This webinar is brought to you by Television Education Network together with the Association of School Business Administrators. Enrolment is the point of entry for the student. It also represents an important controlling instrument with legal and management planning implications. This session examines the key issues with the enrolment contract including:
Amid the pressure on conveyancers to provide comprehensive advice, comply with ever increasing regulations. meet timelines and manage cost containment, the inevitable mistakes and omissions can easily arise. This session provides an essential and effective tool for minimising risks and maintaining good practices, including:
The Central Practice Direction (CPD) applying to family law proceedings in the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia plays an important role in setting out the case management principles applying to proceedings in the Court. In this program, Duncan Holmes, from Holmes Donnelly in Sydney, provides a guide to the Central Practice Direction, its underlying principles, and its practical effect on the conduct and management family law proceedings by both the Court and family lawyers.
28 mins / 0.5 CPD units
Running a school is a complex process and relies on relationships with many stakeholders, service providers and the community. It is inevitable that disputes will arise, but the key to resolution lies in being prepared. This session provides a guide for schools on how to prepare for a dispute and steps to take to achieve resolution, including:
Recorded Webinar: Skills:Estimating Fees and Getting Costing Right (Practice Mgmt & Business Skills)
This session looks at what we normally get wrong in fee estimates and costing. Understanding the no-go zones on costing provides a path forward in efficient practice management. It includes:
Conflicts of interest can take varying forms, including not only actual conflicts, but situations that may become conflicting, as well as situations that others may perceive to be a conflict of interest. The obligation the accountant in practice has, is to manage and minimize such conflict. This session is designed to assist with achieving that objective, including:
You might already know the fundamentals about the upcoming AML reforms, however the real challenge lies in putting them into practice. With sweeping changes taking effect from 1 July, this session goes beyond the basics to focus on the operational realities of compliance in a property law practice. Learn how to translate regulatory requirements into workable systems and strategies, including: including:
Conflicts of interest can take varying forms, including not only actual conflicts, but situations that may become conflicting, as well as situations that others may perceive to be a conflict of interest. The obligation the accountant in practice has, is to manage and minimize such conflict. This session is designed to assist with achieving that objective, including:
We understand the reality of electronic conveyancing. How much have we understood the essential risk management imperatives that go with it? This session looks at the key issues, including:
Professional conduct obligations and electronic conveyancing
Practical risk issues in identification of the client – preventing identity fraud
Dealing with discharge of mortgage and email hacking
Risks with electronic documents and electronic signatures
IT security is front of mind for law firms right now, particularly in light of recent cyber security breaches involving practitioners. It’s vital that practitioners are across how to best manage the risks - a cyber breach will impact not only your legal obligations, but also damage your brand and disrupt your practice. This session examines how to best protect against cyber security breaches, including:
Identifying where your vulnerabilities lie in your practice:
sensitive client information
bank account details