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Complete
CPD Guide
30+ days
300+ seminars
31 March Deadline
February - March 2020
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT Register and pay by 24 Dec 2019 to save up to $100CONTENTS
10 POINTS CRIME
10 Points in One Day 7 Criminal Law Symposium 28
10 Points in One Day – Last Chance 39
EMPLOYMENT LAW & SAFETY
BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION Workplace Law Conference 32
Construction Law: Major Issues, Key Insights 29
Law for Architects: Contracts, Costs and Risk 33 FAMILY
Family Law Conference: Settling the Asset Pool 13
CORPORATE & COMMERCIAL Family Law Drafting Intensive 35
Contract Law Masterclass 9
In-House Counsel Conference 12 GOVERNMENT
Advanced Commercial Litigation Conference 16 Litigation Issues for All Government Lawyers 8
Game of Drones: Critical Regulatory, Risk and Liability Issue 17 Administrative Decisions Making: Practical Guide 8
Business Sales: Legal Issues 18
IMMIGRATION
Demystifying Venture Capital and Private Equity Transactions 21
Migration Law Symposium 26
Business Clients: 20 Answerts to the Most Frequently Asked 22
Questions
Privacy and Data Security Workshop 22 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Contract Law Conference 24 Intellectual Property Law Review 19
Understanding Financial Reports: The Complete Masterclass 29
LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION
SMSFs: The A-Z of Legal Issues 30
Litigation Issues for All Government Lawyers 8
Trusts and Deeds Advanced Review 30
Advanced Commercial Litigation Conference 16
PPSA Updates and Strategies 31
Franchising Law Forum: Critical Lessons and Key Changes 35 Advanced Evidence and Advocacy Practicum 34
Directors & Officers: Know the Duties 36 Mediation Masterclass: Positive Results for Pleased Clients 36
Shareholder Agreements Workshop 37
MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
CPD CORE AREAS Film and TV Conference: Key Content and Production Issues 20
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 5 March 4
NATIVE TITLE
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 10 March 4
Native Title Intensive 31
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 20 March 5
CPD Compulsory Units for All Lawyers on 24 March 5
NOT FOR PROFIT
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Property Lawyers 6
Not for Profits and Charities: The Current Legal Issues 21
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers on 5 March 7
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers on 10 March 9 PERSONAL INJURY
CPD Compulsory Units for IP Lawyers 11 Personal Injury Conference 15
CPD Compulsory Units: Over Lunch, Over 3 Weeks 11 TPD and Life Insurance Injury Claims 25
CPD Compulsory Units for In-House Counsel 12
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Family Lawyers 13 PROPERTY
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Wills and Estates Lawyers 14 Property Law Conference 2020 6
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Personal Injury Lawyers 15 Retail and Commercial Leasing Review 10
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Commercial Litigators 16 Conveyancing Conference 23
CPD Mandatory Core Areas: Expert Guide to Legal Costing 17
Privacy and Data Security Workshop 22 WILLS & ESTATES
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Conveyancers 23 Wills and Estates Symposium 14
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Contract Lawyers 24 Will Drafting Workshop 33
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for All Lawyers on 19 March 25
CPD Compulsory Units for Immigration Lawyers and Migration Agents 26
Women in Law: Can I Have it All? 27
CPD Mandatory Core Areas for Criminal Lawyers 28
Understanding Financial Reports: The Complete Masterclass 29
Starting a New Law Firm 38
Business Skills for Lawyers 38
CPD Mandatory Core Areas For All Lawyers on 30 March 39
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03CPD COMPULSORY CPD COMPULSORY
UNITS FOR ALL UNITS FOR ALL
LAWYERS ON 5 MARCH LAWYERS ON 10 MARCH
THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2020 $490 TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2020 $490
2.00PM TO 5.15PM (AEDT) Live from NSW WEB203N06 2.00PM TO 5.15PM (AEDT) Live from NSW WEB203N10
As the market becomes increasingly competitive, make sure you Whether you’re a seasoned litigator or rarely find yourself in court,
have the skills to shine. Join our stellar lineup of specialists as they everyone needs to know the essentials of handling a dispute.
walk you through the skills you need to influence your audience, deal From dealing with conflicts of interest, to mastering mediation to
with difficult colleagues and unravel those tricky ethical grey areas – understanding strategic project management, this is the session
all while gaining your core CPD units for the year. you need to prevent disputes from ever rising or to effectively deal
with them when they do arise.
Chair: Aileen Challinor, Principal, Pivotal Lawyers
Practical Legal Ethics Chair: Paul Blackburn-Hart SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne Chambers
What Would You Do? Ethical Dilemmas for Lawyers Practical Legal Ethics
The path to success in the legal profession is fraught with peril. Ethical Conflicts of Interest: The Legal and Commercial Considerations
dilemmas can quickly threaten to derail your goals. Work through a · Legal and commercial conflicts: What is a conflict?
practical series of ethical predicaments and real life examples to gain · Can I ever act against a former client?
the knowledge, skills and strategies to ensure your ethical, and career, · Lessons from key cases featuring conflicts
survival. · Information barriers: Are they effective?
Presented by Timothy Zahara, Senior Associate – Commercial Law, KPMG Law
Presented by David Fairlie, General Counsel, Competitive Foods Australia
Practice Management & Business Skills
Professional Skills
Dealing with Difficult People and Behaviours at Work Dispute Resolution: Strategies to Keep Your Matter Out of Court
· Managing up and sideways Whether you’re a litigation or transactional lawyer, this practical session
· Conflict between colleagues will examine the best strategies you can implement to prevent disputes
· Responding to bullying from arising in the first place along with providing guidance on how to
Presented by Christa Ludlow, Principal Consultant, Weir Consulting use ADR techniques for dispute resolution.
