Significant reforms to NSW strata laws fundamentally transformed how strata schemes operate. This practical session focuses on how the reforms are actually operating on the ground, where schemes and advisers are getting caught out, and what property lawyers need to watch for when advising clients in 2026. It covers:
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:
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:
The May 2024 reforms promised a new era of stronger governance for body corporates — from towing obstructive vehicles to regulating smoking, controlling pets, and enforcing by-laws directly against subsidiary owners. Yet the reality has proven more complex. While the powers look sweeping on paper, their practical enforcement has raised legal, procedural, and cultural challenges for committees, lot owners, and their lawyers.
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:
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
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:
Trusts are vital tools in family wealth management, requiring thorough examination by accountants. Trusts not only facilitate the preservation and transfer of assets across generations, they also offer a structured framework for safeguarding family wealth. In this five part webinar series, learn directly from the experts on the strategic use of trusts in the context of family wealth management. Dedicated sessions include trust distributions and section 100A, compliance issues with section 99B, as well as creating bullet-proof trustee distribution resolutions.
Partnership arrangements for the development of a product or technology provide a significant benefit through cost sharing, or through one party bringing intellectual expertise and experience and the other financial resources. In such circumstances, both input and output will often involve the contribution or creation of intellectual property. This session will provide a drafting guide to laying the foundations for an effective and successful outcome through careful management of both existing and created intellectual property, including:
Now that the 2025 amendments to the Family Law Act have been in operation for over a year, courts and practitioners are grappling with how the new statutory framework operates in practice. This session examines how the codified property settlement pathway is being applied, where judicial discretion remains influential, and which aspects of the reforms are creating uncertainty, risk or unintended consequences. Drawing on emerging case law and courtroom experience, the session explores: