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Margaret River
Boojarah
Conference
3-5 SEPTEMBER
CAVES HOUSE HOTEL
YALLINGUP
This Conference is
made possible thanks
to our sponsors:
Welcome to The Piddington Society's Margaret River
(Boojarah) Conference!
After successes the past few years, we knew we had to come back for 2021.
Coming to the South West is always invigorating for me. Holding this Conference
at this time of year will hopefully energise you for the rest of the year.
I've designed this Conference to be practical and relevant for current
practitioners, whether you are based in Perth or the South West.
I am thankful that the speakers are giving up their time to join us and share their
knowledge and insight across the weekend.
I also thank our sponsors for this conference, File Pro and Law in Order, along
with Pitcher Partners and Shadforth Financial Group who provide year-long
support to The Piddington Society.
It is great to pair the CPD offering with collegiality at one of Australia's best
wineries - thanks to Cullen Wines for being our wonderful hosts at the fabulous
long lunch that has become the highlight of our conference every year! Our hosts
go out of their way to help us have a good time.
As with all Piddington events, funds from this Conference will be directed to our
access to justice projects. Our current justice projects are Piddington PLT a
practical legal training course which pairs new law graduates with community
legal centres (CLCs), the Piddington Justice Fund for CLCs, to cover costs that
they otherwise cannot meet, and Kaartdijin, our First Nations Legal Education
Fund.
I will share details about other Piddington Justice Projects with you at the
Conference.
I look forward to a stimulating and social weekend with you,
Catriona Macleod
Committee member, The Piddington Society
Director, Cullen Macleod Lawyers
The Piddington Society pays respects to the traditional owners of
the lands on which we are meeting, the Wadandi Noongar people,
and their elders, past, present and emerging.
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Program
Friday
3 September
7:00pm Welcome dinner
Caves House Restaurant
Saturday
4 September
9.00am Welcome
Meet and enjoy a coffee with colleagues
Session 1 CA2 - 0.5 points; CA3 - 0.5 points
9.15am Richard Beasley SC
A discussion with Richard Beasley SC
Session 2 CA1 - 0.5 points; CA2 - 0.5 points; CA4 - 0.5 points
10.15am The Hon Lindy Jenkins
Wearing your heart on your robe; Can it be done?
11.15am The Hon John Chaney SC and Heidi Gan
Pathways and pitstops - You can go your own way
Session 3 CA1 - 0.5 points; CA2 - 0.5 points
11.45am Their Hons Judges Mara Barone SC and Charlotte Wallace
What civil and criminal lawyers can learn from each other
Long table lunch at Cullen Wines led by
Chief Winemaker Vanya Cullen
Transport provided to and from Cullen Wines
Please join us for a casual dinner on
Saturday night at the Caves House Bar
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Program
Sunday
5 September
Session 4 CA2 - 0.5 points
9.30am Magistrate Belinda Coleman
I thought I'd seen it all: Reflections of a regional magistrate
Session 5 CA4 - 1.5 points
10.00am Natalie Kam
A Family Affair: Third parties and multi-jurisdictional issues in
the Family Court
10.45am Michael Lundberg
Practical aspects of fraud claims in civil litigation
Session 6 CA3 - 1 point
11.30am Nicholas van Hattem with Heidi Gan and Natalie Kam
Ensconced! An interactive ethics workshop
End of Conference
CPD allocation
CA 1 - Practice Management - 1 point
CA 2 - Professional Skills - 2 points
CA 3 - Ethics and Professional responsibility - 1.5 points
CA 4 - Substantive Law - 2 points
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Speakers
Her Honour Judge Mara Barone SC was appointed to the District Court of Western Australia in 2020.
Judge Barone was appointed Senior Counsel in 2018 and was a criminal lawyer for almost 20 years prior
to her appointment. She represented clients in all WA courts and had particular expertise in Dangerous
Sex Offender matters in the Supreme Court. She completed her Master of Laws on sex crime legislation.
Before joining the Bar in 2018, her Honour worked with Legal Aid and the Aboriginal Legal Service before
establishing her own legal practice. She was a member of the Liquor Commission of WA from 2016-20
and was a co-founder of the Women in Crime Business Group
Her Honour Judge Charlotte Wallace was appointed to the District Court of Western Australia in 2019.
Upon her appointment to the Court, her Honour was a Senior Member of the State Administrative
Tribunal, and headed the Human Rights and Building Disputes jurisdictions as well as working on
commercial and vocational matters.
Judge Wallace graduated with honours in both Psychology and Law and holds a Master of Laws in
Intellectual Property. Her Honour began her career in Sydney and practised there for eight years, working
at Allens and Freehills in commercial litigation. She then joined the Perth office of Freehills where she
remained until her appointment as a full-time Member of SAT in 2011. She established the SAT's
inaugural Pro Bono Scheme and was the Scheme Coordinator.
Magistrate Belinda Coleman was appointed to the Magistrates Court of Western Australia in
November 2017.
Magistrate Coleman completed her Bachelor of Laws with Honours at La Trobe University in Victoria in
2005, while working full time as a police prosecutor. In 2006, Ms Coleman completed her articles of
clerkship at Freehills in Melbourne and Perth. She was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of
the Supreme Court of WA in 2007.
Upon her appointment as a Magistrate, her Honour was a State Prosecutor at the Office of the Director of
Public Prosecutions for Western Australia, a position which she has held since 2010. As both a police and
state prosecutor, Magistrate Coleman prosecuted in well over 150 trials.
In 2006 she was awarded the Victorian Police Service Medal for 10 years of diligent and ethical service.
The Hon John Chaney SC is a former judge of the Western Australian Supreme and District courts, and
a former President of the State Administrative Tribunal.
Mr Chaney was admitted to practice in 1976. He became a partner of a major Perth commercial law firm
in 1980 and served a term as managing partner. Mr Chaney practised as a barrister at Francis Burt
Chambers between 1994 and April 2004. In that time he advised and appeared in a wide range of
commercial and civil matters. His appointment as a deputy chair of the former Town Planning Appeal
Tribunal reflected his particular interest in planning law and compensation cases.
In 2004, Mr Chaney was appointed a judge of the District Court of Western Australia. On the formation of
the State Administrative Tribunal in 2005 he became an inaugural Deputy President. In 2009 Mr Chaney
was appointed to the Supreme Court and held the office of President of SAT for 5 years before serving in
the General Division of the Supreme Court until his retirement from the bench in June 2018.
Upon his retirement, Mr Chaney began practising solely as a mediator and arbitrator. He is Chair of The
Piddington Society.
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The Hon Lindy Jenkins was a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 2004 until
February 2020. From 2001 she was a judge of the District Court of WA. Upon her judicial retirement she
was the longest serving judge in WA.
After working in New South Wales and the Northern Territory, Ms Jenkins relocated to WA in 1989 to work
with the Crown Solicitor's Office. She held various legal positions including Deputy Crown Counsel. During
that time, she appeared in all courts in WA, as well as the Federal and High Courts, and advised
government departments.
Of particular note was her role in instructing on WA's Sentencing Act 1995 and her membership of the
Model Criminal Code Committee, which prepared the basis for the Commonwealth Criminal Code.
Ms Jenkins is now the Chair of the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia.
Richard Beasley SC joined the New South Wales Bar in 1997, and was appointed silk in 2011.
He has conducted cases and advised on matters involving major administrative law, planning and
environmental issues and land acquisition matters. He has also appeared in a wide range of commercial,
contract and valuation matters.
From April to August 2020, Richard was Senior Counsel Assisting the Special Commission of Inquiry into
the Ruby Princess. From January 2018 to February 2019, Richard was Senior Counsel Assisting the Murray
Darling Basin Royal Commission.
From July 2020 to February 2021, Richard acted as Senior Counsel Assisting The Independent Planning
Commission on The Santos Narrabri Gas Project, The Dendrobium Mine Extension Project and The
Maxwell Underground Project. In June 2018 he was appointed by the NSW Minister for Local
Government as Commissioner to the Blue Mountains Public Inquiry. In 2016 he was Commissioner for
the Auburn City Council Public Inquiry.
Outside of the law, Richard is the author of five novels and one work of non-fiction: Hell Has Harbour
Views (2001, Pan Macmillan). Hell was adapted as a telemovie on ABC TV in 2005. Hell was followed by
The Ambulance Chaser (2004, Pan Macmillan); Me and Rory Macbeath (2013, Hachette); Cyanide Games
(2016, Simon & Schuster and Audible), The Burden of Lies (2017, Simon & Schuster and Audible) and in
February 2021 Allen and Unwin published Dead in the Water which explores environmental activism, the
law and the Murray-Darling Royal Commission.
Heidi Gan is an Associate in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice of Clifford Chance. She has
experience in high profile commercial litigation and complex regulatory investigations. Her experience
includes advising listed and private companies, and individuals on a broad range of areas including
contractual claims, Corporations Act matters, corporate disputes, investigations, class actions, and
directors’ and officers’ liability.
Heidi is also a committee member of the Law Society of Western Australia’s Young Lawyers Committee,
and a tribunal panel member of Football West.
Heidi was named the 2020 Women Lawyers of Western Australia Junior Lawyer of the Year, 2020 Law
Society of Western Australia Lawyer of the Year (Speakers
Michael Lundberg is a partner in the Perth office of Jones Day. He has worked as a commercial litigator
since 1994, and has acted for clients in a broad range of sectors, and appeared as counsel before many
courts, arbitral bodies and tribunals over the years. He has acted for and advised clients in contractual
disputes in the energy and resources sector, joint venture disputes, changes of control and pre-emptive
rights disputes, mining royalty claims, claims in the building and construction sector, director and
shareholder rights, regulatory investigations, defamation claims, and intellectual property matters.
Michael regularly handles large scale disputes in: the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the Supreme
Court of NSW, and the Federal Court of Australia; international and domestic arbitral proceedings (under
the ICC Rules, LCIA Rules, SIAC Rules and GAFTA Rules, among others); and expert determinations.
Natalie Kam is a partner in Lavan’s Family Law team. Natalie is an Accredited Family Law Specialist with
extensive experience in family law, representing clients in family and domestic relationship law, both
nationally and internationally.
Natalie’s experience in financial cases includes all aspects of complex property proceedings, contested
inheritance, companies and trust structures, valuation and business issues, and acting on behalf of
liquidators and banks.
Natalie has a particular interest in complex parenting cases and child related matters having successfully
run and defended parenting cases for clients living in Australia and overseas including international child
recovery. She has experience in cases involving family violence and Family Violence Restraining Orders.
Natalie is also experienced at mediation and is a qualified Collaborative lawyer.
Natalie is the Vice President of the Family Law Practitioners’ Association (FLPA); Convenor of the FLPA Law
Reform Subcommittee and sits on the Law Society’s Accreditation Committee
Nicholas van Hattem is a barrister with experience in commercial, government and criminal law
matters.
He has a particular focus on commercial disputes involving government agencies and regulatory
prosecutions – particularly environmental, occupational safety and health and mining.
Nick began his career in 2008 as associate to the Hon Justice Miller before taking articles with Freehills in
2009. His practice as a solicitor included in-house roles in banking and mining; and one year with the
Aboriginal Legal Service practicing in human rights, civil and criminal law.
In 2013 Nick joined the State Solicitor’s Office. He was engaged in a broad range of counsel work,
appearing in the Magistrates, Coroner’s, District and Supreme Courts; State Administrative Tribunal; WA
Industrial Relations Commission; and Liquor Commission. Nick has trial and appellate experience as
counsel. He was reclassified as Assistant State Solicitor in 2017, and seconded to WA Police where he
acted as an advisor and counsel.
In 2011 Nick co-founded The Piddington Society and in 2016 launched what is now Piddington PLT. In
2017 he was named by the Law Society as Lawyer of the Year.
He is the Immediate Past President of the Law Society of Western Australia.
PIDDINGTONSOCIETY.ORG | @PIDDINGTONSOC | PIDSOC@PIDSOC.ORG.AUThank you for joining The Piddington Society at
the 2021 Margaret River (Boojarah) Conference.
Our speakers have been generous in their time,
and we are grateful for their contributions.
FilePro and Law in Order, our sponsors, enable
this to be a sustainable event and ensure
contributions to expanding access to justice.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Drive safe.
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