehensive breakdown of what you need to know right now and into the next year. Plus, gain your CPD core area points for the year.
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
Conveyancing Updates
Chair: Diane Skapinker, Partner, Ashurst; Accredited Specialist in Property Law; Best Lawyers 2019, Real Property Law; Leading Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
9.00am to 9.45am: Strata Title Update in Conveyancing
- Strata renewal: relevance to conveyancers
- Arising and new strata issues for conveyancers:
- Short-term lettings
- Water, gas and other supply services
Presented by Alex Ilkin, Director, Alex Ilkin & Co; author, Strata Legislation Handbook NSW: 2016-2017 and NSW Strata and Community Schemes Management and the Law, Thomson Reuters
9.45am to 10.20am: Off the Plan Contracts: The New Mandatory Disclosure Regime
- The latest developments and practical tips for navigating the new regime
- Understanding the effect on purchaser rights, vendor obligations and defaults
Presented by Brendan Maier, Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley; Recommended Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2018
10.20am to 10.35am Morning Tea
10.35am to 11.20am: Managing Cladding Risk in Your Conveyances
- Statutory reform and case studies you need to know
- Due diligence and sale contract negotiation
- Building owner obligations and risk mitigation, both pre-sale and post-completion
Presented by Leisha de Aboitiz, Partner, Massons; Recommended Property & Real Estate Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
11.20am to 12.05pm: Insolvency Issues in Real Estate Projects: Dealing with a Counterparty in Financial Distress
- Competing interests of various stakeholders and how they may be resolved
- Restrictions that apply on the exercise of rights
- Enforcement options
- Insolvency processes and how they can impact a project
Presented by Emanuel Poulos, Partner, Ashurst; Recommended Insolvency & Restructuring Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
12.05pm to 12.30pm: The State of the Property Market and the Impact on Conveyancing
- The economy as it stands and the impact on the property market
- Economic trends, indicators and what they mean for property transactions going forward
- Analysis of the market, possible trends to come, and the potential impact on conveyancing
Presented by Ben Martin-Henry, Associate Director, Head of Capital Markets, Office & BTR, CBRE
12.30pm to 1.15pm: Critical Recent Conveyancing Cases in NSW You Need to Know
Analyse the latest conveyancing cases, including the key facts in each, the important takeaways, and the potential impact on your clients and your practice.
Presented by Gary Newton, Partner, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Property Law; author, Conveyancing Service NSW Looseleaf, Annotated Conveyancing and Real Property Legislation, and Land Acquisition 7th Edition, LexisNexis; Best Lawyers 2019, Real Property Law, Leasing Law; Recommended Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units
Chair: Michael Osborne, Principal, Osbornes Lawyers; Accredited Specialist in Property Law
Professional Skills
2.00pm to 3.00pm: Tax Update: An Essential Checklist and Guide for Conveyancing Professionals
- Foreign Investment in Australia: what you need to know, including FIRB, CGT, Stamp Duty and Land Tax
- Tax changes and updates impacting property development and property investment and holiday homes
- Key points on GST and property, including the GST withholding regime
- Current issues with land tax and stamp duty: the focus of State Revenue authorities
Presented by Anthony Watson, Director – Taxation Consulting, Nexia Australia
Practice Management & Business Skills
3.00pm to 4.00pm: Risk Management Strategies for Conveyancing Practices
- Risk management strategies to avoid property transaction disasters
- Ensuring your expectations match your client’s expectations
- Foreign client risks in conveyancing
- Verification of identity
- Pitfalls involving surveys, title and other issues
- The benefits and burdens of technology: eConveyancing, digital communications and more
Presented by Rani Gandha, Partner, Turnbull Hill Lawyers
4.00pm to 4.15pm Afternoon Tea
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
4.15pm to 5.15pm: Ethical Risks in Property Transactions: Practices That Will get You Into Difficulty
- When practitioners cause problems: failing to meet the standard of care
- When a client causes problems
- Troubling circumstances: when the red flag should go up
- Third parties and their ability to cause pain
- Real world examples and what property practitioners need to watch out for
Presented by Peter Rosier, Principal Solicitor, Rosier Partners
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