Presented by David Ash, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Professional Skills
Presentation Skills: Talk Unlike a Lawyer Practice Management & Business Skills
· Presenting on the law without boring your audience to death Strategic Litigation Project Management
· Writing to engage and explain, not soothe your own ego Drawing from the presenter’s experience in managing complex disputes
· Thinking like a journalist and in litigation funding, examine:
· Knowing your place (you’re not that special) · The importance of strategic project management prior to commencing
Presented by Michael Bradley, Managing Partner, Marque Lawyers litigation
· Preparation of litigation budgets
· Litigation project management designed to minimise cost and
maximise outcomes
Presented by Susanna Khouri, Head of Investment Operations (Diligence &
Monitoring), Augusta Ventures
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3 ATTEND AND EARN 3 ATTEND AND EARN
1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics 1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 CPD unit in Professional Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional SkillsCPD COMPULSORY CPD COMPULSORY
UNITS FOR ALL UNITS FOR ALL
LAWYERS ON 20 MARCH LAWYERS ON 24 MARCH
FRIDAY, 20 MARCH 2020 $490 TUESDAY, 24 MARCH 2020 $490
2.00PM TO 5.15PM (AEDT) Live from NSW WEB203N30 2.00PM TO 5.15PM (AEDT) Live from NSW WEB203N34
Want to master the tactics of interest based negotiation? Need to Don’t miss the opportunity to learn from industry experts about
brush up on the do’s and don’ts of client legal privilege? What about some of the best practices that can make or break a career or a
knowing what to do in the event of a data breach? Separate yourself practice. Remove the guesswork and soak up countless tips and
from your competitors and focus on actionable strategies in this strategies in this informative, practical session that will take your
practical and informative seminar, all while gaining your core CPD legal practice to the next level.
points for the year.
Chair: Ishita Sethi, Barrister, Second Floor Selborne Chambers
Chair: Elizabeth Devine, Principal, Devine Law at Work Practical Legal Ethics
Practical Legal Ethics #TheEthicalLawyer: The Ethics of Social Media Use
The Ethics of Client Legal Privilege · Identifying the ethical issues arising from social media use by lawyers
· Creating, maintaining, and protecting privileged communications · #LawyersBehavingBadly: cautionary tales from around the globe
· Loss of privilege: fraud, disclosure and other exceptions · How do the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules assist in resolving social
· Lessons from recent cases and the Australian Solicitors Conduct Rules media ethics concerns?
Presented by Angus MacInnis, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran Presented by Angus MacInnis, Director of Dispute Resolution, StevensVuaran
Lawyers Lawyers
Professional Skills Professional Skills
Interest Based Negotiation for All Lawyers Communication Skills for Managing Difficult Clients
· Knowing your alternatives · Taking charge of volatile situations
· Looking behind positions to underlying interests · Understanding written, verbal and non-verbal communication
· Inventing options for mutual gain · Managing stressful and high conflict clients
· Evaluating options against objective standards · Understanding client needs and how to ask the right questions
· Making clear, careful commitments · How to reduce areas of conflict
· Maintaining effective two way communication · Dealing with high conflict subject matters
· Building good working relationships Presented by Marina Dulhunty, Barrister, William Deane Chambers
Presented by Gregory Burton SC, 5 Wentworth Chambers; Leading Mediator,
Practice Management & Business Skills
Doyle’s Guide 2018
Legal Services in a Digital Era: How to Win and Maintain Online
Practice Management & Business Skills Clients
How to Survive a Data Breach: A Practical Guide · Legal perspective: whether starting out or well established, winning
· Summary of current cybersecurity landscape and latest trends, and retaining an online client can be a challenge
including key risks - Positioning your legal services to be more attractive to digital clients
· How to prepare and plan in advance of any data breach - Networking amongst the online, start-ups and other communities
· Responding to breaches: from first steps to aftermath disrupting the legal industry
· Managing insurance issues and third party claims associated with data - Balancing commercial and corporate risk and providing practical
breaches advice
Presented by David Rountree; Intellectual Property & TMT Rising Star, Doyle’s · Client perspective: hear firsthand from a new online business model
Guide 2018; and Jonathan Light; Construction & Infrastructure Rising Star, success story
Doyle’s Guide 2019; Managing Associates, Allens - What was surprising and issues that arose that hadn’t been raised
previously
- What was good value for money
- What is and what isn’t valuable to online clients when engaging a
law firm
· Adapt or perish? Opportunities in disruption
- Legal marketplaces
- Digital marketing
- Document and process automation
Presented by Dominic Woolrych, Chief Executive Officer, LawPath
3 ATTEND AND EARN 3 ATTEND AND EARN
1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics 1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
1 CPD unit in Professional Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills 0511TH
ANNUAL
PROPERTY LAW CONFERENCE 2020
WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH 2020 $870
9.00AM TO 5.15PM 203Q02
Whatever property problem your clients bring your way this coming year, this comprehensive program will prepare you. Body corporate law,
planning and environment updates, community management, property taxes, compulsory land acquisition, covenants, easements, new
legislation, new cases: Brisbane’s leading experts have you covered. Gain all the updates you need in each of these key areas and more, plus
lock down your core area CPD points.
SESSION 1: PROPERTY LAW UPDATES AND SESSION 2: CPD MANDATORY CORE AREAS FOR
DEVELOPMENTS PROPERTY LAWYERS
9.00AM TO 1.15PM 203Q02A $490 2.00PM TO 5.15PM 203Q02B $490
Chair: Kathleen Ready, Senior Partner, Reading Hocking Law Chair: Chris Baker, Special Counsel, Hickey Lawyers
Planning and Environment Update for Your Property Practice: Professional Skills
Recent Developments Expertly Drafting Easements and Covenants
· Significant planning and environment court decisions impacting · Essential principles for drafting easements
property lawyers · Issues in drafting easements and covenants in specific situations:
· Key merits appeals and enforcement matters - Existing structures and development rights
· Important takeaways for your property practice - Repair and maintenance covenants and sharing expenses
Presented by Mitchel Batty, Barrister, Byth Chambers; Preeminent Planning & Presented by Leone Costigan, Executive Counsel, Herbert Smith Freehills
Environment Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Practical Legal Ethics
Property Law Developments: Covenants, Contracts and More Property Practice: Professional Obligations and Ethical Duties
· When misleading conduct is not enough: QM Properties Pty Ltd v · Scope of retainer
Belscorp Pty Ltd [2019] · Who is your client?
· Restrictive covenants in the era of solar panels: Bettson Properties Pty · Conflicts: declining to act
Ltd & Anor v Tyler [2019] · Verification of identity requirements
· Drawing the line between contractual and fiduciary relations: Eaton v · Payment transfer obligations: avoiding fraudulent intervention
Rare Nominees Pty Ltd [2019] · Recent cases update
Presented by Michael Amerena, Barrister, Inns of Court Presented by Bronwyn Clarkson, Partner, Carter Newell Lawyers
Body Corporate and Community Management: Lessons for Property Practice Management & Business Skills
Lawyers Financial Challenges Created by the Nature of Property Law Matters
· Body Corporate and Community Management Regulations – 2019 The transactional nature and progression of property law matters create
amendments unique issues when it comes to the financial management of those
· Management disputes: recent cases, terminating management rights matters and of a law practice. Gain an understanding of the causes,
and dealing with issues related to onsite managers impacts and potential solutions for these property related financial
Presented by Robert Herd, Principal, Herd Law issues.
· The impacts on cash flow and profitability
GST and Land Tax: Issues for Property Lawyers · Is the problem cash flow or profitability?
All property transactions will have land tax implications and often there · Cash flow tips and techniques
will be GST issues associated with the disposal and acquisition of land. · Identifying waste that impacts profitability
Clients often place trust in their property lawyers to ensure these tax
· The profit formula and achieving the right result
risks are properly identified and managed.
Presented by Robert Pitt, Associate, Mazars
· GST risk: What it is and how it could impact every transaction a lawyer
is asked to document
· Taxable, input taxed and GST-free supplies and how to ensure clauses
are drafted in an appropriate manner
· Drafting land tax clauses for leases and sale contracts to protect client
interests
Really enjoyable and engaging.
Presented by Lyndon Garbutt, Principal, West Garbutt; Leading Tax Lawyer, Good high-level summary of
Doyle’s Guide 2019
complex topics presented in
Practice & Procedure in the Land Court: Tools to Navigate a an interesting and informative
Specialist Court
· Overview of the Land Court to ensure effective litigation, with a focus manner.
on Practice Direction 3 of 2019
· Overview of the legislation by which rights in land are acquired and
compensation paid Very informative and direct;
· Significant Land Court decisions impacting property lawyers.
Presented by Katherine Buckley and Holly Stephanos, Barristers, Byth
interesting, topical and relevant.
Chambers; Recommended Planning & Environment Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide
2019
7 ATTEND THE FULL DAY AND EARN
4 CPD units in Legal Knowledge 1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills13TH
ANNUAL
10 POINTS IN ONE DAY
THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2020 $960
7.30AM TO 6.30PM 203Q03
With 10 timely topics in a myriad of areas of law, attend the full day and complete your CPD for the year in one go or just register for the
sessions that interest you.
Practice Management & Business Skills
SESSION 1: FAMILY LAW AND ESTATES ROUNDUP Work Smarter, Not Harder in Your Practice
7.30AM - 10.30AM 203Q03A $490 · Month end reality check: the key financial and operational KPIs
· What areas of practice generate the best return?
Chair: Karen Gaston, Partner, Head of Private Clients, Thynne + · Positive communication and employee engagement
Macartney; Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Leading Estates · Client satisfaction and effective web site marketing
Litigation Lawyer and Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession · Critical technology and skills to improve efficiency and productivity
Planning Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019 Presented by Graeme McFadyen, Principal, Misso Legal Consulting
Wills and Estates: Year in Review
SESSION 3: PROPERTY, COMMERCIAL AND EMPLOYMENT
Join us for a very special session as Katrina reviews key developments
LAW UPDATES
and significant cases in succession law from the last 12 months and
shares knowledge that will set you up for the year ahead. 2.15PM - 6.30PM 203Q03C $490
Presented by Katrina Kluss, Barrister, More Chambers, Hemmant’s List;
Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019 Chair: Mark Healy, Barrister, Inns of Court; Recommended
Employment & WHS Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Developments in Family Law
· Round up of significant case law in property and parenting matters Property Law Developments: Covenants, Contracts and More
· Summary of the facts and key points to take away from each case · When misleading conduct is not enough: QM Properties Pty Ltd v
· Practical discussion useful to family law practice Belscorp Pty Ltd [2019]
Presented by Ann-Maree McDiarmid, Barrister, Win Paten Chambers; · Restrictive covenants in the era of solar panels: Bettson Properties Pty
Recommended Family Law and Parenting & Children’s Matters Junior Counsel, Ltd & Anor v Tyler [2019]
Doyle’s Guide 2019 · Drawing the line between contractual and fiduciary relations: Eaton v
Rare Nominees Pty Ltd [2019]
Financial Agreements under the Family Law Act 1975 and their Impact Presented by Michael Amerena, Barrister, Inns of Court
on Estate Planning
Explore the family courts recent approach to financial agreements, in Treasure Hunt: Following and Tracing Property
particular post Thorne v Kennedy, and their potential impact on estate · What is following and tracing property?
planning, inheritances and family provision claims. · How do you trace property?
