The New South Wales State Legal Conference -
The next conference will be over four days: Friday 26th,
Monday 29th, Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31 March 2010.
The New South Wales State Legal
Conference is co-sponsored by
LEAP Office and
Smokeball:
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The New South Wales State Legal Conference
ABN 27 085 880 164
SMC Conference Centre,
The Corner of. Goulburn and Castlereagh Streets, Sydney
March 2010 Conference
General Information |
Conference at a Glance |
Registration |
Mandatory CLE
Friday 26th |
Monday 29th |
Tuesday 30th |
Wednesday 31st
Monday 29th March 2010
Sessions
13 9.00am-12.30pm Enforcing Securities with Mortgages | MCLE: 3
14 9.00am-12.30pm Superannuation and Insurance - A Growth Practice Area | MCLE:
3
15 9.00am-12.30pm Liability in Health Care | MCLE: 3
16 9.00am-12.30pm Negotiation for Lawyers | MCLE: 3
17 9.00am-5.00pm Online Legal Research Numbers for this session are limited |
MCLE: 6
18 1.30pm-3.00pm Commercial Leases Update | MCLE: 1.5
19 1.30pm-5.00pm Workers Compensation Update | MCLE: 3
20 1.30pm-3.00pm More Money Less Worry for Small Legal Practices | MCLE: 1.5
21 1.30pm-5.00pm ADR in Building and Construction Disputes | MCLE: 3
22 3.30pm-5.00pm Sale of Specific Businesses | MCLE: 1.5
23 3.30pm-5.00pm Starting a Law Firm and Managing Growth | MCLE: 1.5
Packages
E 9.00am-5.00pm Property Law Package II Sessions 13, 18 & 22 | MCLE: 6
F 9.00am-5.00pm Personal Injury Package II Sessions 15 & 19 | MCLE: 6
G 9.00am-5.00pm Personal Injury Package III Sessions 16 & 19 | MCLE: 6
H 9.00am-5.00pm ADR Package Sessions 16 & 21 | MCLE: 6
Session 13
Enforcement of Securities with Mortgages -
Formal and Procedural Requirements
This is a comprehensive session on the formal and procedural requirements of
exercising mortgagees' powers of sale over real estate. It covers many of the
legal and practical problems and suggests solutions.
Issues addressed include:
- Alternatives to Mortgagee's Sale (including assignment, sub-mortgage, leasing,
affirmation of mortgage, settlement of disputes, foreclosure, etc.)
- Mortgagee's Power of Sale, including pre-requisites to exercise of power,
acceleration of balance due, service of the notice, waiver of notice.
- The Sale, including content and frequency of advertising, promoting and
marketing property, dealing with offers, solicitors' potential liability,
auction or private sale, mortgagee's standard of care, restraining exercise of
power, issues relating to legal costs.
Presenter
Mr. Andrew Lang OAM
Legal Author
9.00am -12.30pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 14
Superannuation and Insurance -
A Growth Practice Area
In this session charied by Charles Vandervord, Kevin Connor will address claims
against financial planners. Valerie Heath will give a presentation on SCT
Complaints and Federal Court Appeals. Sarah Lark will speak on Disability Claims
in the Supreme Court and Nicholas Broadbent will present a paper "Issues in
Pension Claims on State Superannuation Funds."
Presenters
Mr. Charles Vandervord (Chair)
Solicitor
Phone: 9228 9309 Email: charlesvandervord@bigpond.com
Mr. Kevin Connor S.C.
Barrister-at-Law
Maurice Byers Chambers
Phone: 8233 0305 Email: k.connor@mauricebyers.com
Ms. Valerie Heath,
Barrister -at-Law
Maurice Byers Chambers
Phone: 9223 4065 Email: v.heath@mauricebyers.com
Ms. Sarah Lark
Senior Associate
Minter Ellison
Phone: 9921 8888 Email: sarah.lark@minterellison.com
Mr.Nicholas Broadbent
Barrister-at-Law
Maurice Byers Chambers
Phone: 8233 0300 Email: n.broadbent@mauricebyers.com
9.00am-12.30pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost: $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 15
Liability in Health Care
In this session chaired by Peter Dwyer, Roy Beran will discuss important issues
relevant to the presentation of expert opinion evidence,
Vasantha Stesin will address Part VA of the Commonwealth Trade Practices Act
1989 which in effect, provides strict liability for loss caused by defective
products. This presentation will give an overview of the provisions of Part VA
applied to pharmaceuticals and medical devices and will also consider its use
and usefulness, since the relevant legislation was introduced in 1992.
1st July 2010 is the much heralded date for the Australia-wide roll out of a
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme commencing with ten health care
professions. Find out from Christine Campbell how this new scheme has developed
and what impact it will have on your client's professional practice including,
the additional requirements mandated for registrants in these health care
professions.
Karen Mobbs will address the role of the NSW Health Care Care Complaints
Commission under the national scheme.
Mary Walker will speak on Mediation in health care liability cases.
Presenters
Peter Dwyer (Chair)
Barrister-at-Law, Maurice Byers Chambers;
Chairperson, NSW Pharmacy Tribunal;
Adjunct Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Medicine & Drug Development Studies
Program
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of NSW.
Phone: 8233 0300 Email: p.dwyer@mauricebyers.com
Professor Roy Beran
Specialist Neurologist
University of New South Wales
Phone: 9415 3800 Email: Roy.Beran@unsw.edu.au
Mrs. Vasantha Stesin
Solicitor
Senior Lecturer, Pharmaceutical Medicine & Drug Development Studies Program,
School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
Phone: (03) 9596 0697 Email: vstesin@nemesis.com.au
Ms. Mary Walker
Barrister-at-Law
Ninth Floor Selborne Chambers
Phone: 9233 5188 Email: inbox@marywalker.com.au
Ms. Karen Mobbs
Director of Proceedings
Health Care Complaints Commission
Phone: 9219 7444 Email: kmobbs@hccc.nsw.gov.au
Ms. Christine Campbell
Legal Officer
Pharmacy Board of New South Wales
Phone: 9281 7736 Email: christinec@pbnsw.org.au
9.00am-12.30pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 16
Negotiation for Lawyers
Since "Getting to Yes" was first published in the early 1980s it has become the
leading text discussing how to influence others to do a good deal. Originally
the product of research funded to come up with the best way for people to deal
with differences, the book has been translated into many languages and sold many
copies.
The theories detailed in "Getting to Yes" offer a rounded approach to
negotiation and can be used to advantage by litigious and transactional lawyers.
In this session, using the " Elements of Principled Negotiation" described in
"Getting to Yes" and "Beyond Machiavelli" you will learn:
- How to recognise a good deal when it is offered;
- How to use standards of legitimacy to be truly influential;
- Communication skills that smooth negotiation;
- The differences between the Competitive and the Cooperative styles of
negotiation, their benefits and downfalls;
- How to maintain relationships when we negotiate (and why);
- The differences between a "position" and an "interest";
- How to close the deal;
- What are your options if the negotiation fails.
This session will be fast paced and involve interactive discussion and exercises
to demonstrate the lessons that we can take from "Getting to Yes" and the work
of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Skills learned can be used in everyday
negotiations, in mediation, at work and in your personal life.
Presenter
Mr. Steve Lancken
Mediator and Arbitrator
Workers Compensation Commission Mediator, Arbitrator & Costs Assessor
The Trillium Group
Phone: 0418 272 449
Email: steve@thetrilliumgroup.com.au
9.00am-12.30pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost: $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 17
Online Legal Research
With Web 2.0 technologies becoming so established online legal research skills
should no longer be contained to the old favourite resources. Fabian Horton's
course stands out from the rest because he teaches you how to continually update
your knowledge of online legal resources, rather than "just showing you a few
sites".
You will receive the knowledge, skills and techniques required to be a truly
effective online legal researcher. In this full day course each participant will
be equipped with a computer, hence numbers are limited.
While the information supplied will take researchers to an advanced level,
beginners are well catered for.
Section 1: Online Research Techniques (Updated for Web 2.0) - The face of the
Internet is going through fundamental changes. You will be taught the latest
searching techniques as well as exploring the wide range of legal data available
on the web. Fabian will also explain advanced Boolean techniques and what the
"Semantic Web" has install for lawyers.
Section 2: Researching Case Law (World Wide) - You will learn advanced
methodologies and techniques required for case law research including: what
cases are available online, how to find commentary on cases and the effective
searching and noting up of cases.
Section 3: Researching Legislation (World Wide) - This section will continue
with the methodologies and techniques required for researching legislation. It
includes: key sites for legislation, effective searching techniques for currency
information, repeals, interpretative materials and the growing number of
point-in-time databases.
