This session will give you a basic understanding of the principles of class actions in the NSW Supreme Court and the Federal Court. It will help you advise your clients who may be group members, possible defendants or cross defendants.

This course will help you provide your employees guidelines around what is expected in regards to decision making and problem-solving. There are people with a lot of experience who would do well with a high level of decision-making authority, while less experienced and skilled individuals may need a limited amount of authority. By completing this course, you will be able to create problem-solving expectations for your employees.

• Practice management and business skills

• the history and facts of the McCabe case
• the role of the court in the adversarial system
• the role of discovery in litigation
• how to critique the role of all parties in the adversarial system
• the problems with the adversarial system
  

• Ethics & professional responsibility
  
• Practice management & business skills
• Professional skills 

• Managing the increased risk following the Royal Commission (whichever area of law you practice in) – how to be ahead of anticipated regulatory changes and a changing business environment.
• The skills you need as a lawyer of the modern era.

• 2017 edition of the contract for sale and purchase of land,
• the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2017,
• transitioning to electronic conveyancing,
• proposed changes to the GST treatment of new and newly subdivided residential property, and
• reforms to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.
  

•  Practice Management and Business Skills
  

This session explores how to protect your personal wealth and your business should anything happen to you.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• The role of Trauma/Life/TPD and Income Protection Insurance in protecting your wealth
• Issues to consider when structuring your insurance
• The difference between structuring your insurance inside and outside of superannuation
• The Role of Key Person and Business Expense insurance in protecting your business

This course is designed to build your skills in providing quality feedback to employees.

The following topics will be covered:

• Giving Employee Feedback
• Improve Feedback You Give Others
• Improve the Quality of Feedback You Give

You can find the full description for each module here.

Financial statements prepared using accounting rules are required by many stakeholders, including owners, creditors, government etc. This presentation has as its objective the development of accounting knowledge so as to be able read and interpret financial statements.

Overall, you will gain an understanding of the how accounting information provides a valuable insight into business operations. You will be able to utilise this knowledge to analyse and investigate business operations.

Facilitator overview: Greg Pazmandy is a senior lecturer in accounting at UTS specialising in the areas of business analysis and valuation. His research interests include capital markets and corporate governance issues.

An understanding of accounting terminology and the information products generated by the accounting system is a fundamental requirement for business professionals as accounting:

• Is the measurement language used in all aspects of commercial, government and not for profit sector operations

• Processes are supported by regulations in the form of standards as well as legislative pronouncements that underpin the preparation and presentation of financial reports
• Knowledge of the information content of financial reports provides the fundamental knowledge required for the operating, investing and financing activities of business organisations.

Reading and Interpreting Financial Statements

• What is the relationship between business and accounting?
• Business – Physical and Financial Aspects
• Are there rules and regulations covering the preparation of accounting reports?
• Accounting language – what are the five “5” most common terms?
• What is an accrual and how do they impact on business?
• How do I investigate a business organisation using financial statements?

This practical course will develop participant skills to:

• Be comfortable with reading financial reports
• Be familiar with finance and accounting terminology
• Understand the impact of transactions on the financial performance, financial position and cash flows of a business
• Use financial reports to generate business intelligence
• Gain insight into how financial statements are prepared
• Use financial analysis tools to identify the strengths, weaknesses and risks of a company
• Use financial statements to gain a more meaningful insight into a business from a stakeholder perspective, be it owner, government, creditor, etc.

This course is designed to assist you in recognising the different communication styles of your team members.

The following topics will be covered:

• Dominant Communication Style
• Inspiring Communication Style
• Supportive Communication Style
• Cautious Communication Style

You can find the full description for each module here.

•  Practice Management and Business Skills
  

Change is an inevitable part of life as a professional, and the speed of change is currently increasing exponentially. Unless you're a futurist, it's going to be hard to look beyond a plan for the next 3 years. If you have built a practice, either on your own, or as part of something larger, it can be helpful to take the time to think about the future you want or need and how you might be able to achieve it in the medium term. There are lots of options available, but a successful outcome will require a choice. This session will lay out the options for you and your Firm, and help you determine which strategy is the most likely to deliver your future.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Establish / identify your current position (so you can articulate it)
• Understand the role your practice needs to play in your future
• Identify the pathways for succession – sales internal / external, restructure, growth, disposal etc
• Understand the need to model the cost and benefit of proposed strategies
• How to structure a transition and establish your plan

• Practice management and business skills

It will cover key themes such as: 

• Voluntary revocation - intention, 
  
• Involuntary revocation - by law, and 
  
• Dependant relative revocation or conditional revocation.
  

This course will teach you how to distribute information in a way that makes it easy for everyone to have what they need when they need it. By completing this course, you will know how to ensure your team gets the right information at the right time

Knowledge area:

• Practice management and business skills

Through recent claims and case analysis, we examine the everyday risks in the area of litigation, how they impact your practice and what you can do to protect your clients and your practice.

• Risks in litigation
• What you can do to protect your clients
• What you can do to protect your practice

Topics covered are:

• Review of importance of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in legal practice, including historical examples of poor risk management planning and the consequences
• Overview of the Risk Management Process – ISO31000 Risk Management Principles
• How to developing and integrate a practical Risk Management Plan into your property/legal practice

• Practice management and business skills
• Substantive law

Lawcover is offering two free workshops to Rural Issues Conference attendees on Thursday, 24 October 2019. These will be held at Law Society of NSW (170 Phillip St, Sydney 2000). Details below: 

• Risk Briefing – Traps in Powers of Attorney from 10:00AM – 12:00PM

• Risk Briefing - Tales from Lawcover’s “War Story” Chest from 2:00PM – 4:00PM 

To register please email PracticeSupportServices@lawcover.com.au or call 9286 8877. Proof of registration for the conference will need to be provided. 

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The second part of this module will explore the four types of objectives and the characteristics of each. We will look at the S.M.A.R.T method of setting objectives and the two primary approaches, top down and bottoms up.

This course presents seven key components, that when included in your presentation will help you to be effective and persuasive with any presentation you need to give. By completing this course, you will be able to apply the seven key components required to give a great presentation.

• Practice management and business skills
• Substantive law

• Insights into how to navigate the complexity of Government regulation for small business
• Updates from Government regulators and agencies about small business support services
• Information about the latest resources to assist small business
• An opportunity to ask questions during a Q & A session