Longer life expectancy in Australia has been accompanied not only by an increasing incidence of cognitive impairment in the elderly, but also in elder abuse. These trends create increasing challenges for lawyers in determining a client’s capacity to make and execute a Will. In this program, barrister Andrew Verspaandonk, from the Victorian Bar, identifies best practice principles from the case law in this increasingly challenging, and sometimes fraught, area of practice.
[41.43 minutes] [0.68 CPD units/hours]
This webinar comprises 3 one-hour sessions covering each of the compulsory CPD subjects for lawyers for the CPD year ending 31 March 2019.
Session 1: Practice Management Business Skills: NewLaw, Legal Apps and Disruptive Technology – Preparing for Change
Presented by: Joanna Green, Principal, Hive Legal, Melbourne
As well as the requirement to use SuperStream to receive non related employer super contributions into an SMSF, it is now also compulsory for complying SMSFs to process rollovers in or out of the fund using SuperStream. However, as there are still a large number of SMSF trustees scratching their heads as to how to implement the processes, this leaves a gap for accountants to step in to assist with the set up and ongoing compliance. This session looks at the requirements and issues being encountered in practice, including:
In an area of law that is already heightened with emotion, family lawyers can often be faced with difficult clients: they may be excessively needy, overly aggressive, or a combination of both. This session provides best practice strategies in managing difficult clients, including:
Organisations who contract with service providers are increasingly concerned to protect themselves against the significant consequences from the wrongful disclosure of the information they provide. This session will explore the crossover between privacy and confidential information obligations and provide a guide to ensuring your contract contains effective protections against illegal or harmful disclosure of information, including:
Organisations who contract with service providers are increasingly concerned to protect themselves against the significant consequences from the wrongful disclosure of the information they provide. This session will explore the crossover between privacy and confidential information obligations and provide a guide to ensuring your contract contains effective protections against illegal or harmful disclosure of information, including:
It is unfortunate that in recent times allegations can be enough to impose a guilty finding on the alleged perpetrator, and the complainant is perceived as truthful and wronged. In the context of an employment complaint, employers need to take a step away from this mob mentality and ensure their investigations and actions accord with the law and good governance. This session will provide a tool kit for best practice handling of allegations in the workplace, including:
The recent decision of Owies has cast renewed focus on trustee’s obligations, in particular, the discharge of the trustee’s obligations to properly exercise their discretion. Central to this, is the duty trustees have to not fetter their discretion. The proper discharge of this duty in today’s complex world is certainly easier said than done and there are many situations in which steps taken by trustees in commercial and family dealings could fall foul of trust law leaving the decision open to challenge by beneficiaries.
It is unfortunate that in recent times allegations can be enough to impose a guilty finding on the alleged perpetrator, and the complainant is perceived as truthful and wronged. In the context of an employment complaint, employers need to take a step away from this mob mentality and ensure their investigations and actions accord with the law and good governance. This session will provide a tool kit for best practice handling of allegations in the workplace, including:
The recent decision of Owies has cast renewed focus on trustee’s obligations, in particular, the discharge of the trustee’s obligations to properly exercise their discretion. Central to this, is the duty trustees have to not fetter their discretion. The proper discharge of this duty in today’s complex world is certainly easier said than done and there are many situations in which steps taken by trustees in commercial and family dealings could fall foul of trust law leaving the decision open to challenge by beneficiaries.