Junior lawyers have enough to navigate – from learning a firm’s culture to juggling various client demands. However, a key part of a junior lawyer’s role is setting the right ethical foundations for your career. This session teaches you the skills that go beyond what you may have learnt in law school, with a focus on the practical ethics challenges that arise in day to day practice. It covers:
NSW property lawyers are facing a tidal wave of legal and regulatory change — from sweeping reforms to strata law and heightened agent accountability, to major overhauls of off-the-plan contracts and the taxation of foreign transactions. Keeping up isn’t just a matter of good practice — it’s essential for avoiding compliance risks and delivering sound client advice. This five-part webinar series tackles the most pressing developments reshaping NSW property law in 2025.
The General Practice CPD Power Pack range for lawyers has been designed to enable you to complete all or part of your CPD by 31.3.26. The range will provide you with your CPD in the one place with easy access via login to our website. From there you will be able to view the recorded content and attend the live content.
This General Practice CPD Power Pack is not practice specific and covers a range of programs suited to the general practitioner.
It’s been just over seven months since the introduction of the GST withholding rules on new residential property on 1 July 2018. Now that the dust has settled on the initial implementation, what complexities and challenges are we seeing? This session covers tips and traps based on experience of how the provisions have operated in practice, including:
In complex situations (e.g. multiple vendors, multiple purchasers or nominee purchasers):
who is meant to notify?
who is meant to withhold?
Mental health challenges impact not only individuals but also the wider NDIS workforce, especially when claims arise that mental health issues are work-related injuries. With the growing prevalence of mental health concerns and compensation claims, NDIS providers need to adopt a proactive, risk-based approach to mitigating psychosocial hazards. This session will explore how NDIS providers, including smaller organizations working in an under-resourced sector, can effectively manage these risks. Key issues covered include:
Taking instructions from a new client sounds like a simple thing but far too often legal practitioners miss getting the crucial information. This session gives you an insight into best practice in conducting client interviews and covers:
Conflict checking
Recognising problematic areas:
instructions for wills
instructions from parents for financial agreements involving their children
Practitioners should be constantly on guard for ethics risks in their criminal law practice. The session looks at some key areas and how best to handle them including:
When an error of law or fact arises in proceedings favoring the defense
Ethics in Legal Professional and Solicitor Client Privilege
Ethics issues in advising client on guilty plea when they wish to plead not guilty
What to do when Solicitor and client disagree on conduct of the defense
Older Australians are increasingly looking into multigenerational living arrangements with their children as a viable alternative to residential aged care. These types of arrangements are only likely to increase in popularity following the Federal Government’s legislation granting a targeted CGT exemption for granny flat arrangements. This session looks at best practice advice and structuring of so-called “granny flat” options to achieve family harmony and maximise the tax benefits, including:
Dealing with difficult third parties who have an interest in your client’s affairs can be a common yet challenging task for succession lawyers. This practical session provides the strategies for identifying your obligations to clients and non-clients, effective ways to manage harassment, and guidance for addressing concerns from disappointed beneficiaries in order to safeguard your practice. It covers:
Most lawyers won’t face a front-page scandal — but ethical lapses rarely start that way. Often, it’s the overlooked email, the blurred digital boundary, or the pressure to follow a senior’s lead that creates risk. This session explores how small ethical slips, workplace pressures, and the pace of modern practice can lead to big professional consequences — and what you can do to stay on course. It covers: