1 CPD Hour

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: internet technology, NZ Copyright Act, streaming

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

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

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

Issues covered include: George Pell

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

Issues covered include: leadership skills, self-leadership

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.