•  Substantive Law
  

Recognise frequent use aspects and be aware of some unusual aspects and applications of section 75(2).

Key Learning Outcomes:

• A general review of the section.
• What aspects are most commonly relied upon.
• Unusual use: add backs and Rogers case.
• Overview of Robb and Robb.

•  Practice Management and Business Skills
  

With a globalised economy and disruption there is a greater need for meetings to build teams, effect collaboration and resolve issues. The speed at which matters move has increased as have expectations of partners, peers and clients. Meetings are now often larger, with more diverse stakeholders. To be successful meetings now need to be efficient, effective and deliver outcomes.

We can increase our efficiency by having tools.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Set agendas more productively
• Have a structured tool for preparing for meetings.
• Formulate goals, process and style
• Decide who to invite
• Minute meetings without arguments developing
• Deal with roadblocks
• Make outcomes stick

•  Substantive Law
  

This session discusses some recent and somewhat unusual cases that have come before the Courts involving estates and Will disputes, and how you can use them. You will learn unique rules of law which can be applied to both the corporate world as well as estate litigation, and options for structuring estate plans when managing multiple relationships.

•  Substantive Law
  

Learn how to avoid cost blowouts, how to properly brief counsel and how to manage risk in litigation.

Topics covered include:

• Overview of litigation risks
• How to properly brief counsel
• Managing the relationship with your Barrister(s)
• Managing the relationship with your Client
• How to avoid cost blowouts

•  Substantive Law
  

This session aims to provide a reflection on the New South Wales workers' compensation system, with particular emphasis on how to work successfully with the myriad legislative amendment and current policy. Employer responsibilities, and the importance of early intervention and effective management of injured workers with a view to encouraging a successful return to work outcome will be discussed. There will also be general discussion regarding the course a claim for workers compensation will take when it is disputed and referred to the Workers Compensation Commission for dispute resolution

Topics covered include:

• An introduction to the workers compensation system in NSW
• Fundamental housekeeping relevant to claims for workers compensation
• Effective management, rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers
• The envisaged course of a disputed claim for workers compensation.

•  Substantive Law
  

This session will cover the following topics:

• When is a caveat the right tool?
• What is the downside of a misconceived caveat?
• How to detect a caveatable interest.
• What are alternative measures when there is no caveatable interest?
• Procedural tips for lodgement and removal.
• Illustrative cases.

•  Substantive Law
  

This session will cover an introduction to the process of buying and selling online businesses.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Identify the critical assets to be transferred in the sale of an online business
• Quickly verify online account details for websites, hosting, social media accounts etc
• Highlight key areas of risk in online transactions
• Understand an advisor's role in the settlement process
• Be better prepared to understand and meet client expectations in the transaction process

•  Substantive Law
  

This session covers the following topics:

• Know what the current FIRB application fees are and varying forms of approval;
• What is a foreign person?
• What is a foreign trust?
• When it is best to apply for FIRB approval for a client.
• What to do if a contract is not subject to a purchaser obtaining FIRB approval.

•  Substantive Law
  

This session will bring you up to speed on recent developments including consideration of some of the more interesting and recent cases in the technology space that may have a material impact on the way you conduct business.

Tal Williams, Technology Partner, will assist you to identify practical strategies to minimise risk for your company in relation to electronic contacts and transactions, data storage and privacy, and electronic signatures.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Identify issues arising from use of electronic signatures
• Awareness of enforceability of click and browse wrap agreements
• Identify issues in relation to privacy obligations
• Awareness of basic cyber security protocols to minimise risk of attack

• Practice management and business skills
  
• Professional skills

The seminar will cover the following topics:

• How has the market responded to cybercrime? Key trends in cyber incident response
• The legal, business and operational issues impacting your organisation following a cyber incident
• Still a risk to your organisation? The importance of third party vendor risk management
• Protecting confidentiality of client data after Panama Papers and Paradise Papers
• Examine new exposures to claims for breach of duty of confidentiality
• Private actions for breaches of data privacy rights, including plaintiff class actions
• What the Barbican Group Cyber Policy covers for legal practices insured with Lawcover
• War stories from the claims made to date on the Group Cyber Policy
• War stories from the claims for third party loss on the Professional Indemnity Policy
• Elements of a successful forensic investigation, both technical and operational
• Leveraging forensic investigation findings to inform other areas of an organisation’s response 
• Current statistics on Cybercrime events involving solicitors in NSW
•  Vulnerabilities to any security system

•  Professional Skills
  

Increasing focus on the importance of diversity in the workplace has shed light on another concept: unconscious bias. Though it's rooted in human nature, it's important to understand what unconscious bias is in order to overcome it and build strong, diverse teams. In this course, you'll learn about the different kinds of unconscious bias and how to recognise them in action. You'll also learn about the importance of addressing unconscious bias in the workplace.

•  Professional Skills
  

It's not just individuals who face unconscious biases in the workplace; teams and organisations can also operate with shared institutionalised biases. Ensuring a diverse workplace requires seeing past these biases. In this course, you'll learn about the process of overcoming organisational biases and how to function as an inclusive leader. You'll also learn specific tactics for combating unconscious biases in the workplace.

• Professional skills

• Introduction to advocacy
• Incorporating rules of evidence
• Analysing your material and defining a case theory
• Advocacy is a performance
• Preparation and evidence
• Cross examination
• What is a proposition?

• Practice management and business skills

• an understanding of why acceptable use agreements are used;
• an understanding of the key areas that need to be considered when drafting acceptable use agreements;
• and recommendations on the implementation of AUA's

• Professional skills

• The importance of the process of mediation
• The importance of having a true appreciation of the context of the dispute underlying the mediation

• Practice management and business skills

• What is the difference between a business and a legal profession;
• Business Development;
• Who is competing with you for your lunch today; and
• Something to consider in order to remain on the winning side

• Substantive law

• Introduction and history of Committal Hearings
• Purpose of Committal Hearings and Recent Amendments
• Drafting and filing a Case Direction Notice
• Request for disclosure and appearing at a Committal Hearing
• Other considerations and tools
• Preparing for, and during a Committal Hearing
• Evidence and the end goal

• Professional skills

• What is professional privilege? 
• When is communication privileged? 
• Waivers, exceptions and misconceptions 
• How NOT to lose privilege - top 10 tips
• Practical tips when dealing with regulators

• Practice management and business skills

• Ethics and professional responsibility

• What social media is;
• Who is using it;
• What the benefits for lawyers are;
• What the risks for lawyers are, including breach of confidentiality, inadvertent retainers and breach of the "no contract" rule