Presented by Phillip Sorensen, Barrister, Fifteen Inns of Court; Accredited
· Recent examples of tracing succeeding and failing
Specialist in Family Law
· Possible developments
Presented by Gavin Handran, Barrister, North Quarter Lane Chambers;
SESSION 2: CPD MANDATORY CORE AREAS FOR ALL Preeminent Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel and Leading Commercial
LAWYERS Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
10.45AM - 1.45PM 203Q03B $490 Contract Law Recent Case Update
Review some of the significant cases in contract law in the last 12
Chair: Gavin Handran, Barrister, North Quarter Lane Chambers; months.
Preeminent Insolvency & Restructuring Junior Counsel and Leading Presented by Robert Quirk, Barrister, Bay Street Chambers and Higgins
Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Chambers
Guide 2019
Lessons from Employment Law: To Litigate or not to Litigate?
Professional Skills
· Balancing risk with remedy for the bullied or mistreated client
Drafting Affidavits: Practical Workshop with Case Examples
· Assessing the claim: Is it actionable? Is there independent evidence?
· UCPR and Practice Direction requirements
Will witnesses be cooperative? Should an informal approach be
· Significant considerations when exhibiting evidence adopted?
· Affidavits on originating applications where there are no pleadings · Assessing the client: Their mental health, options for re-employment
· Drafting affidavits for applicants and for respondents, with examples and resources
Presented by Angela Rae, Barrister, Burnett Lane Chambers and Hemmant’s
· Assessing the choices: Via a court? A Commission? What are the
List; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019 financial costs?
Practical Legal Ethics
· Assessing the combatant: Are they amenable to a negotiated
Legal Ethics and Lessons from the Latest Cases of Misconduct settlement?
Presented by Susan Moriarty, Principal, Susan Moriarty & Associates;
· Recent case examples
Recommended Employment Lawyer (Employee & Union Representation), Doyle’s
· The main and emerging areas of risk for practitioners
Guide 2019
· Penalties which can be imposed
· What to do and what not to do if you are faced with an ethical issue
Presented by Genevieve Dee, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
10 ATTEND THE FULL DAY AND EARN
7 CPD units in Legal Knowledge 1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
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07LITIGATION ISSUES FOR ALL ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS MAKING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE
THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2020 $490 THURSDAY, 5 MARCH 2020 $490
9.00AM TO 1.15PM 203Q04 2.00PM TO 5.15PM 203Q05
As a government lawyer you may not litigate all day but that Your administrative decisions and actions are routinely subjected
doesn’t mean you aren’t dealing with matters in dispute, appeals to scrutiny and challenge. Understand the complexities and
of decisions or being required to prepare public sector witnesses. processes behind duties, delegated powers and decision making
So what exactly do government lawyers need to be aware of by spending a morning with our experienced panel of barristers.
should the need arise? The ethical parameters of the Model Make sure your actions and decision making are correct.
Government litigant; preparing public sector witnesses and
government privilege and immunities obligations. Hear from an Chair: Felicity Nagorcka, Assistant Chief Counsel, Constitutional and
outstanding panel of speakers on the absolute red flags if you get Advocacy Branch, Crown Law
caught up in litigation. Professional Skills
Crafting a Statement of Reasons for a Decision
Chair: Aaron Guilfoyle, Work Health and Safety Prosecutor, · Legal requirements
Queensland Government · Practical considerations
· Traps to avoid
Practical Legal Ethics
Presented by Nitra Kidson, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
The Model of a Modern Government Litigant
· Expectations following the Banking Royal Commission Merits Review
· What justifies a requirement for government to litigate differently? · Merits review: ’a fresh set of eyes’
· What does being a modern model litigant require? · Alternative dispute resolution in merits review: ‘avoiding those eyes
· Why does it matter and what can go wrong? needing to see it’
Presented by Matt Black, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers · Evidence in merits review: ‘having those eyes see it your way’
Presented by Kate Slack, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
Practical Legal Ethics
Bound by Ethics: The Model Litigant as Prosecutor Application of the Human Rights Reforms in Decision Making
· What it means to be fearless but fair; questions raised in a high profile · Applying the intention of these reforms in decision making and policy
case · Complaint handling obligations of public entities
· Ethics of presenting the case · How the Commission will deal with complaints
· The prosecutor’s role in sentencing Presented by Neroli Holmes, Deputy Commissioner, Queensland Human
· Prosecutors as Ministers of Justice? Rights Commission
Presented by Alan MacSporran QC, Chairperson, Crime and Corruption
Commission The Obligation of Procedural Fairness During Multistage Decision
Making Processes
Professional Skills
Preparing Public Sector Witnesses Required to Give Evidence: · The variable content of the obligation of procedural fairness
Guidance and Advice · Procedural fairness during investigations
Guide to best practices for preparing a public sector witness to give · Exercising powers of suspension
evidence before: · Update on recent case law
· A court Presented by Ben Cramer, Assistant Crown Solicitor, Administrative Law,
· A Royal Commission Crown Law
· The Ombudsman or other integrity body
· Parliament
Presented by Patrina Clohessy, Deputy Crown Solicitor and Chief Counsel
and Amanda Meisenhelter, Assistant Crown Solicitor, Crown Law Queensland
Professional Skills
Understanding and Working with Privileges Applying to Government
· Issues with legal professional privilege for government
· Public interest immunity
Presented by Ian Bloemendal, Partner, Clayton Utz
Practice Management & Business Skills
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· Working with external legal providers to manage expenditure and
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· Evaluating performance
· Costs recovery in civil litigation
Presented by Moira Tucker, Director, Advice & Litigation, In-house Legal, DNRME
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1.5 CPD units in Professional SkillsCPD MANDATORY CORE
AREAS FOR ALL LAWYERS
CONTACT LAW MASTERCLASS ON 10 MARCH
TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2020 $490 TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2020 $490
9.00AM TO 1.15PM 203Q06 2.00PM TO 5.15PM 203Q07
With contracts lying at the very heart of both the commercial and Wary of traps when dealing with clients with protected attributes?
legal spheres, it’s critical that you hone your knowledge, skills and Are you fully across the issue of workplace harassment and
strategies in this area. There’s no better way to perfect your abilities discrimination training? Do you know how to draft contracts
when working with contracts than to attend this practical masterclass. effectively so that all matters of termination are covered? Don’t
Featuring a renowned specialist in the field, Jeffrey Goldberger will let these challenges side-track your career path. Master the skills
walk you through precisely what you need to know to elevate your needed to quickly and effectively deal with each of these issues all
practice. From taking a deep dive into the hottest issues and cases while gaining your CPD core units for the year.
impacting contract law to working through real world examples to
Chair: Tim Mathews QC, Inns of Court
providing you with precedents, examples, case law and analysis, you’ll
walk away with insights and tools to implement in your practice. Professional Skills
Termination of Contracts: Proper Drafting Skills
Session 1: Contract Law in the Cases: The Year in Review · Overview on the most common methods of termination
Consider key recent cases and issues in contract law that practitioners · Proper drafting of termination for convenience clauses, tips and traps:
should have on their radar. including the effects of the Unfair Contract Terms legislation
· The principles of contract interpretation in Australian Law · Concepts regarding termination for a major breach and repudiation
· Statutory unconscionable conduct in commercial transactions · Proper drafting of termination notices
· Forms of authority and the principles of agency · Strategic considerations regarding the termination of contracts,
· Loss of opportunity damages in contract and tort recovery of damages and protecting your client’s position
Presented by Alexander Tuhtan, Special Counsel, CDI Lawyers
Session 2: Indemnities: Legal Principles and Drafting Issues
Take a deep dive into indemnities, the related legal principles, and Practice Management & Business Skills
important drafting considerations to keep in mind. Workplace Harassment Training
· Understanding your obligations
Session 3: The Implication and Incorporation of Contractual Terms · What is unlawful discrimination?
Round out the program with an insightful look at the key principles and · What is harassment?
the latest case law in this important area of contracts. · Managing stress claims in the workplace
· Strategies for managing claims
Presented by Jeffrey Goldberger, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright
Presented by Jennifer Veiga, Special Counsel, MinterEllison
Jeffrey Goldberger is contract law specialist with over 25 years’ experience in the Practical Legal Ethics
Australian legal sector who is a recognised authority on Australian contract law. Don’t Fall Foul of Folau
In 2012 Jeffrey served on the then Federal Attorney General’s Expert Panel on the · Ethical considerations when dealing with clients and employees with
effectiveness of Australian contract law. Jeffrey formerly lectured in contract law, protected attributes
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RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL LEASING REVIEW
TUESDAY, 10 MARCH 2020 $870
9.00AM TO 5.15PM 203Q08
The legal issues impacting the leasing sector are ever present and you must keep up with the latest developments and strategies to succeed.
Learn what you need to know about the latest cases and market trends, key disclosure issues, risks arising from forfeitures and options, and
how to navigate lease breaches and termination.
SESSION 1: LEASING UPDATES & PRACTICAL STRATEGIES SESSION 2: BREACHES, FORFEITURE AND TERMINATION
OF LEASES
9.00AM TO 1.15PM 203Q08A $490 2.00PM TO 5.15PM 203Q08B $490
Chair: John Lowes, Special Counsel, Shand Taylor Lawyers; Accredited Chair: John Nicolas, Partner, Gadens
Specialist in Property Law
Relief Against Forfeiture & Options to Renew: Practical Tips and Case
Assignments, Subleases, Redevelopment and Tenant Downsizing Update
· Redeveloping retail and commercial premises · Proper exercise of an option, relief against failure, breaches
- Understanding and planning for the risks · Practical tips: advising your client when there has been a failure to
- Relocating existing tenants exercise an option
· Tenant downsizing · Obtaining relief against forfeiture of a lease: advice to tenants and
- Opportunities and challenges for tenants and landlords landlords
· Assignments and subleases · Case law update
- Precise language to include in leases Presented by Susan McNeil, Barrister, Alfred Lutwyche Chambers
- How to manage these situations when they arise
- Resolving disputes Variation, Surrender and Termination of Leases
Presented by Cameron Graham, Partner, Thynne + Macartney; Recommended · Variation
Property & Real Estate and Leasing Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019 - When does variation to a lease constitute a surrender and re-grant
of the lease?
