This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Wills & Estates stream. 

This session will look at the following issues:

• Attorneys and financial managers behaving badly, the rise in cases involving unconscionable conduct
• Undue influence and taking unconscientious advantage, the role of solicitor when taking instructions and acting as an attorney, including charging for work
• Guidelines issued by Professional Associates, Registration of Enduring Power of Attorney - where are we at?

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Family Law stream. 

The new Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia officially commenced on 1 September 2021. 

The Court comprises two divisions: 

Division 1 (a continuation of the Family Court of Australia) and deals only with family law matters, and Division 2 (a continuation of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia) deals with family law, migration and other general federal law matters. 

In this session the Honourable Deputy Chief Justice Robert McClelland and Senior Registrar Brett McGrath discuss key features of the merger relevant to family law practitioners.

Six months since the merger, in this insightful and interactive session, a panel of expert Senior Judicial Registrars and Judges give practical tips for conducting proceedings in the FCFCOA.

Chair

Cassandra Banks, Snr Vice President, The Law Society of NSW; Principal Solicitor, CB Legal

Panellists

The Hon. Justice Joshua Wilson

Judge Anna Parker

Senior Judicial Registrar Sharney Jenkinson

Senior Judicial Registrar Lisa O’Neill

Judicial Registrar Kimberly Buttriss

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Personal Injury stream. 

This session will look at the following issues:

• An update on the IRO’s complaints functions including the new Complaint Handling Protocol and new role in CTP matters
• A briefing on the new ILARS Guidelines for approving lawyers and grants of funding in workers compensation matters

Watch as our expert panel cover both essential and nuanced aspects of civil penalties. 

Topics covered will include:

• determining penalties
• penalty privilege in civil penalty applications
• personal payment orders
• liability for third parties, including accountants, advisers, lawyers etc.

Tim McCauley, Partner, Taylor & Scott Lawyers

Luke Forsyth, Principal, Hall Payne, Lawyers

Danny King, Principal, Danny King Legal

Ian Latham, Barrister, Denman Chambers

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Family Law stream. 

This session explains The Lighthouse Project, an innovative approach taken by the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia to assist families that have experienced family violence to navigate the family law system.

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Family Law stream. 

In this session Carly looks at the following parenting issues:

• How to advise and guide your client to the best resources in parenting matters
• Useful tools to navigate co-parenting issues
• Parenting arrangements

This recorded webinar was originally part of the Mandatory Rule 6.1 for Criminal law

Topics include:

• What material must be disclosed
• The sources of duty - in addition to the common law
• Tips for securing disclosure in practice

Felicity Graham, Barrister, Black Chambers

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Wills & Estates stream. 

This session looks at how the law responds to societal changes affecting wills and estate planning.  It uses scenarios to discuss how various situations might be handled in wills and estate planning for the following areas:

• Children
• Making provisions for pets
• Superannuation

This videocast was originally captured during the 2021 Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 – Wills and Estates stream.

Following on from a tumultuous 2021 dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic, stand downs and JobKeeper, and workplace vaccinations, what will be the top employment law issues for 2022?

The session will cover topical employment law issues, and will include learnings from remote working and hybrid working arrangements, mental health considerations, and what businesses should do in light of the “great resignation”.

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Property Law stream. 

This session will look at topical conveyancing issues including:

• A current update on the Supreme Court’s position in relation to deposit instalment clauses and penalties
•  E-conveyancing: CT abolition, 100% eLodgment and compliance (including the three new guidance notes and insolvency and criminality checks for digital signatories)
• What is happening with cladding?
• Remedies for purchasers off the plan - clause 23.9 of the standard contract for the sale and purchase of land or the post 1 December 2019 regime?
• Property tax proposal

This session was recorded on 19 March 2022 as part of the Young Lawyers - Property Law - one day intensive - live webinar.

Hear from Georgiena Ryan on traps and tips for rural conveyancing as she provides helpful tips for lawyers looking to expand their knowledge and build their skills and practice.

Practitioners should inform themselves of Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 which sets out the requirements for the four (4) mandatory CPD areas for NSW legal practitioners – (a) ethics and professional responsibility; (b) practice management and business skills; (c) professional skills; and (d) substantive law.  It is the responsibility of each legal practitioner to self-assess as to whether a particular educational activity extends their knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to their practice needs or professional development. If so, then the practitioner may claim one (1) "unit” for each hour of attendance, refreshment breaks not included. 

This recorded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Wills & Estates stream. 

This session looks at the following trends and developments with wills and estates:

• Enforceable promises having testamentary effect
• When making a will severs a joint tenancy
• Deeds and other documents that may achieve a testamentary disposition