Section 4: Researching Secondary Materials (Updated for Web 2.0) - With Web 2.0
sites becoming so prevalent you will learn how to take full advantage of what
the technologies have to offer. Fabian will show you highly effective techniques
for researching secondary materials using a variety of online search engines,
wikis, catalogues and blogs. He will also show you how to find law resources,
legal news and other current awareness information.
Fabian Horton is a practicing solicitor and director of ConnectLaw, a company
that supplies legal research to the legal profession. Fabian has extensive
experience in legal technologies and online legal applications and was
previously the Training Officer for the Australasian Legal Information Institute
(AustLII). He has lectured at UNSW, UTS and La Trobe Universities in legal
research and continues to present seminars on the subject.
Payment for this full day session includes Luncheon
This session is conducted at:
Forrest Training
7th Floor 83 York Street Sydney
Presenter
Mr. Fabian Horton
Solicitor, ConnectLaw
Phone: 03 5021 6237 Email:fabian@connectlaw.com.au Website:
www.connectlaw.com.au
9.00am-5.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 6
Cost: $500 GST $50 Total incl GST $550
Session 18
Commercial Leases Update
This session includes many practical topics for solicitors. The decisions
summarised in the session are considered most relevant for practitioners, over
the past year or so. They are or will be reported in Lang's Commercial Leasing
in Australia (CCH) and they address:
- Valuation of current market rent;
- Fixing market rent on exercise of option for renewal;
- Lessor's obligation for quiet enjoyment whilst altering parts of building;
- Lessor's entitlement to sell tenant's fixtures after termination of lease;
- Alleged subletting or parting with possession by lessee.
Presenter
Mr. Andrew Lang OAM
Legal Author
1.30pm-3.00pm
Monday 29th march
Claimable CLE Units 1.5
Cost: $110 GST $11 Total incl GST $121
Session 19
Workers Compensation Update
In this session chaired by Steve Lancken, Roger Pillemer will give a
presentation on medical terms and concepts in relation to the spine.
Steve Harris will address Common Law claims against employers of injured workers
covering, not only work injury damages claims by workers against employers, but
also claims for contribution/indemnity against employers by non-employer
defendants.
Eraine Grotte will be speaking about psychiatric injuries in workers
compensation in a presentation entitled 'The Eggshell Skull Psyche and
Arbitrations in the Workers Compensation Commission context'. Psychiatrist, Nick
Glozier, will address the epidemic of work stress.
Mr. Steve Lancken (Chair)
Mediator and Arbitrator
Workers Compensation Commission Mediator, Arbitrator & Costs Assessor
The Trillium Group
Phone: 0418 272 449 Email: steve@thetrilliumgroup.com.au
Dr. Roger Pillemer
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Phone: 9519 4677 Email: mailbox@rpillemer.com.au
Associate Professor Nick Glozier
Psychological Medicine
The University of Sydney
Phone: 9515 5861 Email: nglozier@usyd.edu.au
Ms Eraine Grotte
Arbitrator
Workers Compensation Commission of New South Wales
Phone: 0400 500 027 Email: eraineg@bigpond.net.au
Mr. Steve Harris
Partner
Moray and Agnew Solicitors
Phone: 9232 2255 Email: sharris@moray.com.au
1.30pm-5.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 20
More Money Less Worry for Small Legal Practices
Three things dominate the thinking of small firm practitioners.
- Earning enough to justify the responsibility.
- Avoiding Negligence.
- Knowing the vast expanse of information required of a general practitioner.
The answer is a system.
- A system that is practice based not academic.
- A system that is kept up to date for you and provides you with the tools, the
information and the precedents to run every matter you are likely to strike in
general practice.
- A system that trains your staff, provides gearing, and ensures the output of a
uniform standard of work.
- A system that runs your accounts without being captive to a bookkeeper.
- A system that puts you in charge and produces fast and efficient results
removing any hesitation about costs.
Don't plan to leave law, enjoy it and your clients and make a very satisfactory
living.
LEAP and BY LAWYERS FOR LAWYERS have a solution that combines the best
technology and on-line legal information in such a way that is so easy and
comprehensive that your practice will never be the same again.
Presenters
Mr. Guy Dawson
Principal
By Lawyers For Lawyers
Phone: 4872 4004 Email: gdawson@ourlawyers.com
Mr. Ramsey Cabbani
National Sales Manager
LEAP Legal Software
Phone: Mobile: 0448 403 041 Email: ramsey.cabbani@leap.com.au
1.30pm-3.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 1.5
FREE LEAP SESSION
Session 21
ADR in Building and Construction Disputes - Outlining a New Approach
This Session will be presented by Christopher Whitelaw, a barrister and an
accredited mediator, Howard Ryan, a building consultant, expert witness and
Managing Director of Pre-Purchase Inspections Registry NSW and George Zakos, a
building consultant, arbitrator, mediator and expert witness.
Using a number of case studies they will outline to you a new approach to
achieving early resolution of residential building disputes that can save both
owners and builders thousands of dollars and amicably and constructively resolve
a dispute within 6 - 8 weeks that might otherwise drag on for 6-12 months in the
Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal.
If you have any interest in residential building disputes either as a builder,
building consultant, lawyer or dispute resolver and you are feeling a bit
disillusioned with how disputes are currently managed in the CTTT you don't want
to miss this session.
Presenters
Mr. Christopher Whitelaw (Chair)
Barrister-at-Law
Chalfont Chambers
Phone: 9223 1728 Email: chris.whitelaw@chalfont.com.au
Mr, Howard Ryan
Managing Director
Pre-Purchase Inspections Registry NSW
Phone: 0412 233 977 Email: howard@hnkryan.com
Mr. George Zakos
Arbitrator
Director
G.L.Zakos & Associates Pty Ltd
Construction Consultants
Phone: 9427-1777 Mobile: 0438-888-858 Email:
glza@bigpond.net.au
1.30pm-5.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 3
Cost: $220 GST $22 Total incl GST $242
Session 22
Sale of Specific Businesses
This is a detailed session which considers the main commercial and conveyancing
aspects of the sales of a large variety of businesses, illustrated by judicial
decisions.
These businesses include:
- Coffee lounges, food outlets;
- Manufacturing businesses;
- Professional practices;
- Hotels, motels, nursing homes;
- Liquor outlets;
- Laundries, hairdressers and bread runs.
Problem areas and some solutions are highlighted. In addition, the "sale of
going concerns" is considered, in light of the taxation ruling GSTR 2002/5.
Presenter
Mr. Andrew Lang OAM
Legal Author
3.30pm-5.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 1.5
Cost $110 GST $11 Total incl GST $121
Session 23
Starting a Law Firm and Managing Growth
If you are thinking about starting a new firm or if you already run a small law
firm, you will find this session instructive and insightful.
Great technology is the most reliable and the cheapest way for a small firm to
grow profits without increasing headcount.
In an open Q&A format LEAP will demonstrate powerful systems to help you get
your new firm up and going and to ensure that every staff member in your firm is
as productive as possible.
The demonstration will include:
- Running cases using the Electronic Matter
- Organising all incoming and outgoing email and other documents
- Recording Time, Value and Fixed Fee charging
- Billing and Accounting for Office and Trust
- Running matters using the Step-by-Step Legal Practice Guides
- Using automated Precedents and Forms
- Using relevant reports to manage your people and the practice
- Building and refining a Google optimised website
- Integration with Microsoft Office, Adobe and MYOB
This session is ideal for small firm owners with 1 - 25 people and will help you
to make an informed decision on how to do great work and also share in
Australia's economic growth.
Presenters
Mr. Ramsey Cabbani
National Sales Manager
LEAP Legal Software
Phone: Mobile: 0448 403 041. Email: ramsey.cabbani@leap.com.au
Ms. Natalie Hart
Product Consultant
LEAP Legal Software
Phone: Mobile: 0417496 680 Email: natalie.hart@leap.com.au
3.30pm-5.00pm
Monday 29th March
Claimable CLE Units 1.5
FREE LEAP SESSION
Enquiries
All enquiries should be directed to:
Michael Bach, Conference Manager,
The New South Wales State Legal Conference
DX 294 Sydney or GPO Box 3505, Sydney, NSW, 2001
Telephone: (02) 9550 6063
Fax: (02) 9565 5714
Email:
mbach@nswstatelegal.com.au
Website: www.nswstatelegal.com.au
The Conference management is committed to staging a successful Conference;
however, to achieve this aim, it reserves the right to make changes to the
program.
The New South Wales State Legal
Conference is co-sponsored by
LEAP Office and
Smokeball:
 
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