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

This session looks at Chant v Curcurato [2021] NSWSC 751 (per Hallen J) to establish how “treating doctor” evidence is used by the court.  It examines:

• Factual background
• Treating doctor evidence
• Lessons from Curcurato
• Issues yet to be clarified

This videocast was originally captured during the 2021 Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 – Wills and Estates stream.

This videocast was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Personal Injury stream. 

This session will provide an update on current topical issues in the field of institutional abuse including an update on recent case law (particularly NSW) on the following matters:

• Breach
• Causation
• Vicarious liability
• Damages
• Ancillary issues such as unincorporated associations, permanent stays
• Statutory obligations/liability

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

This session provides an overview of the operation of the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) and an update on recent cases that have considered particular aspects of its operation.

This videocast was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Personal Injury stream. 

This session looks at:

• Dust Diseases Claims
• Statistics for the 2020 Calendar Year
• Current Statistics and Future Projections of Mesothelioma
• Silicosis - an old disease
• Types of Compensation Available
• Statutory Compensation Schemes
• Court process and claims
• General Damages
• Damages for Loss of Expectation of life
• Past and future medical and treatment expenses
• Past and future loss of income/wages
• Care claims – Sections 15A and 15B of the Civil Liability Act 2002
• Care Claims – Section 15A of the Civil Liability Act 2002
• Care claims – Section 15B of the Civil Liability Act 2002

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

This session looks at how binding financial agreements have affected Family Law, including:

• The history of binding financial agreements
• A review of cases leading up to Thorne & Kennedy
• A review of Thorne & Kennedy
• A review of cases post-Thorne & Kennedy
• Issues you should consider when preparing a binding financial agreement

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

This session looks at the following issues:

• Is a discretionary trust still the preferred entity for property investments?
• Structuring investments using self-managed super fund
• Restructuring business enterprises

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

This session looks at the challenges of conducting a “succession” case across jurisdictional boundaries, including:

• Succession law in context
• What is a “succession” case?
• The field of operation of “succession law”
• Succession law’s two ways of thinking about property
• Different phases of estate administration
• Orders for a joint hearing or a determination of separate questions
• Costs as a factor in the conduct of a “succession” case

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

This session will look at the following capacity issues:

• Client capacity as it relates to Wills and Powers of Attorney
• Best Practice for instruction taking, case law examples (what to do and what not to do)
• What to do when capacity is in doubt

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

This session will look at an overview of Australian Consumer Law and briefly look at related legislation including industry codes and the Contracts Review Act.

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

This session looks at the latest cyber risk issues affecting law firms. It discusses:

• Current cyber risk landscape
• Case studies of law firm breaches
• Trends specific to property/business law accredited specialists
• What you need to do to manage your practice’s cyber risk
• Horizon scanning for 2021-2022

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 videocast was originally captured during the 2021 Government Solicitors Conference

Using a background framework of recent natural disasters including bushfires, storms, floods, and a global pandemic, Dominique Hogan-Doran SC examines:

• Government responses to the Royal Commission’s report including the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 and National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Act 2020
• Responses to recommendations
• Mitigating risk and reducing disaster losses

This videocast 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

This videocast was originally captured during the Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Business Law stream and Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Property Law stream.

In this session, Linden looks at a variety of old and new ethics cases with interesting factual situations. These cases give useful examples of ethical rules that apply to business and property lawyers.

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

This session will look at the following issues:

• Uptake of arbitration since 2016
• The future of arbitration including recommendations of joint select committee on Australia's family law system
• How to discuss the arbitration option with clients
• How to run an arbitration productively for your client

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

This session presents a structured framework for responding to the current compliance crisis:

• Getting the due diligence right from the start
• Key traps to watch out for
• What to do if your clients received a foreign surcharge Notice of Investigation

This videocast 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 videocast 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 videocast was originally captured during the 2021 Government Solicitors Conference

In this session, Elizabeth Tydd looks at some significant changes in the Information and Privacy Commission (IPC):

• New legislation around the Digital Restart Fund and case studies
• Regulatory interventions and recommendations including local council audits and other audits
• Lessons learnt through 10 years of operation of the GIPA Act

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

This session looks at the following issues:

• Defining different types of payments
• Basic property settlement principles in Family Law
• Context
• The starting point:  Aleksovski v Aleksovsi (1996) FLC 92-705
• Case law following Alekovski
• What to do if a client tells you they are getting a divorce

This videocast was originally captured during the 2021 Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Business Law stream and 2021 Specialist Accreditation conference 2021 - Property Law stream

This session looks at the decision in BP7 Pty Ltd v Gavancorp Pty Ltd and changes from Revenue NSW in relation to purchaser’s declarations.

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

This session looks at the following issues:

• Procedural essentials, applicants other than personal representatives and trustees?
• Vexing and borderline decisions - the necessity for advice?
• Litigation advice - when should the approval of the Court be reconsidered?
• Does the existence of personal claims or allegations against the executor/trustee preclude advice?