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:
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.
The legislators have been busy recently adding to the obligations that registered tax agents need to comply with when performing their duties. This session reviews the recent changes and how they may apply in practice, including:
The legislators have been busy recently adding to the obligations that registered tax agents need to comply with when performing their duties. This session reviews the recent changes and how they may apply in practice, including:
With over 40% of working-age Australians now reporting a mental health condition, the intersection between mental health and performance management is no longer rare - it’s routine. Yet symptoms are often misunderstood, overlooked, or only disclosed once formal processes begin. HR professionals must be equipped to handle these situations with sensitivity, legality, and confidence. This session provides a clear and contemporary framework for managing performance in employees with mental health conditions, minimising legal risk and maximising dignity.
With over 40% of working-age Australians now reporting a mental health condition, the intersection between mental health and performance management is no longer rare - it’s routine. Yet symptoms are often misunderstood, overlooked, or only disclosed once formal processes begin. HR professionals must be equipped to handle these situations with sensitivity, legality, and confidence. This session provides a clear and contemporary framework for managing performance in employees with mental health conditions, minimising legal risk and maximising dignity.
For an accountant in public practice, it is not only the ethical issue at hand when dealing with a client’s actual non-compliance with laws and regulations that needs to be addressed. There is also the ethical dilemma of whether an obligation to report the non-compliance to an appropriate authority exists, which may blow client confidentiality out of the water. This session explores the issue and the process to follow to comply with the professional guidelines, including:
The legislators have been busy recently adding to the obligations that registered tax agents need to comply with when performing their duties. This session reviews the recent changes and how they may apply in practice, including:
This Power Pair comprises 2 popular commercial law webinars from earlier this year.
Webinar 1: The New Unfair Contract Term Regime in Practice: Learning from the Mistakes of Others
March 31 is the deadline and stress time for lawyers around the country. It is the date when the compulsory 10 Legal CPD units need to be completed and verified with the regulatory bodies in each state.
To reduce this stress in 2020, there are key elements that Lawyers can plan for – to not only complete the regulated number of units on time, but to truly use the CPD as a way to enhance their knowledge and career.
1. Understanding the compulsory units in your State