CPD Saver 2020-2021

Issues covered include: Criminal law, case law, memory experience, sexual experience, expert evidence, Evidence Act 2006, sentencing, imprisonment, anti-money laundering, costs, Criminal Procedure Act

Issues covered include: consumer law update, regulatory investigation, IP requirements, innovation, GDPR and Privacy

Issues covered include: Elderly, elder, elder law, residential care subsidies, End of Life Choice Bill, Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner, health, disability, ethics, medical capacity, retirement villages, the Protection of Personal Property Rights Act 1988, guardians, welfare guardianship, powers of attorney, care facilities

Issues covered include: commercial lease, leasing, maintenance, repair obligations, landlord, tenant, tax, commercial property, GST

Issues covered include: Board, diversity, corporate trustee, insurance, indemnities, anti-bribery, corruption, corporate risk, risk management, safety, safety governance, tax risk, IRD, best practice, corporate governance

Issues covered include: Employment, bullying, harassment, social media, dismissal, sick leave, medical certificates, medical incapacity, mental health, governance, school board, Teaching Council, natural justice, New Zealand School Trustees Association, Education Act

Issues covered include: Employee, share schemes, fair pay agreements, holidays Act, parental leave, employment legislation

Issues covered include: relationship property, Property Relationships Act, Family Income Sharing Arrangements, FISAs, violence, psychological abuse, property, immigration, section 21A, settlement agreements, FCR 182 injunction, professionals

Issues covered include: Alcohol, toxicology, drug, DNA, forensic, laser scanning

Issues covered include: Investor and business residence categories, Immigration and Protection Tribunal, IPT, employment, employer, Employment Relations Authority, ERA, ANZSCO, ethic, Immigration Advisers Complaints and Disciplinary Tribunal, IACDT, licensing

Issues covered include: ethics, advertising, Fair Trading Act, influencer, ASA guidelines, cyberbullying, copyright infringement, user generated content, general data protection regulation, GDPR, privacy, consumer protection, data ethics

Issues covered include: Trust, relationship property, trust restructuring, resettlements, trustee, trust administration, estates, capacity, powers of attorney

Issues covered include: Students and mental health, bullying, discrimination, guidance counsellors, social media, pastoral care, counselling, suicide, self-harm, risk assessment, sharing information, Parent Separation, Family Court Orders and Protection Orders, Court Proceedings and Giving Evidence, Expert evidence.

Issues covered include: Landonline, Automation and eDealing, Real Estate Agents’ Disclosure Obligations, Real Estate Agents Act (Professional Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2012, Co-Ownership & Property Share Agreements.

Issues covered include: Case law litigation update, lawyers as trustees, Earthquake repairs damage, Liabilities, Professional Indemnity Insurance,

Issues covered include: Alternative dispute resolutions, disclosing information to beneficiaries, challenges of trusts

If you’ve spent any time working in a school you know that seemingly anything can happen at any time and you need to know exactly how to handle an incident from when it first occurs all the way through the investigation process. Attend this seminar and consider the policies and procedures you need to have in place before an incident occurs and then work through the step by step process of completing an effective and comprehensive investigation.

Sure it’s a whole day, but once you are done, you really are well and truly done. Featuring an expert speaking panel and timely topics hand-picked to cover new legislation, new cases and new trends, along with updates on some of the most crucial topics in legal practise right now. Gain all your CPD hours, all in one day.

Issues covered include: privacy, conflicts of interest, confidentiality, GDPR, free speech, public interest, judicial review, statutory interpretation, Bill or Rights

Issues covered include: contact variation, estoppel, forbearance, contract disputes, arbitration clauses, arbitration decisions, insolvency, insolvency legislation, insolvency contracts, default contracts

We get it – you’re busy. But you also need your CPD Hours, and it never hurts to spend time elevating your practice and bringing it up to speed in the modern legal market. So we’ve put together a convenient, efficient and practical lunchtime web series to catch you up on the essential updates needed to bolster your practice, all from the comfort of your home or office.

We get it – you’re busy. But you also need your CPD Hours, and it never hurts to spend time elevating your practice and bringing it up to speed in the modern legal market. So we’ve put together a convenient, efficient and practical lunchtime web series to catch you up on the essential updates needed to bolster your practice, all from the comfort of your home or office.

Issues covered include: Privacy Act, privacy law reform, privacy priorities

Issues covered include: pleadings, interlocutory injunctions, contentious applications, costs, civil costs, indemnity costs, enforcement of cost awards

Issues covered include: Property valuation, property advisory, property development, property financing, easements, Overseas Investment Act

Issues covered include: Overseas investment, residential property, forestry, due diligence, property, cognitive bias, ethical decision making, business sales, ownership structuring, corporate entities, intellectual property, commercial contracts, privacy, GDPR, AML/CFT compliance, contract disputes, arbitration clauses, warranties, indemnities, limitations of liability, tax, Family, wills, probate, Oranga Tamariki, culture, interpreter, multicultural, pleadings, judicial review, JR, Construction Contracts A

Refine your contract law skills by gaining a deeper understanding of when to use, query or contest a contract clause and why. Our panel of experts will offer practical guidance on key issues including the ever topical and contentious areas of rectification and variation, warranties and indemnities, and the best strategies and practices for terminating a contract.

Staying on top of the seemingly endless issues affecting your staff, students and school can seem daunting, so we have distilled the most important issues affecting schools rights now. Recent legislative changes affecting physical restraint and seclusion guidelines and privacy, important family issues and employment hot spots will be covered to bring you up to speed on what you need to know.

Imagine a prospective client comes to you and asks… • Is the traditional asset model the best way to protect my family wealth? Are there other options? • What are the limits on Deeds of Family Arrangements? • What is the court’s current thinking around trusts, estate planning and relationship property claims? • Who can be personally exposed to legal costs? • How can we prove capacity to execute a will? Ensure you can answer these questions confidently, accurately, and with the most up to date information

Few things are more synonymous than New Zealand and wine. For legal practitioners and those in the industry grappling with legal issues, however, there is more to the story. Join our experienced panel as we explore the latest legal and legislative developments that can and will affect the wine industry. Gain critical insights as we examine intellectual property issues, immigration law updates, employment law concerns, the geographical indications regime and more.

To start with you have game changing developments in overseas investment in residential property, updates in tax issues in conveyancing and new trends in residential, commercial, industrial and rural conveyancing. Then just to keep things interesting you have the many perpetual pitfalls that can and do arise in each of these areas, threatening to simultaneously undo a deal and ruin a relationship with a client. Get caught up on the latest changes in conveyancing while honing your practical skill

Many recent legislative changes and legal developments in employment law simply must be considered, understood and addressed in current practice to ensure your clients are properly advised. Our experts will bring you up to speed with the most important issues in employment law with an afternoon of practical and timely insights.

Settle in for a comprehensive round up of the latest developments, cases, new legislation and trends impacting the public sector delivered by the Parliamentary Counsel, Crown Law and leading practitioners. With the sector facing a proliferation of inquiries and governmental reviews, anticipated privacy reforms, the impact of the Legislation Bill 2017, and challenges and changes in Crown and Māori issues brought about by a new government

With recent and upcoming changes to trusts, privacy law, AML/CFT compliance, and the Commerce Act, staying up to date on the latest legislation is essential for anyone working in the commercial space. Conveniently, we’ve created a timely and useful live web seminar to update you on all of these areas and more. Invest in an efficient morning filled with the latest changes, trends and developments that your clients or your organisation will expect you to know inside and out.

Master how to skilfully handle any complication or dispute that arises in an application for probate as you cover everything from complex common and solemn form probate to proving informal wills. Receive practical information, realistic examples and relevant legal updates that will enhance your mastery of probate in practice.

Get an edge in the courtroom and ensure your matters withstand scrutiny under the relevant rules by refreshing your knowledge of civil litigation practice and procedure. This half day program will finesse your drafting skills to avoid evasive pleadings and statements of defence, explore the grey areas of the discovery process and refine your strategy and persuasive techniques when you are bringing or defending an interlocutory claim.

Ensure you’re up to date with the 3 biggest legislative property reforms that are either before parliament or expected to commence before the end of 2018, and the latest cases and updates, all examined in this rigorous half day program.

This one day program will answer some of the key questions that arise during the transaction of a business or franchise and diagnose where things can - and do - go wrong. You will consider structuring selection, how to get the most out of your agreement for sale or purchase, and tax and employment issues that need to be thought through and incorporated in to the transaction. Stay for the afternoon and work through specific tax termination and other issues that arise during the life of a franchise.

Attend and you will receive a timely update on significant family law case developments including a case study on spousal maintenance from the perspective of the applicant and respondent’s respective Counsel. Master how to distinguish a gift from a loan and also the disputes that ensue in property division claims. Familiarise yourself with the taxation consequences in a settlement by working through common situations encountered by tax specialists, and receive an in-depth analysis of trusts

Whether you’re a private legal advisor, in-house counsel or firm owner, you know how important it is to protect IP assets, however, by the time an infringement occurs it is often too late. Examine critical IP protection strategies and consider not only what an infringement is but also how to avoid infringement and how to deal with one when it occurs.

With so much happening in the Not-for-Profit sector it is crucial that you are on top the most current and important issues facing NFPs, charities and trusts to ensure transparency, integrity and effective management. Receive strategic updates from leading experts, and understand the implications, on legislative developments, legal and governance structures, employment and volunteers issues, and financial, tax and reporting obligations, and risk.

Take this opportunity to tackle some of the more complex situations that arise for you and your clients including the ever evolving employment issues and guidelines, separated families, applications that are appealed or come before judicial review plus difficult situations in relation to section 61 and ‘accredited employers’. Explore these issues with leading experts and receive 4 CPD hours while attending an information packed morning.

National Planning Standards, RMA, water and a key case update with significant ramifications, all analysed and broken down into practical takeaways for you. If that’s not reason enough for you to attend and catch up on what’s new in planning and environment law, then come to hear from an unparalleled line-up of leading experts in the area who will share their experience and expertise with you and ensure you’re up-to-date with the latest in environmental law practice.

Suspect that a transaction is fishy? Master how to identify red flags and risks when faced with a disclosure requirement, potential ethical dilemma or situation that may put your firm at risk. Law firms ultimately benefit from this program by mitigating the potential for oversights and mistakes by closing rank on their due diligence processes. Legal executives, junior lawyers, conveyancers and settlement agents on the frontline will benefit from the practical training.

In this rigorous programme you will hear about the practical implications of Tomorrow’s Schools Independent Taskforce Report and other timely updates, suspensions and expulsion, lockdown procedures, dealing with difficult parents, employment essentials you need to know, privacy and online essentials that are imperative for you to know right now. Stay for the afternoon and you will workshop the mechanics of a competent and comprehensive workplace investigations from ‘Oh No! to Let’s go’.

Employment issues are the perennial thorn in the side of many schools. If left unmanaged, things can go wrong – fast and be severely detrimental to your school’s morale, culture and the quality of education. This programme assembles 8 legal experts who will galvanise you with updates, information and tips that can be practically implemented in your school.

Issues covered include: evidence, inquiry, judicial review, employer obligations, role of inquiries abroad

Issues covered include: making good decisions, artifical intelligence, privacy

Issues covered include: heads of agreement, pre-contractual representation, liability, contract trisks, indemnities, contract breach, contract remedies, mitigation, dispute resolution clauses, technology contracts, hackers

Issues covered include: Mainzeal case, directors, insolvency legislation, cross border recovery, chasing debtors, claims against directors, director's liability

Issues covered include: recent cases on evidence, Evidence Act, appellate trends, expert opinion evidence, hot tubbing, cross-examination, drug trials, search powers, warrantless searches, searching electronic devices

Issues covered include: bullying and harrassment, bully policies, Health and Safety at Work Act, WorkSafe, ERA, collective bargaining, Fair Pay Agreements, Holidays Act Audits, Labour audit

Issues covered include: Business transitions purchases and sales, agreement for sale, intellectual property, tax, employment

Increasing regulation of the franchise sector, occasional negative media coverage and the risk of litigation requires franchisors and their lawyers to bullet-proof their knowledge and processes. Settle in, because this timely seminar covers a whole host of critical developments in franchising law with analysis from leading practitioners.

In the constantly evolving world of immigration law, it is paramount that you stay on top of the latest changes that affect your clients. Join leading immigration experts and advisors to unravel the key policy and legislative updates and explore the crossover between immigration and employment. Attend the full day to receive practical insights in navigating the legal issues that arise if your client is faced with deportation.

Issues covered include: Mental Health and Your Staff, Dealing with Competency Issues and Allegations of Bullying Staff, Breaches of the Employment Agreement, The Health and Safety at Work Act 4 years on, Insights from the New Zealand School Trustees Association, Managing Staff Misconduct on Social Media, Protection from Parents, Insights from the Teaching Council

Issues covered include: Student Discipline, Malicious Complaints: Adults Behaving Badly,Schools in Crisis: When a Commissioner is Appointed, Insights from the Teaching Council, Employment Law Updates , Family Law: Practical Update , Building a Practical Privacy Programme

Issues covered include: Family court, family controlled companies and trusts, tax issues, settlement, discretionary trusts, child maintenance trusts, employment considerations, domestic violence

Issues covered include: board roles, lawyers on boards, Crown Entities Act 2004, board members

Issues covered include: Misrepresentation and Contractual Mistake, Impact of Insolvency on Contracts, Unfair Contract Terms, Terminating a Contract, Technology Contracting: Best Practice and Remedies for Breach,

Issues covered include: Dealing with a complaint; Conducting the investigation from the Terms of Reference, interview planning, interview techniques, difficult parties and wintesses, anaysis of evidence and making findings

Issues covered include: Legal Framework for Decisions, Recognising the Wider Context, The Process, Decision Making Tools, Use of Information, Potential Challenges to a Decision

Issues covered include: Crown and Māori Relations, Doing Business with Māori Organisations, Unlocking the Value of Your Intangible Assets,

Issues covered include: drone, UAVs, BVLOS, technology, privacy, AI, contractual arrangements, insurance issues, ministry of transport, flight

Issues covered include: charities law, Charities Act, NFP, not-for-profit, Trusts Act, charity

Sure it’s a whole day, but once you’re done, you’re well and truly done! Featuring an expert speaking panel and timely topics hand-picked to cover the latest legislative developments, proposed reforms, cases, updates and essential practice skills you need to know right now. All your CPD hours, all in one day.

Designed specifically for public lawyers, hear from public sector experts about ten of the most topical issues you need to know right now. 10 Hours. One Day. All your CPD hours in one go.

"Issues covered include: privacy Consumer Law Update; employment law update; employment agreements; IP, Leading Transformative Change, Operations Issue covered included:The New Privacy Era, New Zealand Consumer Law Update, Employment Law: Recent Changes and Cases, Negotiating Employment Agreements: Watertight or Full of Holes?,IP Considerations for In-House Counsel,In-House Counsel Leading Transformative Change, Strategies to Improve In-House Legal Operations.

Issues covered include: Interface between Retirement Villages and Aged Care: An Update, Capacity Issues Intensive, Supported and Substituted Decision-Making, End of Life Choices Bill , Insights from the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner, Immigration Law Changes and What They Mean in the Aged Care Context, Privacy, Recording and Data Security , Employment and Health & Safety Law and its Relevance to the Aged Care Sector

Issues covered include: internet technology, NZ Copyright Act, streaming

Issues covered include: legal responsibility, ethical responsibility, profressional responsibility, behaviour

Issues covered include: Property Matter Management, Distinctions Between Financial and Legal Advice: Where a Lawyer can go Wrong, Property Disputes, Navigating Body Corporate Disputes

Issues covered include: Conducting IP Audits, IP Licensing and Commercial Arrangements: Legal Considerations and Business Decisions, Maximising the Value of Your Client’s Business through a Strong Intangible Asset Strategy

Issues covered include: Recent Family Law and Property Division Cases, Estates Litigation Updates, Clients Behaving Badly, Contract Disputes: Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017, Calculating Lost Profits: Commercial Damages, Insurance Law Reform and Case Law Update, Running a Paperless Litigation File from Start to Finish, Litigation Finance and Class Actions, Employment Investigations, Mediation in Employment Disputes,

Issues covered include: Case Law Update, Capacity and Vulnerability in Succession Law, Drafting Wills and Structures for Blended Families, The Danger Zone for Succession Lawyers, Mediation in Deceased Estates,

Issues covered include: Seeking a Grant of Probate in Solemn Form, Proving Informal Wills, Complex Probate Applications,

Issues covered include: Accreditation vs Essential Skills: Shifting Goalposts, Employment Issues in Immigration: ERA, MBIE and Conflicts of Interest, Investor and Business Residence Categories: Practical Tips and Key Updates, Ethical and Professional Conduct, Recent Positions Adopted by Immigration New Zealand, Acceptable Standard of Health, Domestic Violence and Immigration Applications

Issues covered include: pleadings, statement of claim, factual particulars, statements of defence, affidavits, drafting, witness statements, formalities, filing and service, dispute resolution, ADR, mediation

Issues covered include: Ethics for criminal lawyers, dementia, crime, post-sentencing, intellectual disability, trauma, adverse childhood exerpience

Issues covered include: A Practical Guide to Board Evaluations: Strategic Governance, Safety Governance for Directors and Officers, Breaches of the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act and the Financial Markets Conduct Act, Insolvency and Personal Liability of Directors, Artificial Intelligence in the Boardroom, Data Privacy and Ethics, Cybersecurity: Responding to a Data Breach

Big changes are happening in Health law and regulation. The proposed Therapeutic Products Bill is about to hit Parliament and together with the new privacy laws and recent developments in patent litigation, this area of law is about to erupt.

Issues covered include: insurance contract law, insurance litigation, class actions, duty of disclosure, unfair contract terms, CEIT, building product liability, compulsory guarantees, insurance products

Issues covered include: Discharge Without Conviction Applications, Alcohol Interlock Licences, Rights of Police to Stop Drink Drivers,

Issues covered include: Trusts Case Law Update, The Rogue Trustee, Tax Issues for Trusts, Trustee Investments: What Roles do Sustainability and Impact play?

Issues covered include: Leasing and the Overseas Investment Act , Commercial Leasing in a Seismic Country: Commercial Issues, Anatomy of Different Commercial Lease Agreements, Tax Issues in Commercial Leasing

Issues covered include: Pre-Employment Issues & Creating Fair and Inclusive Company Policy, Discrimination Claims

Whether you are seeking answers to questions relating to your own company or firm, or for your business clients you will often need answers across a wide range of specialist areas from employment to contract law to tax and intellectual property. Address those knowledge gaps, hear from experts in these fields and enhance your practice. These are the twenty essential questions you need answered.

Issues covered include: cannabis, agribusiness, IP medicinal, Medicinal Cannabis Scheme, criminal issues of cannabis

Issues covered include: Enhancing Your Cross-examination Practice and Procedure, Overcoming the Challenges of Re-Examination, Advanced Advocacy on Interlocutory and Urgent Applications, The Ethical Art of Oral and Written Advocacy, Advanced Strategies for Clear and Effective Expert Evidence, Running a Paperless Litigation File from Start to Finish, Communications Between Lawyers,

Issues covered include: Assets in foreign jurisdictions, Life interests/discretionary trusts: the alternatives

Issues covered include: Agreements under the PRA and the Law Commission’s Proposal for Family Income Sharing Arrangements, Drafting for Overseas Assets, Setting Aside Separation Agreements

Issues covered include: How to Choose a Career Path that Allows you to Flourish, How to Excel and Thrive in Law as a Female Practitioner, The Importance of Professional Ethics, Cultivating an Inclusive and Supportive Workplace, Strategies to Overcome Challenges and Roadblocks

With the increasing establishment of public inquiries in New Zealand, it is imperative you know how to respond when subject to an inquiry. Hear from public law experts as they examine the key issues in matters of high public interest, including the approaches adopted in inquiries overseas, the role of government agencies and the treatment of evidence and advocacy.

The decision to dismiss an employee needs to be carefully considered because employees have rights and employers have obligations. Gain practical strategies on how to handle employee misconduct, the process of redundancy and how to effectively negotiate settlement agreements.

Issues covered include: Inquiries: A Comparative Review, The Role of Government Agencies in Public Inquiries, Evidence and Advocacy in Public Inquiries

Issues covered include: Off the Plan purchase agreements, co-ownership agreements, Landonline, automation, eDealing, conveyancers and AML/CFT update

Issues covered include: Drafting Impeccable Settlement Agreements, Settlement Agreements and Tax, Undoing Settlement Agreements

Hear from leading trade mark and patent practitioners about the hottest issues while gaining your CPD points from in-depth presentations covering the latest cases, legislation, trends and best practices.

Expertise in contract drafting is crucial in almost any commercial matter or transaction. This practical webinar will enable you to gain a mastery of some of the most important, and at times underestimated, contract clauses that can cause you grief. Whether using a clause as a shield or a sword, our contracts specialists will focus on the most important contract clauses and what causes the most problems.

Issues covered include: employment agreements, faith based organisations, church, pastors, ministers

Issues covered include: Health and Safety at Work Act, fines, undertakings, workplace investigations

Issues covered include: building, construction, defective buildings, disputes, earthquake strengthening, asbestos

Issues covered include: shareholder agreements, exit provisions, directors, conflicts of interest, Companies Act, confidentiality

Issues covered include: Sentencing and Parole: Areas of Conflict, Zhang v R – The New Guideline Judgment for Methamphetamine Offending, State of Surveillance in New Zealand, Changes to the Evidence Act, Anti-Money Laundering and White Collar Crime Update, Defence Counsel Responsibilities to Client, Appellate Judgements Intensive

Issues covered include: Employment Law Update, Analysing Quantum in Employment Law Claims, AML/CFT Issues for Lawyers, Changing Trustee, What to do When Your Organisation or Your Client’s Business Faces a Crisis, Insurance and Risk Update, Franchising Update, Resource Management Update for Commercial and Property Lawyers,Sale and Purchase of Real Estate: Warranties in Agreements, Building Regulatory Reform and how this will Impact the Construction Sector

Issues covered include: IPONZ Hearings Office, trade mark ownership, trade mark enforcement and litigation, Chinese trade marks update, specifications, patent portfolio management, artificial intelligence

Issues covered include: misrepresentation, termination, unconsionability, unfair contract protections

Issues covered include: types of subdivisions, subdivision issues, e-dealing

Issues covered include: debt recovery action, recovery proceedings, enforcement action

Issues covered include: employer-assisted temporary work visas, student visas, partnership applications, ethics, waivers, humanitarian appeals, visa reconsiderations, unlawful status

Issues covered include: reparations, s 27, s 106 discharge applications, Zhang v R

Issues covered include: case update, recent developments, insolvency, pitfalls, disputes

Fine tune your drafting skills and examine critical tax issues to ensure your shareholder agreements are watertight. You will also gain practical strategies for resolving disputes and the options available to you when a dispute has escalated.

Issues covered include: good will instructions, assistance, testamentary capacity, fixing wills, succession law reform

Lawyers are working from home, which brings new and unchartered pressures. Have you considered how wellness practices could work for you?

Issues covered include: paperless litigation, communications, expert evidence, oral and written advocacy

The challenges presented by Covid-19 has highlighted how critical effective governance and compliance is for directors. Over two hours, cover the most pressing issues including strategic and safety governance, and the liabilities arising for breaches of the Commerce Act, Fair Trading Act and the fair dealing provisions of the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

Issues covered include: separation agreements, overseas assets, Property (Relationships) Act, s 21J, serious injustice cases

Get caught up on the latest cases and developments in New Zealand trade mark law.

Issues covered include: propensity evidence, surveillance, anti-money laundering, white collar crime

Issues covered include: leadership skills, self-leadership

As we shift even more of our day-to-day activity online in response to the global health pandemic, increased security threats and advancements in automation means the risks to directors and boardrooms has never been greater. Join experts over three hours to explore the AI revolution, privacy law reform and receive practical guidance on effectively managing cybersecurity threats.

Issues covered include: RMA, climate change reforms, water management, case law update, infrastructure

This webinar will examine critical contract clauses that you need to know in response to COVID-19 and the current commercial environment.

Issues covered include: remote working, digital signatures, Modification Orders for wills, EPAs, Modifications ORders for Oaths and Declarations, probates

Issues covered include: COVID-19, privacy law, opportunities and challenges

Issues covered include: Online challenges, bullying, harassment claims, #MeToo, pastoral care, confidentiality

Issues covered include: emergency notification regime, national interest" test, call-in power, "benefit to New Zealand" test, OIO application

Issues covered include: office leases, industrial leases, triple net leases, landlord and tenant perspective

Issues covered include: business development essentials, goals, systems, LinkedIn, marketing, self-promotion, media, communications, sole practitioners, small firms, medium firms

Issues covered include: post-COVID-19, charities and the economy, legal framework, legal considerations and strategies

Issues covered include: infringement defences, good faith, use of own name, evidence trade use

Gain knowledge and skills to effectively advise your client in the ‘new normal’ with this three part series examining Immigration and Protection Tribunal appeals, important new work visa changes, key migrant worker issues, and how to navigate deportation risks. Book the entire series and save or select just the sessions that most interest you.

This series will cover some of the most important legal issues affecting schools, 1 hour at a time until the end of 2020. Hear from leading education lawyers and gain practical, up-to-date insights into family law, employment law and staff misconduct, privacy, online and social media issues and bullying. Watch live online to interact with the speakers and other delegates or register for the on-demand to watch the webinar at a time that suits you.

Employment law issues are currently front and centre with employees adapting to the new way of working and businesses doing their best to survive. This 6 part series will examine good faith in restructuring and redundancies, work-from-home arrangements, restraint of trade and protecting confidential information, recent cases and the Holidays Act, employee performance management, medical incapacity, bullying and harassment. Choose the session most relevant to you or attend them all.

Attend and you will comprehensively examine the requirements and trustee duties under the new Trusts Act that you need to know. Receive essential tips for getting your trust wind ups back on track as quickly as possible. You will also gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of trust deeds, including drafting, modification, indemnity clauses and powers.

Are you well-positioned as in-house counsel to help support your business thrive post-COVID-19? Receive practical guidance on the latest contract trends, strategies on better partnering with regulatory and compliance teams and best practice tips on effectively dealing with the unique ethical issues faced by in-house teams. Book the entire series and save or select the sessions that most interest you.

Gain insights directly from the ACCC on their current approach to country of origin issues and misleading and deceptive conduct. Hear firsthand from FSANZ and NSW DPI about how they’re responding to ingredient substitution under the Food Standards Code, imported food issues and proposed processes to offer relief to the industry. Explore how the industry can deal with other emerging legal risks involving supply and distribution chains, safety protocols, crisis management and more.

What are the latest Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) appeals you need to be across of? Join Charlotte Summers over one hour to examine critical and fascinating IPT appeals and receive practical guidance and key takeaways that can immediately be incorporated into your practice.

Stay on top of the recent changes to employer-assisted temporary work visas in this one hour session with Lauren Qiu. You will receive an analysis of the recent work visa updates, insight into the options for stranded migrant workers and practical tips and compliance considerations for employers. Don’t miss out on this jam-packed session.

What are your client’s options when faced with deportation? Join Simon Graham as he takes a deep dive into deportation in the criminal context. You will receive practical guidance on your client’s options to appeal and court proceedings, and key takeaways that you can implement into your practice.

Are your commercial contracts full-proof? Join Jenna Riddle over one hour to examine the latest contract issues in-house lawyers need to be across of, including force majeure, contract termination, waiver of rights and contract variation. Walk away with the knowledge and tools to ensure your contracts are up-to-date in the post-COVID-19 climate.

How can in-house lawyers ethically navigate the new normal when they are faced with a myriad of new challenges? Join John Steadman over one hour as he discusses the real issues confronting in-house lawyers in a post-pandemic world. You will learn how to be commercial and ethical at the same time, and gain practical strategies into managing conflicts and privilege and professional conduct issues.

How can in-house lawyers better partner with their regulatory and compliance teams? Join Louise Unger over one hour as she examines the intersection of the in-house lawyer’s role with regulatory and compliance functions. Benefit from receiving practical tips and guidance on what effective frameworks really look like.

Attend and you will receive essential tips and strategies for managing an incident of staff misconduct on social media in your school.

Gain a robust understanding of family law issues and the different types of family law court orders that you will encounter in your school.

Receive an essential update on privacy legislation that your school needs to know.

Attend and equip yourself with the skills to manage and effectively deal with a report of bullying and harassment by an employee at your school.

Gain a deeper understanding of the disciplinary process when dealing with different complaints of misconduct, including the investigation process.

You will examine good faith, genuine reasons, and reasonable processes when advising on restructuring or redundancies.

Attend and unpack the legalities and risks associated with employee ‘work from home’ arrangements.

Gain a deeper understanding of the legal framework around protecting confidential information and enforcing restraint of trade.

Attend and you will receive a timely update on the Holidays Act reform and a critique of the consequences of the Metropolitan Glass Decision.

You will gain a thorough understanding on how to effectively implement processes to effectively advise on how to performance manage an employee.

The process for terminating an employees’ employment due to their long term illness or injury and factors that need to be considered. Also, what employers need to do to prevent bullying in the workplace and what to do if a complaint of bullying is made.

Shine a critical light on the Property Law Act 2007 ((PLA) amendments and the impact that these have had on commercial property leases. Examine the resulting emerging trends.

Receive a timely and critical update on unfair contract terms in consumer contracts. Examine the legal framework behind the prohibition on contract terms and understand what you need to do to ensure your consumer contracts are compliant with the unfair contract term provisions. Most importantly, you will review the recent enforcement activity of regulators and be updated on statutory changes.

Elevate your skills and enhance your knowledge with this step by step expert guide to family law agreements and applications. You will receive practical guidance on drafting separation agreements and insight into the critical considerations you need on your radar when negotiating contracting out agreements and spousal maintenance applications. Attend and gain strategies you can immediately apply in practice.

This series will examine the latest developments in judicial review, explore public international, comparative and foreign law and what this means for New Zealand and take a deep dive into ‘personal information’ and privacy obligations in the Government law context. Choose the session most relevant to you or attend them all.

Attend and receive an in depth round up of the most important cases and developments in judicial review and their implications.

Questions of public international, comparative and foreign law can and do arise across cases before the New Zealand courts. While the basic principles governing such law are long-standing, the concrete application of those principles can be difficult. They can also yield unexpected advantages and disadvantages. Attend and gain a deeper, practical understanding of the application and implications of public international, comparative and foreign law on the decisions made in New Zealand cases.

Attend and you will receive a timely update on the meaning of ‘personal information’ while critiquing your privacy obligations.

This half-day programme will provide you with practical guidance into some of the most pressing matters facing practitioners right now, including family harassment, the child’s best interests in a dispute and managing difficult clients. Walk away with key strategies and an understanding on how to better support your clients in practice.

Now that most lawyers have received the results of their first AML/CFT audit, this crucial AML/CFT update will provide insight into how to improve your audit result while managing the costs associated with complying with the regime.

An essential update on Procurement Rules, implications and considerations. Gain a deeper understanding of the 2019 Government Procurement Rules and legal framework as well as examining the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction in reviewing commercial decision making. You will also be brought up to date with current case law in this area.

With nearly all commercial disputes being resolved in settlements, drafting enforceable and effective settlement agreements are some of the most important skills you must know – and get right. Hear from specialists in commercial litigation and dispute resolution as they provide you with practical tips to overcome this challenging area of commercial practice.

What advice should you be giving your clients on their estate right now? Receive guidance on estate planning techniques, explore the taxation and trust issues arising from deceased estates and catch up on the latest in estates litigation. Walk away with practical tips and strategies to implement immediately in your practice.

Curious about the cannabis reforms and how they will affect you? Here are 3 reasons why you should be interested in attending this webinar… One. On 19 September you will be deciding whether you want cannabis to be legal nationwide. Two. There are lucrative business opportunities for NZ in this multi-million dollar industry– especially for agribusiness. Three. This will affect commercial, government, intellectual property and criminal law. Be updated and position yourself to capitalise on this growth area.

What advice should you be giving your food and hospitality clients right now? Receive an update on the latest developments, the legal risk and opportunities emerging for the food industry and the importance of an effective traceability system. Ensure your clients are compliant with the digital display of food by 31 December 2020.

The effective use of evidence is the difference between winning or losing in the courtroom, so it’s imperative that you get it right. This must attend programme for criminal lawyers will analyse recent appellate judgments relating to propensity evidence, provide insight into expert opinion evidence and how you can effectively challenge the legality of search powers.

Are you ready to respond to the suite of changes to freshwater management? Join a panel of leading freshwater and resource management experts as they examine the latest developments right now. You will gain a practical understanding of the new water law reforms, insight into Māori water rights and responses to the reforms and explore the developments in urban waterways and water sensitive urban design. Stay up to date and walk away with key takeaways to implement immediately into your practice.

Maximising your client’s returns on their IP assets is essential to helping them achieve commercial advantage. Hear from leading commercial and IP experts as you explore how to effectively conduct IP audits. Gain valuable insights into ‘what-can-go-wrong’ through interactive case studies and scenarios to help you develop a strong intangible assets strategy, and examine how to effectively manage the IP contracting process.

What are the latest issues affecting the rural community right now? Gain the knowledge and skills to effectively advise your client with this three part series examining trust restructuring and resettlement, insolvency and the freshwater law reforms. Book the entire series and save or select just the sessions that most interest you.

As families grow and generational change occurs, trusts often need to be restructured. Receive practical guidance on the key issues that arise and takeaways that can immediately be incorporated into your practice.

Examine the latest insolvency issues in the agricultural sector in this one hour session with Bridie McKinnon. You will receive an update on Farm Debt Mediation, the insolvency law changes in response to COVID-19 and practical tips in an insolvency situation. Don’t miss out on this jam-packed session.

What are the latest freshwater law reforms you need to be across of? Join Sarah Eveleigh as she provides a critical overview of the reforms and its impact on the agricultural sector. You will receive insight into the changes to the Resource Management Act, emissions and climate change and farm environment plans, and key takeaways that you can implement into your practice.

The end of the wage subsidy means that more redundancies are on the horizon. This programme will dissect the process of redundancies, highlight red flags and risk, examine how to manage unilateral variations, and with the benefit of recent case law, help you to ‘future-proof’ employment relations in your client’s or your business.

WEB213NZA41: Effective time management & maximising the output of staff in a work day or while you’re in the courtroom is one of the most difficult tasks in a busy law practice. The good news is that time management does not have to be hard. Learn how to maximise your time & plan, organise & set realistic priorities, aligned to your individual, team & organisational goals

Stay up to date with New Zealand’s immigration landscape with this four part series examining deportation appeals, temporary work visas, evidence in partnership applications and family law and immigration. Book the entire series and save or select just the sessions that most interest you.

How can you effectively prepare for a deportation appeal? Join Michael Kim as he takes a deep dive into s 161 of the Immigration Act 2009. You will receive practical guidance on representing your client in a resident deportation appeal and key takeaways that you can implement into your practice.

Stay on top of the recent changes to employer-assisted temporary work visas in this one hour session with Nicola Tiffen. You will receive an update on compulsory accreditation, visa extensions and the labour market test. Don’t miss out on this critical and jam-packed session.

What is the acceptable quantity and quality of evidence required in partnership applications? Vandana Rai over one hour will examine how you can overcome the evidentiary challenges, providing practical guidance on culturally arranged marriages, challenges faced by different nationalities, genuine and stable relationships, VVG for partners and maintenance of relationships during the separation period.

The intersection of family law and immigration presents a number of critical issues that you must consider. Join Pooja Sundar over one hour and examine how domestic violence impacts on immigration applications, care of child orders and explore the latest Immigration and Protection Tribunal (IPT) appeals of interest.

For the insurance sector, the fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in a surge in health, travel and business interruption claims, and with that comes disputes that are keeping insurance lawyers and corporate in-house counsel like you on their toes. In addition, there are a number of upcoming reforms that you need to be aware of, to stay informed.

In the current challenging environment, it has never been more important to know what business structures will best align with your client’s needs. Explore the various structuring alternatives including companies, limited partnerships, trusts and tax implications as well as what does and doesn’t work. You will learn what options are available and develop the skills to think carefully about what is needed to future proof a structure, contemplate possible scenarios and what is needed for best practice.

WEB213NZA42: Understanding your professional and ethical responsibility is fundamental for legal practitioners and those who manage and operate law practices. Join Steph Dyhrberg and Claire Paterson over two hours as they examine the key changes to the Lawyers Conduct and Client Care Rules and provide an update on recent and significant cases before the Disciplinary Tribunal. Walk away with the tools to ensure you are compliant with your professional obligations.

A not-to-be-missed opportunity for you to hear the latest updates in 3 critical areas affecting schools; employment and staff, managing physical health and safety, and legislative, case and skills updates. Leading practitioners in the education sector, including specialised education lawyers, a psychologist and the Teaching Council will take you through everything you need to know right now in this information packed day.

How has the market downturn impacted the credit sector and your credit law obligations? Join an esteemed panel of speakers including the Financial Markets Authority, Commerce Commission, Financial Services Council, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, banks and financial and credit law experts as they uncover the grey areas and explore the impact of a changing credit law landscape while you receive the concise information you need to stay ahead of the curve 2021.

Master key elements of the civil litigation process from beginning to end with this curated step by step guide. Elevate your drafting skills, gain insights into how to prepare for trial and develop strategies for resolving disputes outside of court, this programme will equip you with the essential skills for success.

Learn how to expertly traverse a contract dispute, firstly by understanding how to use all the tools and techniques at your disposal to keep a contractual relationship alive and secondly, how to best manage the process when a contractual relationship is broken. Attend and gain a deeper understanding on how to effectively manage a dispute, contract variation by conduct, the contract cancellation framework, and debt recovery or insolvency from breach.

Law, religion and the interaction between the two has become increasingly evident in contemporary New Zealand, making it more crucial than ever for religious institutions and their advisers to understand the legal and regulatory challenges they face. For the first time, this full day conference brings together legal, academic and religious thought-leaders to examine religious freedom. You will gain insight and practical guidance into the most pressing issues including the changing face of religion in school

Māori legal issues are engrained in several facets of law, and many businesses, public entities and individuals need to understand these issues if they want to operate effectively. Hear from experts working at the forefront of Māori development as they examine the most topical issues, including the Crown and Māori relations, recent land disputes, trust and governance issues and Māori business structuring.

It is more crucial than ever to be across the issues in buying and selling businesses in order to prevent future problems and liabilities. Improve value by examining how to structure sale and purchase agreements, protect IP and consider employment issues that need to be thought through and incorporated in to the transaction. Walk away with the knowledge and skills to resolve disputes and ensure the deal happens on the right terms.

This highly practical workshop will provide you with tips and strategies to enhance your written submissions and arguments. You will break barriers by learning how to build emotional intelligence, receive valuable guidance on risk management and conflicts of interests. Walk away with the tools to enhance your client advocacy.

This practical programme will give you a deeper understanding of the commercial and residential property issues that you need to know right now – including the new Urban Development Act 2020 and its implications. Attend and receive valuable tips on how to navigate defective cross lease titles, complex situations that crop up in Agreements for Purchase and Sale and the latest updates in commercial leasing.

In this interactive online workshop you will run through the key issues you need to consider when dealing with workplace agreements in light of COVID-19 and important recent cases. Explore legal principles relating to the drafting of employment agreement and enforcement so that you are fully equipped to recognise, avoid and eliminate loopholes in your existing and future agreements.

The landmark Supreme Court decision of Debut Homes Limited (In Liq) v Cooper has put directors’ duties in the spotlight. The decision has implications for company directors, creditors, lenders and insolvency practitioners, particularly given the ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19.

WEB213NZA40: Spend the afternoon with barrister, Paul Sills. This masterclass workshop will enable you to take a deep dive into mediation best practices and strategies. Work through practical real world examples and develop insights and tools to implement in your practice. Examine how to maximise the benefits of mediation and explore different high level strategies, styles and techniques. This masterclass is specifically tailored to refine your approach to disputes.

WEB213NZA36: A contract is only effective if it is enforceable. With contracts lying at the very heart of both the commercial and legal spheres it’s critical that you refine your knowledge, skills and strategies in this area. There’s no better way to perfect your abilities when working with a contract dispute than to attend this practical masterclass. Zero-in on when an unsigned contract can be enforceable, examine the requirements of a voidable transaction and receive clarification on a contract breach.