This recorded webinar 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.

Join us for a full day in-person event at the International Convention Centre, Sydney on 4 August 2022, followed by a half-day of live online webinars on 5 August 2022.

Hear from specialists and experts across the profession on a wide range of topics relevant to your practice. 

Attendees will receive 10 CPD units per specialist stream, with 6 hours of live in-person and 4 hours of live online webinars. All conference sessions will be recorded and made available after the event.

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This recorded webinar 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

In this session, Andrew will review important personal injury decisions of the last 12 months covering all Australian jurisdictions and other common law countries where those decisions are relevant to NSW claims. 

Practitioners should inform themselves of Rule 6.1 of the Legal Profession Uniform Continuing Professional Development (Solicitors) Rules 2015 which sets out the requirements for the four (4) mandatory CPD areas for NSW legal practitioners – (a) ethics and professional responsibility; (b) practice management and business skills; (c) professional skills; and (d) substantive law. It is the responsibility of each legal practitioner to self-assess as to whether a particular educational activity extends their knowledge and skills in areas that are relevant to their practice needs or professional development.

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 module takes a closer look at workers compensation and impairment and Workers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW): 

• The significance of the WPI thresholds
• Medical expenses under section 59A and section 60
• WPI under Sections 65, 65A and 66
• Domestic assistance under section 60AA
• Work injury damages & psychiatric cases
• Sections 36,37,38 and 39
• Commutations under section 87EA
• Submissions to Judge McDougall in relation to the review of iCare and the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015
• Impact of Personal Injury Commission Rules 2021, Procedural Directions

This recorded webinar 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 online module covers the following:

• Privacy legislation overview – the Privacy Act, the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act, the APPs and Credit Reporting Code of Conduct
• Understanding the key definitions relating to information – personal information, sensitive information and the different kinds of credit information
• Privacy compliance – what should organisations do to comply with the new laws?
• What are the APPs – a summary of the obligations
• ·Privacy breaches – prevention, reporting and management
• Some practical tips for lawyers to help clients manage the privacy reforms

Thisrecorded webinar 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 recorded webinar 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 presentation will focus on the legal and practical issues which legal advisors and their clients should consider when addressing the topic of business succession planning for private businesses. In particular, this session will cover the following key topics:

• The value of an effective and well drafted buy/sell agreement for multi-owner businesses.
• Key terms of a buy/sell agreement.
• Funding issues and structuring insurance arrangements.
• Issues with superannuation policy ownership.
• Tax implications arising from buy/sell arrangements.
• Other stakeholder agreements (such as shareholder agreements, partnership agreements and unitholder agreements).
• Employment / management succession plans.
• Intergenerational family succession planning.

At the most basic level, an employment relationship is a contractual relationship between an employee, who promises to perform duties for an employer, and an employer, who agrees to remunerate the employee for that service.  An employment contract may be verbal or in writing, and when in writing it can be constituted by one document or a series of communications.  It is best practice to have a comprehensive, written contract of employment in place for all employees, but unfortunately not all employment contracts are created equal.

In this presentation, we will cover:

• what should be included in a written contract in relation to an employee's duties, types of employment, hours of work and location;
• how an employee's remuneration and other financial and non-financial benefits should be dealt with in the contract;
• why it is important to include effective confidentiality restrictions and intellectual property protections;
• how to deal with the termination of the employment relationship and related issues;
• how to prepare and draft effective post-termination restrictions; and;
• how an employment contract interrelates with relevant modern awards, enterprise agreements, the National Employment Standards, and company policies and procedures.