• the difference between illegal phoenix activity for insolvent small to medium sized enterprises and legal pre-pack arrangements, also known as pre-positioned arrangements.

• What mindfulness actually is – not just jargon and buzzwords
• How to use mindfulness to improve all areas of your life
• Examples of mindfulness AND mindlessness
• How to do it – Mindfulness is best learnt by doing, we take you through practical mindfulness exercises that you can work into your day, not just while you are at the course

• Practice structures
  
• Principal's responsibilities
• Business plans/business development
• Client management

This session will address the practical considerations that lawyers need to take into account when a person dies intestate.

• the morality and the law
  
• the role ethics plays in the legal profession
  
• whether rules and regulations can govern a profession and ultimately make it immune from moral accountability.
  

• The role of case law and legislation in recent years in relation to directors duties
• The key provisions in the Corporations Act dealing with directors duties and how they have been interpreted by the Court.

• the extension of persons for whom provision can be made
• the concept of notional estate making it possible to claw back assets disposed of during one’s lifetime
• the greater complexity of families and estate assets

• Calderbank offers
• offers of compromise
• recent case law

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.

What is a blockchain and how does it impact the legal profession. Blockchain technology enables a cryptographically secure network of transactions that can be seen by all users on the network. It also enables digital currency exchanges, smart contracts, asset tracking and verification of users or assets. Depending on its use and purpose, blockchain technology can solve a number of problems.

• eliminates double-spending
• authenticates users
• reduces the risk of fraud or mistakes
• increases the speed of transactions.

• who should be joined as parties or served with notices, including consideration of issues that arise when caveats are lodged or when there is 'notional estate'
• what type of evidence the Court expects
• what the court expects from practitioners in case management and costs

• To understand the legal system and institutions in the UK 
• To know the key resources available for research 

• Five ways to wellbeing
• Healthy eating at work
• Being active
• Working alone

• International parental child abduction 
• 1996 Convention on International Child Protection
• International surrogacy and international perspective on child support 
• Financial proceedings where parties live overseas and enforcing orders overseas.
  

Martha Barnett, Barrister, Culwulla Chambers
Catherine Spain, Barrister, Waratah Chambers

This session includes an interactive exploration of unconscious cognitive biases and their impact on different aspects of legal practice. Examples of its impact on business, legal and ethical decisions will be discussed, and participants will learn some fundamental skills for identifying and counteracting different types of bias.