This presentation will discuss progress in implementing the recommendations made in two important recent national inquiries that are likely to be of interest to farming and rural and regional franchising businesses concerning dispute resolution. The inquiries are the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, and the inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services into the operation and effectiveness of the Franchising Code of Conduct.

Emma Heuston, Author of the Tracksuit Economy and Principal Lawyer /Founder of virtual law firm, "The Remote Expert" will be presenting a session on "Working Differently" at the NSW Rural Issues Conference. Emma will look at the differences between clicks and mortar and bricks and mortar firms and take a deep dive into the different ways to grow your team and business. Having spent the majority of her 20 years of practice in regional or rural areas and currently based in Ballina, Emma is passionate about helping her rural colleagues thrive and grow in our changing world of work.

Professional skills component of Mandatory rule 6.1 including the following topics:

• What are legal costs?
• What are your options with a bad debt?
• Failure to disclose costs
• Cost assessment 

Practice management and business skills component of Mandatory rule 6.1 on 5 December 2019 including the following topics:

• Systemising prioritisation
• Productivity skills
• Benefits of delegating
• Practice management systems

Ethics and professional responsibility component of Mandatory rule 6.1 on 5 December 2019 including the following topics:

• Regulatory environment
• Duties and obligations
• Dealing with Court, other solicitors and parties
• Examples: conflicts, witnesses, instructions, problems, complaints

Succession planning challenges presented by the various business structures used by farmers – examining the limitations of the intergenerational duty exemption, the capital gains small business concessions and dealing with trusts.   The session will also spend some time discussing conflicts of interest and how to deal with them.

An update on conveyancing including the following topics:

• Contract for sale of land
• Key changes in the past year
• Facilitating eContracts
• Mandating and eConveyancing
• The interoperability dilemna

Topics include:

• What do we mean by ‘climate risk’?
• Evolution from an environmental to a financial risk
• Three categories of climate-related financial risk: 
• Physical risks – gradual onset and extreme, catastrophic
• Economic transition risks – markets impacts driven by policy, technology and social responses to those risks
• Liability risks – failure to disclose, mitigate and adapt
• Implications for the rural sector and legal practitioners – assessing and advising on risks and opportunities

Legal Practitioners in regional and remote NSW work tirelessly for local communities while grappling with distinct and challenging issues. This collection of presentations focuses on the unique matters affecting practitioners in rural areas.

This presentation explores the legislative and regulatory regimes which currently govern the use of surveillance devices, and to the extent to which farmers are exposed to their legal, but unjust use.

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by legal practitioners while earning three CPD units. Topics include:

• Costs & disclosures before settlement
• Legal ethics
• Productivity & delegation skills for lawyers

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, and Professional Skills.

• Branding your practice
• Legal ethics
• Building client relationships

Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW

Hear from industry experts as they discuss a range of issues that affect property lawyers.

Topics include:

• Legal update on leases
• Latest reforms and cases relating to strata
• Cyber-security issues for property transactions
• Electronic contracts
• Legal ethics for property lawyers
• How to create good Business Development habits

Overview: 

Legal experts discuss some of the current issues faced by government legal practitioners. 

Topics include:

• Legal ethics for government lawyers
• Legal professional privilege 
• Statutory interpretation
• Productivity & delegation

Topics covered include:

• Electronic Lodgement of Leases
• A summary of the two new Law Society leases
• The main differences between the 2007 edition and the Law Society leases
• The main differences between the two new versions retail lease and commercial lease
• Some recent cases involving the Law Society lease
• Retail leasing timeline
• Recent commercial and retail lease cases 
• Retail leasing Law Reform that commenced 1 July 2017
• Ipso Facto

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by civil litigators, while earning CPD units.

Topics include:

• Legal costs
• Legal ethics 
• Building client relationships 
• Case law update 

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, Professional Skills, and Substantive Law.

• Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales
• Commissioner John McKenzie, Legal Services Commissioner for NSW 
  
• John Fleming, Costs Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW
• Talitha Fishburn, Barrister, Wardell Chambers

Hear from legal experts as they discuss some of the current issues faced by personal injury lawyers, while earning CPD units.

Topics include:

• Compliance driving profit
• Legal ethics in personal injury matters
• Productivity and delegation skills 
• Latest cases and developments across personal injury law

This program complies with the Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 under the Legal Profession Uniform Law requirements of Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Practice Management and Business Skills, Professional Skills, and Substantive Law.

• Frances Moffitt, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
• Paul Monaghan, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
  
• Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW 
• Con Ktenas, Lawyer, Stacks Goudkamp

Overview:

• What is strata
• The ever changing landscape of strata
• Regulatory reform
• Six reform pillars
• Residential off the plan contracts
• Contract for sale of land 2019
• Strata tips - for vendors, purchasers and strata property developers
• Strata renewal update