An update on corporate law: Director's and Officer's duties.

The new Electronic Transactions Amendment (COVID-19 Witnessing of Documents) Regulation 2020 is now in effect and makes key changes to the legal requirements around the signing and witnessing of estate planning documents, in response to physical distancing measures. 

This videocast, led by a panel of estate planning experts, will examine both the theoretical and practical applications of the new legal requirements as they apply during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

In this webinar, experienced insolvency expert Ben Sewell will discuss how COVID-19 has affected corporate insolvency law and what legal practitioners can do right now for clients at risk of insolvency.

Join a panel of elder law experts as they discuss some of the recent developments in aged care and elder law, including

• Impact of COVID-19 and legislative amendments on privacy and records and the COVID-19 App

• Recent common law cases

• RV and Ministerial orders, screening and Orders regulating entry into residential aged care facilities (including flu vax)

• New visitor access code

• Duty of care and infection control

• Recent cases from the guardianship tribunal

• Newmarch House – legal implications for practitioners acting for staff and residents of aged care facilities that have tested positive for COVID-19

Kim Boettcher, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers

Lucinda Smith, Partner, Thomson Geer Lawyers

Rodney Lewis, Senior Solicitor, Elderlaw legal services

Alison Choy Flannigan, Partner, Hall & Wilcox Smarter Law

 Hear from one of The Law Society's regulatory compliance solicitors on risks in times of Covid-19 including:

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

Topics include:

• Legal ethics in a brave new world

• Survive and thrive in legal practice: the art of getting paid

• Remote working and other practice management tips for the new world of legal practice

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.

Paul Monaghan, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW

Madeleine Porter, Solicitor, Professional Support Unit, The Law Society of NSW

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

• Early simplified prosecution disclosure 
  
• DPP charge certification 
  
• Abolition of Magistrates power to discharge at committal 
  
• Fixed discounts for pleas of guilty
  

Overview: 

In this session Tony Cahill will discuss: 

• the key factors driving the release of the new edition
• potential traps in using earlier editions of the contract
• the transitional arrangements for the prescribed cooling off notice
• residential off the plan law reform and its impact on the contract changes to the standard form relating to e-Conveyancing - interoperability, waivers and more
• GST residential withholding - changes to ATO procedures reflected in the contract
• other changes to the Contract

Recommended requirements

Talitha Fishburn and Angus Macinnis discuss important recent authorities that all civil litigators need to know, including Glencore International AG v Commissioner of Taxation [2019] HCA 26 and its implications for legal professional privilege.

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

Topics include:

• Conducting committals following the EAGP legislative reforms
• Legal ethics for criminal lawyers
• Best practice when handling clients and dealing with witnesses
• Case update on recent CCA

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

This program complies with 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.

Topics include:

• Legal ethics in a brave new world
  
• Five essential skills for remote working
  
• Trust accounts overview, irregularities and case law
  

This seminar is proudly sponsored by:

Paul Monaghan, Senior Ethics Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW

Glenda Carry, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of New South Wales.

Frances Moffitt, Regulatory Compliance Solicitor, The Law Society of NSW

This online webinar will feature an expert panel who will 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.

The webinar will also include a Q&A component, so attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the panel on relevant questions.

Tim McCauley, Partner, Taylor & Scott Lawyers

Luke Forsyth, Principal, Hall Payne, Lawyers

Danny King, Principal, Danny King Legal

Ian Latham, Barrister, Denman Chambers

• finance essentials and taxation strategies
• pricing your services and billing the client
• avoiding pitfalls in trust money and trust records
• leadership and management techniques
• hiring and training reliable staff
• managing risk
• business planning
• marketing methods to grow your business
• attracting and retaining clients
• ethics and responsibility

Online learning portal opens 31 August 2020

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Join accredited specialist in property law Peter Rosier for this interactive two-part online workshop.  Using case studies, you will work through the practical essentials for running a sale and purchase of different residential property types. The course will cover current practice in this constantly changing area of law.

Topics will include:

• Drafting and interpreting contracts for sale and purchase of land
• Effecting exchange
• Transfers, serving and answering requisitions, and working with mortgagees
• Preparing for settlement
• Complications with completion
• Settlement and post-settlement actions

Note:

In light of the current COVID-19 crisis, the Law Society of NSW will be delivering this Practice Management Course entirely online. The three-day course will include a combination of webinars, pre-recorded content, discussion boards and online activities. Some subjects will include online work that either can or should be completed in advance, which will be made available via the online portal on 25 September.

• finance essentials and taxation strategies
• pricing your services and billing the client
• avoiding pitfalls in trust money and trust records
• leadership and management techniques
• hiring and training reliable staff
• managing risk
• business planning
• marketing methods to grow your business
• attracting and retaining clients
• ethics and responsibility

Online learning portal opens 25 September 2020

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Join Natalie Darcy and Lisa Roberts, Accredited Specialists in Wills & Estates, for this live online workshop on drafting wills.

Learn practical skills for taking instructions and dealing with issues relating to construction of wills such as particular types of beneficiaries and gifts, statutory provisions relating to construction including s41 Succession Act 2006, ademption and the impact of the statutory order of application of estate assets in payment of debts. We will also look at options available for blended families.

Natalie Darcy, Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates 

Lisa Roberts, Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates