10 Points On A Saturday
Issues coverd include: estate disputes, family law, insolvency, bankruptcy, difficult people, coss disclosure, dispute resolution, insurance and indemnity clauses, property law, IP, employment law
Description
Looking for the only way to get all your CPD points in one go without having to take time out of the work week? In court or simply too busy to take a day off for CPD? This program is designed for you to give you the crucial updates you need at a time convenient for you (or your boss).
Attend the full day and earn 10 CPD units including:
7 units in Substantive Law
1 unit in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
1 unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 unit in Professional Skill
Session 1
Family Law, Wills and Estates & Insolvency Update
Chair: Geoffry Underwood, Barrister, Sixth Floor Selbourne Wentworth Chambers
7.30am to 8.30am: Latest Developments in Wills and Estate Disputes
Catch up on some of the hottest trends shaping wills and estates disputes, including the most significant cases and developments that you need to know now.
Presented by Margaret Pringle, Barrister, Chalfont Chambers
8.30am to 9.30am: Recent Developments in Family Law
- Binding Financial Agreements: post Thorne & Kennedy
- Who is a parent? What do we get from the High Court’s decision in Massons & Parsons?
- Other significant cases
Presented by Chris Dimock, Principal, Dimocks Family Lawyers
9.30am to 10.30am: Bankruptcy and Insolvency Roundup for All Practitioners
Dive into some of the most significant issues arising in bankruptcy and insolvency matters and understand how to apply their lessons to your matters.
Presented by Colin Brown, Partner, O’Neill Partners
10.30am to 10.45am Morning Tea
Session 2
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers
Chair: Alan McMurran, Principal, AM Legal Solutions
Practice Management & Business Skills
10.45am to 11.45am: Dealing with Difficult People and Behaviours at Work
- Managing up and sideways
- Conflict between colleagues
- Responding to bullying
Presented by Christa Ludlow, Principal Consultant, Weir Consulting
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
11.45am to 12.45pm: Costs Disclosure Before Settlement: Ethics and Professional Negligence
The Legal Profession Uniform Law requires that you disclose costs before settlement.
- Failure to disclose has 4 unpleasant consequences for lawyers:
- The lawyer's costs agreement is void
- Client need not pay the lawyer's legal costs until they have been assessed, at the lawyer's cost
- The lawyer must not commence or maintain proceedings to recover the legal costs until they have been assessed, at the lawyer's cost
- It may constitute unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional misconduct—and in the case of solicitors, by any principal of the law practice
- An alternative to the Denuto Principle when making costs disclosure
- How to make costs disclosure easy while complying with professional obligations
Presented by Philippe Doyle Gray, Barrister, 8 Wentworth Chambers
Professional Skills
12.45pm to 1.5pm: Effective Dispute Resolution in Practice
- Do you hate mediations? How to put your frustrations with the process to good use
- Choosing the best dispute resolution process for your matter, and how to get the timing right
- Tips on dealing with high conflict participants
Presented by Mary Rebehy, Barrister and Mediator, Lachlan Macquarie Chambers
1.45pm to 2.15pm Lunch
Session 3
Property and Commercial Law Roundup
Chair: Peter Hegarty, Principal, Hegarty Legal
2.15pm to 3.15pm: Perfecting Insurance and Indemnity Clauses in Commercial Contracts
- Allocating risk in commercial contracts
- Contractual devices to avoid or minimise liability
- Effective indemnity clauses
- Key insurance provisions
- Interaction between insurance and indemnities
Presented by Ray Giblett, Partner; Best Lawyers 2013-2019, Insurance Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation and Timothy Chan, ANZIIF (Aff) CIP, Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
3.15pm to 4.15pm: Property Law Update: Latest Trends and Impacts on Your Practice
- Strata law update
- Leasing update
- Conveyancing update
- Defective building work: new developments and impacts
Presented by Mark Bonanno, Senior Lawyer, City of Canterbury Bankstown
4.15pm to 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm to 5.30pm: 5 IP Questions Your Commercial Clients Will Ask
- What is IP and why do I need to care about it?
- How do I protect my IP?
- But I paid for it… don't I own it?
- If I change it by at least 10%, is it still infringement?
- Can I register a worldwide trade mark?
Presented by Thomas Johnston, Associate, Dentons
5.30pm to 6.30pm: Currents Issues in Employment Law
- Casual employment: issues with entitlements and ‘double dipping’ after Workpac v Skene
- ‘Free speech’ and employer’s codes of conduct after the Banerji and Folau cases, and pending ‘freedom of religious expression’ legislation
- The ever-expanding net of liability for underpayments: vulnerable workers, the Fair Work Ombudsman and the media
Presented by Shawn Skyring, Principal, Coleman Greig Lawyers
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