Disclosure: The Retail Leases Act, What’s Required, and - What are the potential implications of agreeing to variations of
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· When does the Retail Leases Act apply? - How have recent cases affected the law in this area
· Disclosure under the Retail Leases Act: What is required and what are · Surrender
the consequences of non-disclosure or inadequate disclosure? - The importance of not overlooking surrender provisions when
· Drafting, documentation and best practices negotiating and drafting leases
Presented by Heath Gleig-Scott, Partner, Mills Oakley - When surrender occurs: upon vacation of the space or the
satisfaction of specified conditions
Commercial and Retail Leasing Update - The practical and legal effect of a failure to surrender in accordance
· Agreements for Lease with lease requirements
· Service stations and retail leasing · Termination
· Contamination issues - Improvements that must be removed upon expiration of the lease of
· Retail leasing: Major tenant waivers earlier termination
· Holding over · Potential damages in connection with termination and a failure to
· Recent cases update vacate
Presented by Nicola Young Berryman, Senior Associate, Carter Newell Presented by Charles Wilson, Barrister, Inns of Court
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Strategies to Avoid or Resolve Breaches of Lease
Practice Management & Business Skills
· General strategies for avoiding and managing defaults
Retail and Commercial Leasing Market Snapshot · Warning signs and important principles
· Insights into current market conditions for Brisbane office, commercial · Non-payment of rent
and retail spaces · Lease termination and calling on bank guarantees
· The latest economic indicators and trends in rent · The tenant and landlord perspectives: common issues that arise
· Supply and vacancy data · Dispute resolution: practical guidance
· Analysis of the current market, possible trends to come, and the Presented by John Davies, Barrister, Deane Chambers
potential impact on the retail and commercial leasing space
Presented by Peter Dodd, Qld Head of Office Leasing, Cushman & Wakefield
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Practical Legal Ethics 1.00PM - 2.00PM WEB202N01A $155
Subpoenas, Discovery and Privilege in IP Disputes
· Meaning and scope of possession, custody and control Practical Legal Ethics
· Test relating to privilege and waiver of privilege Privilege: A Fresh Approach
· Ramifications of not complying with discovery orders and subpoenas Legal professional privilege is one of the most important issues facing
Presented by Gabriella Rubagotti, Barrister; Recommended Intellectual
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· Solving problems in portfolio management · How you can lose privilege in a document inadvertently
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· Key themes and top tips from years of experience Presented by Nicole Armstrong Lourenco, Managing Director, Family
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ANNUAL
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2020 $870
9.00AM TO 5.15PM 203Q09
Sweeping in scope & formidable in depth, this conference will equip you with the insights you’ll be expected to have as your organisation’s
legal counsel. Catch up on game-changing workplace law changes, receive regulatory updates you cannot ignore and gain crucial commercial
and governance tactics that will prove vital to your practice, all while gaining your core CPD area points.
SESSION 1: THE KEY LEGAL ISSUES FOR IN-HOUSE SESSION 2: CPD MANDATORY CORE AREAS FOR IN-
COUNSEL IN 2020 HOUSE COUNSEL
9.00AM - 1.15PM 203Q09A $490 2.00PM - 5.15PM 203Q09B $490
Chair: Mark Anning, General Counsel and Company Secretary, Tritium Chair: Kirsten Kiel-Chisholm, General Counsel and Company Secretary,
Translational Research Institute
The Rise in Penalties in Regulatory Proceedings: Lessons for
In-House Counsel Practice Management & Business Skills
· The rise in penalties as a tool for deterrence by regulators Preventing & Repairing Damage to Your Organisation’s Brand or
· The new maximum penalty regime for ASIC and ACCC Reputation
· Navigating AFCA (previously FOSS) complaints · Managing your organisation’s reputational risk
· Dealing with greater litigation, prosecution and corporate scrutiny · Effective strategies for corporate crisis prevention and planning
- Increased enforcement efforts & litigation by ASIC & other regulators · The role of the general counsel
- How to effectively deal with regulators · What to do when things go wrong
Presented by Anthea Faherty, Special Counsel, McInnes Wilson Lawyers · Communicating and managing your staff’s obligations, even out of
hours
Competition and Consumer Law Update · Tips for preventing or repairing damage to your organisation’s
· The ACCC’s Final Report from its Digital Platforms Inquiry: significant reputation online
implications across competition, consumer protection, copyright and · Defamation risks and defences
privacy issues · How to respond if threatened with legal action
· ACCC’s immunity policy Presented by Trent Taylor, Partner and Blair Beven, Partner, Holding Redlich
· New cartel and misuse of market power cases
· Anticompetitive behaviour Professional Skills
· Consumer law: big fines in telco area; unfair contracts Effective Communications with the Board
· Additional significant cases, developments and trends in the area · Strategies for effective communication with the Board
Presented by Shireen Long, Barrister, McPherson Chambers · How can you actually influence and build trust with the Board?
· Tips for preparing memorandums of advice
Employment Law Update · Simplifying complex issues into clear, concise advice
· Significant cases, trends and legislative amendments · How to communicate information that the Board will disagree with or
· Modelez and the definition of a work day simply does not want to hear
· Procedural fairness and natural justice: a useful tool as well as an · The elephant in the room: what to do if you don’t have faith in your
employer obligation in all employment issues Board to take the correct course of action in a given situation
· Workplace investigations: when, who and how · Asserting your advice and recommendations in a persuasive manner
· Conflict coaching and early interventions Presented by Daniel Gosewisch, General Counsel, Minor DKL Food Group
Presented by Amanda Harvey, Director Principal, Thrive Workplace Consulting
& Legal / Weir Consulting (National) Practical Legal Ethics
Legal Professional Privilege: Challenges and Strategies for In-House
Strengthening Your Organisation’s Legal Compliance Regime Counsel
· Identifying potential compliance risks · Legal professional privilege: key principles
· Role of the in-house lawyer · When are communications with in-house lawyers privileged?
