This recoprded webinar was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Employment & Industrial Law stream. 

This session looks at the following issues related to confidential information and restraints of trade:

• What needs to be protected and why?
• What protections currently exist?
• What practices can be adopted to maximise those protection? - workplace culture, contractual protections and non-contractual controls
•  Risk employees and danger signs
• What steps can be taken if your business believes an employee or contractor has breached their duties and/or misused your confidential information

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 videocast was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Employment & Industrial Law stream. 

Around 2.1 million people with disability in Australia are of working age.  This session looks at the following topics around disability and employment:

• What do the numbers tell us?
• Segregated employment
• Disability discrimination issues – areas of unlawful conduct; reasonable adjustments; inherent requirements
• Intersection of WHS laws and disability discrimination

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

This session covers the following issues:

• The problems created for Indigenous people (including the burgeoning Indigenous middle class) by the mainstream succession law
• New intestacy provisions for Indigenous people in NSW
• Drafting culturally appropriate wills - tips and traps

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

In this session, experts who practice in one or more of each of the above ADR processes will give practical advice on the following issues:

• What ADR processes exist (excluding arbitration) and what they each entail
• Lawyer negotiation, mediation, lawyer assisted mediation, collaborative practice
• Which processes you should use for which cases, and how to prepare yourself and your client

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

Briefing counsel is almost an inevitability for solicitors practising in the area of family law. 

In this session, Melissa provides 10 tips for ensuring you and your client get optimum value from counsel.

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

This session considers the following issues:

• Why do due diligence?
• Caveat Emptor
• What precisely is due diligence?
• Checking against what?
• Statements and Assumptions
• What can be disclosed by vendor
• Limiting the scope of the due diligence exercise
• Preliminary comments on identifying material risks
• Understanding the Business
• Who participates in, or co-ordinates, due diligence exercises?
• Contractual due diligence periods
• Controlling and managing the flow of information
• Dealing with an online data room
• What information should the data room contain
• The contractual significance of due diligence disclosure material
• The disclosure letter
• Specific issues
• Due diligence and OHS
• The due diligence report

In this session, Elly Ashley delves into complex issues surrounding strata renewal. Through cases and case studies, the presentation covers the strata renewal process under Part 10 of Strata Scheme Development Act 2015 (NSW) compared to the traditional strata renewal process, and examines challenges and issues that may arise under both processes. 

Please note that not all questions asked by the live audience are clearly audible.

This presentation examines the mandatory disclosure regime for off the plan contracts. Vanya Lozzi covers the changes introduced in December 2019, including the 10 day cooling-off period, the retention of deposit by the agent, lawyers or conveyancer’s trust account, and the new disclosure statement. The presentation also consideres key cases since their introduction, and the effect on purchaser rights, vendor obligations and defaults. 

Please note that not all questions asked by the live audience are clearly audible.

This session covers complex legal aspects surrounding the intersection of property law and climate change. Dr Nicole Graham provides an academic perspective on issues of entitlement, loss and habitat. This presentation also considers the research literature surrounding these topics. 

Please note that not all questions asked by the live audience are clearly audible. 

This presentation by Janet McKelvey will provide you with tips on pre-compulsory acquisition negotiations. This presentation also covers the mechanics of doing a deal before or after compulsory acquisition and the basics of determining compensation. By the end of this session, you will also have a greater understanding of both the Valuer-General process if land is compulsorily acquired and the court process if dissatisfied with the Valuer-General’s determination. 

Please note that not all questions asked by the live audience are clearly audible.