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Speaker Paper Title Format
Conference address
The Honourable Paul de Jersey AC Chief Justice
Opening address
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Plenary session 1
His Honourable Chief Justice Patrick Keane
Contemporary perspectives of judicial power
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Plenary session 2
Bill Mitchell Human rights in Australia - The state of play
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Plenary session 3
John de Groot
Testamentary trusts and succession planning for lawyers main_bullet presentation (powerpoint)
Leap Legal Software Family Law Stream

The Honourable Justice Robert Benjamin Judges receiving evidence direct from children main_bullet presentation paper (pdf)
Federal Magistrate John Coker How to get the best out of your day in court
- A guide to avoiding trouble
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Paul Doolan Binding financial agreements - Everything you always
wanted to know but were too afraid to ask

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Michael Fellows and Terry Betts
What happens when you discover parties have been lying - How to handle the situation on both sides of the fence main_bullet presentation (pdf)
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Dennis Offermans Valuing Businesses and Property after Matrimonial Breakdown
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The Trust Company  Litigation Stream
His Honour Judge Baulch SC
'The mediation from hell' - An interactive discussion of practical and ethical mediation issues
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His Honourable Justice Jones AO
Expert evidence - Trash or treasure main_bullet presentation (pdf)
Anthony Moon 'The mediation from hell' - An interactive discussion of practical and ethical mediation issues main_bullet presentation (powerpoint)
The Honourable Justice Cullinane AM Appointment or election of our judges - A discussion on whether we follow America down the election path main_bullet presentation (powerpoint)
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Offermans Partners Commercial Stream
Caite Brewer

To be or not to be - When will informal do?

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Elizabeth Gore-Jones The demise of Trade Practices Act - A report on
recent changes in the area of Trade Practices and Franchising
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Gavin Handran
Lapsing and removal of Caveats and the risks for caveators main_bullet presentation slides (pdf)
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Petrina Macpherson Practical implications of the Personal Property Securities
Act 2009
- all you should be aware of
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Suzanne Brown
Borrow through superannuation without sorrow -
How to use your Super Fund to borrow money to purchase
property and not fall foul of the rules
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Tom Middleton ASIC'c investigation and enforcement powers - Corporate collapses
and lawyers' accessorial liability
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Compulsory topic 1 - LEAP Legal Software Practice Management and Business Skills
Giles Watson
Time management in the legal practice
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Compulsory topic 2 - The Trust Company Practical Legal Ethics
Neil Watt
Practical legal ethics and the lawyer: The importance of
legal ethics in practice
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Compulsory topic 3 - Offermans Partners Professional Skills
Noela L’Estrange Developing your career and personal skills main_bullet presentation (powerpoint)