· Keeping abreast of the law and communicating changes · What qualifications do in-house lawyers require?
· Addressing possible pitfalls in compliance · Challenges caused by close relationships and blurred lines between
· Tailoring compliance training for your organisation legal, executive and management teams
Presented by Rebecca Hoare, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright · Strategies for in-house counsel to maintain privilege
Presented by Katrina Alidenes, Special Counsel, MinterEllison; Best Lawyers
Mental Health in the Workplace: Considerations for In-House Counsel
2019, Competition Law
· Mental health risk management in the workplace in response to
predicted new regulations
· Navigating the intersection of mental health and employment law
- Health & safety obligations, performance management and
managing employees with mental health issues
· Additional significant cases, developments and trends in the area This has been the best and
Presented by Belinda Winter, Partner, Cooper Grace Ward; qualified Mental most relevant CPD seminar
Health First Aid Instructor; committee member, QLD Law Society Wellness
Committee; Best Lawyers 2020, Labour and Employment Law and Occupational I have ever watched.
Health & Safety Law
7 ATTEND THE FULL DAY AND EARN
4 CPD units in Legal Knowledge 1 CPD unit in Practical Legal Ethics
1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills10TH
ANNUAL
FAMILY LAW CONFERENCE: SETTLING THE ASSET POOL
WEDNESDAY, 11 MARCH 2020 $870
9.00AM TO 5.15PM 203Q10
Financial and property settlements can be anything but straightforward. Many involve the dividing up of complicated business, corporate
and trust structures in addition to interdisciplinary crossover with issues such as Division 7A and other tax concerns. This important and
comprehensive conference gives you a practical and informative view of these issues, empowering you with the correct information to give the
very best advice to your clients and at the same time allows you to gain your CPD mandatory core area units.
SESSION 1: TAX, SMSFS AND TREATMENT OF PROPERTY SESSION 2: CPD MANDATORY CORE AREAS FOR FAMILY
IN SETTLEMENTS LAWYERS
9.00AM - 1.15PM 203Q10A $490 2.00PM - 5.15PM 203Q10B $490
Chair: Pippa Colman, Director, Pippa Colman & Associates; Accredited Chair: Fiona Caulley, Partner, Phillips Family Law; Accredited Specialist
Specialist in Family Law in Family Law; Leading, Family & Divorce Lawyer and Recommended
Family Lawyer (High Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide
How to Avoid Tax Consequences in Splitting the Assets of the Family
2019; Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide
Trust, Business and Company
2018
· 3rd party loans and the ability of the Family Court to make orders to
transfer tax debt (or other debts): Commissioner of Taxation v Tomaras Professional Skills
[2018] HCA 62 Evidence: Discovery and Admissibility vs Reliability
· Div 7A impacts of financial settlements · The obligation of disclosure
· Tax consequences where the assets are owned by an entity, including · Implications for your client of a failure to provide disclosure
the operation of Division 7A to private companies · A practitioner’s obligations when a client gives you documents/
· CGT and Stamp Duty exemptions and transferring assets between information
spouses · How to deal with another party failing to provide disclosure
· Small business restructuring: alternatives to family law rollover · Alternative methods for obtaining disclosure and gathering evidence
· Planning opportunities and traps to avoid · Admissibility vs reliability of evidence
Presented by Damian O’Connor, Managing Principal, Tax + Law Presented by Amity Anderson, Legal Partner, Best Wilson Buckley Family Law;
Accredited Specialist in Family Law; Family Law Rising Star, Doyle’s Guide 2018
SMSFs: Issues to Consider Pre-Relationship, at Separation and on and Rebecca Horsley, Barrister, Inns of Court; Leading Family Law and Parenting
Property Settlement on Divorce & Children’s Matters Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
· Issues to consider pre-relationship
- Superannuation is property of a marriage or de facto relationship Practice Management & Business Skills
under Part IIIVB of the Family Law Act 1975 Costs in the Family Court of Australia
- Financial agreements pre-relationship (pre-nup) · Full Court decision of Sfakianakis and impact to costs in family law
- Practical tips proceedings
· Issues to consider immediately on separation · The importance of costs agreements and disclosures
- Liability as trustee · Exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in relation to assessment of
- Binding death benefit nominations all solicitor and client costs
· Issues to consider in property settlement and divorce · Effectively dealing with solicitor and client costs issues
Presented by Peter Bobbin, Principal, Argyle Lawyers · Claiming party and party costs
Presented by Kay Feeney, Principal, Feeney Family Law; Accredited Specialist
Inheritances and Property Settlements: Legacies of Cases Past in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer, Parenting & Children’s
· Inheritances received during a relationship and post-separation Matters Lawyer and Family Law Mediator, Doyle’s Guide 2019
· Relevance of prospective inheritances and
Practical Legal Ethics
· Indirect and direct contributions to the other party’s inheritance
Your Ethical Responsibility and Legal Obligations When a Client
Presented by Alison Ross, Partner, HopgoodGanim Lawyers; Accredited
Delivers Suspicious Documents
Specialist in Family Law; Recommended Family & Divorce Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide
2019; Leading Family Lawyer (High Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s · Documents obtained ‘innocently’ by your client from the family home,
Guide 2018 including:
- Privileged documents
When Worlds Collide: Bankruptcy Impact on Family Court - Documents to which the other spouse has an obligation to disclose
Proceedings Under s60 Bankruptcy Act - Documents obtained from the other spouse’s inbox and mobile
Analyse case law applying a stay on family law proceedings under s60 phone
Bankruptcy Act where a party applying for family law orders is made Presented by Freda Wigan, Partner, HopgoodGanim Lawyers; Accredited
bankrupt while those proceedings are on foot. Learn precisely how to Specialist in Family Law; Leading Family & Divorce Lawyer and Family Lawyer
deal with these important situations when they arise. (High Value & Complex Property Matters), Doyle’s Guide 2019
Presented by Greg Shoebridge, Barrister, 19 Inns Chambers; Leading Family
Law Junior Counsel and Leading Parenting & Children’s Matters Barrister, Doyle’s
Guide 2019
Remarkable Creatures: Significant Decisions, Trends and Legislative
Amendments Relevant to and from the Family and Federal Circuit Courts
Presented by Kathryn McMillan QC, Quay 11 Chambers and Kate Buckley,
Barrister, Byth Chambers
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1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
1313TH
ANNUAL
WILLS AND ESTATES SYMPOSIUM
THURSDAY, 12 MARCH 2020 $870
9.00AM TO 5.15PM 203Q11
Catch up on recent developments and key issues for wills and estates lawyers from the last 12 months. Address significant cases in succession
law, informal wills difficulties, taxation quagmires, the new guardianship & administration laws, capacity issues, affidavits and so much more!
SESSION 1: SUCCESSION LAW HOT SPOTS SESSION 2: CPD MANDATORY CORE AREAS FOR WILLS
AND ESTATES LAWYERS
9.00AM - 1.15PM 203Q11A $490 2.00PM - 5.15PM 203Q11B $490
Chair: David W Marks QC, Hemmant’s List; Preeminent Tax Senior Chair: Darlene Skennar QC, Chancery Barristers; Leading Wills &
Counsel and Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Senior Counsel, Estates Litigation Senior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Doyle’s Guide 2019
Practice Management & Business Skills
Recent Cases in Succession Law Managing a Wills and Estates Practice in a Competitive Market
Review significant cases in succession law from the last 12 months. · Standing out in a competitive legal market
Presented by Katrina Kluss, Barrister, More Chambers, Hemmant’s List; · Costs in wills and estates and your practice
Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019 · Managing workload and cash flow management
· Applications of technology
Informal Will Applications · Dealing with clients in distress
· Establishing the testator’s intention Presented by Carla Parsons, Director, Parsons Law; Accredited Specialist in
· Evidence of testamentary capacity Succession Law; Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer and
· Preparing the application and supporting affidavits Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
· Recent case law
Professional Skills
Presented by Richard Williams, Barrister, Brisbane Chambers; Leading Wills &
Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019 How to Efficiently Prepare Affidavits in Family Provision Proceedings:
Lessons from Baker v Baker [2019]
Taxation of Deceased Estates · The operation of r. 430 of the UCPR and the impermissible use of
· Income tax issues in deceased estates hearsay evidence in proceedings where final relief is sought
· Present entitlement of beneficiaries · Compliance with para [11] of Practice Direction 8
· Capital gains tax issues in deceased estates · Compliance with r. 435 (12) of the UCPR
· Application of main residence exemption · How noncompliance with r. 430 of the UCPR, para [11] of PD 8 and r.
· Gifts to charities and non-resident beneficiaries 435 (12) of the UCPR may impact on recovery of costs
· Liability of executors, particularly in light of ATO PCG 2018/4 Presented by Llewellyn Judd, Barrister, Cedric Hampson Chambers, Inns of
Presented by Angela Cornford-Scott, Director, Cornford-Scott Lawyers;
Court
Accredited Specialist in Succession Law; Preeminent Wills & Estates Litigation
Practical Legal Ethics
Lawyer and Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Managing Professional Duties and Risks, When a Client’s Capacity is
in Doubt
The Impact of the New Guardianship & Administration Laws on Your
Practice Capacity is a question of fact, decided by a judge not a doctor or lawyer
· The how and why of the new reforms · Documenting your observations and making your own investigations
· The most significant changes for wills & estate practitioners · The ‘Golden Rule’ of getting a medical opinion in modern practice
· Changes to the ademption rules and the impact on applications for · What assessment to ask for and whom to ask
compensation under the Powers of Attorney Act & Guardianship & · Limits of screening tests like MMSE and MOCA
Administration Act · Fluctuating capacity and lucid intervals
· What the changes mean for drafting Enduring Powers of Attorney, · Conflicting opinions of doctors and lawyers
Wills and Advance Health Directives Presented by Dr Dan Morgan, Barrister, Chancery Barristers and Mediators;
· How the laws will affect clients, QCAT, the Public Trustee and others Leading Wills & Estates Litigation Junior Counsel, Doyle’s Guide 2019 and Sarah
Doblo, Senior Associate, McCullough Robertson; Recommended Wills & Estates
Presented by Margaret Arthur, Partner, CRH Law; Accredited Specialist in
Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s Guide 2019
Succession Law; Recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning Lawyer,
Doyle’s Guide 2019; Recommended Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer, Doyle’s
Guide 2018
Financial Agreements Under the Family Law Act 1975 and their
Impact on Estate Planning
This session will explore the family courts recent approach to financial
agreements, in particular post the High Court decision in Thorne v
ACCREDITED
Kennedy and their potential impact on estate planning, including SPECIALISTS
inheritances and family provision claims.
Presented by Phillip Sorensen, Barrister, Fifteen Inns of Court; Accredited
Are required to complete
Specialist in Family Law 15 units of CPD each year
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