 The following is a list of the Bar Association’s upcoming CPD events.
CRIMINAL LAW: THE LIMITS OF MR BIG SCENARIO TECHNIQUES AND COVERT INTERVIEWING Date: 6 August 2015 Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts Complex, 415 George Street, Brisbane Strand: Substantive Law, Practice and Procedure, and Evidence Cost: Free The Bar Association of Queensland, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Supreme Court of Queensland Library are pleased to announce the Current Legal Issues Seminar Series for 2015. | Code: | CLI1503 | | Point(s): | 1.5 CPD points | | Presenter points: | 3 CPD points per hour | | Chair: | The Hon. Justice Atkinson, Supreme Court of Queensland | | Presenters: | Professor Simon Bronitt, University of Queensland | | Time: | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | | Venue: | Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts Complex, 415 George Street, Brisbane | JUNIOR BAR ADVOCACY COURSE - PART B (NON - MEMBERS REGISTRATION) Date: 8 August 2015 Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, 415 George Street, Brisbane Strand: Substantive Law, Evidence and Practice and Procedure Cost: Free SUNSHINE COAST CONFERENCE Date: 15 August 2015 Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE Maroochydore Strand: Ethics and Professional Responsibility Cost: $100 EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CONFERENCE 2015 Date: 22 & 23 August 2015 Sheraton Mirage, Gold Coast The program will provide opportunities to refresh your knowledge, analyse new developments and explore emerging areas of practice. Gain insights into this ever changing area of practice while enjoying a weekend of networking with colleagues and other professionals. The brochure will be available shortly and presenters will include senior members of the Bench and Bar who will address: - the latest developments in common law
- updates on general protections and adverse action
- attacking and defending Enterprise Agreements
- managing misconduct
- analysing Protected Industrial Action
- safety prosecutions – the particulars game
- recent developments around the jurisdictions, updating significant issues and key changes by members of the judiciary and tribunals
- ethics in hypothetical and other topical sessions!
FAMILY VIOLENCE: IT COULD BE ANY CLIENT OR WITNESS YOU SEE Date: 25 August 2015 BAQ Gibbs Room Strand: Ethics and Professional Responsibility Cost: $120 COMMERCIAL LAW: AGENTS ACTING BADLY Date: 10 September 2015 Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts Complex, 415 George Street, Brisbane Strand: Substantive Law, Practice and Procedure, and Evidence Cost: Free The Bar Association of Queensland, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology and Supreme Court of Queensland Library are pleased to announce the Current Legal Issues Seminar Series for 2015. | Code: | CLI1504 | | Point(s): | 1.5 CPD points | | Presenter points: | 3 CPD points per hour | | Chair: | The Hon. Justice McMurdo AC, President, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Queensland | | Presenters: | Dr Sarah Worthington, Downing Professor of the Law of England, University of Cambridge | | Time: | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | | Venue: | Banco Court, Supreme Court of Queensland, Level 3, Queen Elizabeth II Courts Complex, 415 George Street, Brisbane | ADR CONFERENCE 2015 Advocacy and Mediation: how can mediators and mediation advocates do their best for their clients? Date:17-18 October 2015 Sheraton Noosa Resort Keynote Presenter: John Sturrock QC Further details of these events may be obtained from the Association’s website or by contacting the Association. EXTERNAL EVENTS Contracts in Commercial Law Conference UNSW Law @ Art Gallery of NSW A conference considering the operation of contracts in commercial law When: 18–19 December 2015 Where: Domain Theatre, Art Gallery of NSW Contact: contracts@unsw.edu.au 10% discount for Alumni of UNSW or University of Oxford Speakers include: The Hon. Chief Justice Allsop AO, Federal Court of Australia The Hon. Chief Justice Tom Bathurst AC, Supreme Court of NSW<> Prof. Andrew Burrows QC (Hon) FBA DCL, University of Oxford The Rt Hon. the Lord Hope KT PC, House of Lords The Hon. Justice Susan Kiefel AC, High Court of Australia The Hon. Justice Andrew Phang, Supreme Court of Singapore
World Bar Conference 2016 The Independent Referral Bar: Retrospective and Prospective When: Thursday 14 to Saturday 16 April 2016 Where: Edinburgh The Faculty of Advocates will host the World Bar Conference 2016 (WBC2016) . This biennial event brings together the member independent Bars of the International Council of Advocates and Barristers for a stimulating program of seminars and social events, enhancing the practice of referral advocacy around the world. Bookings will open in late July 2015.
|
