Privacy laws and data security should be front of mind for religious institutions, just like it must be for other organisations dealing with the personal information of individuals. Strong data security measures in IT infrastructure is therefore crucial. Data breaches not only can have significant ramifications for the individuals affected, but also for religious institutions especially in the context of reputational damage. This session will inform attendees of best practice standards of compliance, including:
Privacy laws and data security should be front of mind for religious institutions, just like it must be for other organisations dealing with the personal information of individuals. Strong data security measures in IT infrastructure is therefore crucial. Data breaches not only can have significant ramifications for the individuals affected, but also for religious institutions especially in the context of reputational damage. This session will inform attendees of best practice standards of compliance, including:
The NDIS Commission has made the reduction and elimination of restrictive practices its top regulatory priority for 2026, and enforcement action is escalating. This session sets out what implementing providers must understand about their legal obligations and the real risks of getting it wrong, including:
The NDIS Commission has made the reduction and elimination of restrictive practices its top regulatory priority for 2026, and enforcement action is escalating. This session sets out what implementing providers must understand about their legal obligations and the real risks of getting it wrong, including:
With families coming in all shapes and sizes, and some of them in various stages of acrimony, schools need to be aware of the complexities and implement appropriate arrangements and strategies to minimise risks. This session will look at some of the issues of dealing with families, including parental and third- party rights, and what schools can do in practice to reduce the impact on the school community, including:
What does it mean to be part of the legal profession and what is professionalism in practice? This session will provide best practice guidance on expected duties and behaviour of legal practitioners, and examine:
For most families, identifying a spouse for the purpose of estate planning is relatively straightforward. The term is included within a firm’s inhouse precedents and included in estate planning documents often with no further thought about the potential repercussions. It is often only in hindsight that estate planners realise that further enquiries ought to have been made in the early stages of planning to identify potential claimants against the estate arising from the different definitions of spouse across jurisdictions and practice areas.
Modern legal practice is faster, more digital and increasingly shaped by AI-assisted work. But many of the profession’s traditional ethical rules were not designed for instant drafting tools, blurred workplace boundaries and constant client accessibility. This session examines how everyday practice pressures are creating new ethical risks for lawyers and what you must do to manage them safely. It covers:
The ability to draft effective termination clauses is a crucially important tool for commercial lawyers to possess. The key drafting techniques and practice points – which apply in all areas of front-end commercial legal practice – have been scrutinised by the High Court and provide practitioners with useful guidance on drafting effective termination clauses. This webinar explores the key issues, including:
There is high demand for workplace flexibility amongst the Gen Y and Millennials. Businesses that don’t implement flexibility risk of losing the top talent. This session considers the issues from both the management perspective and staff perspective - looking at how risks can be managed and what you can do to facilitate a beneficial working relationship for all parties. This session covers: