Family conflict, blended relationships, vulnerable beneficiaries and tax risks — the modern estate plan is anything but straightforward.
Estate planners are increasingly asked to navigate emotionally charged and technically complex situations involving multiple generations, second marriages, estranged children and shifting financial needs. Even the most carefully constructed plan can unravel if it doesn’t reflect the realities of the family behind it.
This webinar comprises 3 one-hour sessions covering each of the compulsory CPD subjects for succession lawyers for the CPD year ending 31 March 2024.
Session 1: Professional Skills
Estate Administration Litigation: Sharpening Your Skillset When the Gloves Come Off
This Power Pair comprises 2 of our most popular commercial law webinars from the past few months.
Webinar 1: Legal Drafting in the Age of AI: Risks, Limits and Opportunities
Lawyers, particularly those in suburban or rural practices, are often approached by friends and clients for advice and assistance with tasks that are legal or even quasi-legal in nature. For those clients who have outlived or, for various reasons, can’t rely on support from friends or family, their lawyer is sometimes the only person left to administer their estate on their passing.
UPDATE: Recording will be available from the 21st of October 2020
Landlords and tenants across the country are continuing to feel the effects of COVID-19 and serious questions surround the recent COVID-19 leasing reforms. The recent NSW Supreme Court decisions of Sneakerboy are the first opportunity across all States and Territories for a Court to apply COVID-19 related legislation. This session examines the key implications of the Sneakerboy decisions and how parties can achieve some certainty in an uncertain future. It covers:
The Federal Government’s next tranche of workplace reforms are here in the form of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 that commenced in December 2023 and second tranche of amendment in the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2023. Described as some of the most radical changes to the workplace system in decades, it is vital that HR professionals and employment lawyers understand the key implications of these sweeping reforms.
A number of factors have led to employees working what they may consider to be additional and unreasonable hours, ranging from increased demands by employers, working flexibly and/or remotely and the shrinking labour market. With Australia now enshrining the ‘right to disconnect’, what can employers require of the employees in terms of additional hours and what happens if the response is a “no”? This session will examine the current rules and obligations, including:
The Federal Government’s next tranche of workplace reforms are here in the form of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Act 2023 that commenced in December 2023 and second tranche of amendment in the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes No. 2) Act 2023. Described as some of the most radical changes to the workplace system in decades, it is vital that HR professionals and employment lawyers understand the key implications of these sweeping reforms.
A number of factors have led to employees working what they may consider to be additional and unreasonable hours, ranging from increased demands by employers, working flexibly and/or remotely and the shrinking labour market. With Australia now enshrining the ‘right to disconnect’, what can employers require of the employees in terms of additional hours and what happens if the response is a “no”? This session will examine the current rules and obligations, including:
Date: Recorded: 17th January 2022