The extension of Australia’s AML/CTF regime to accountants is no longer on the horizon — it is imminent. This session focuses on the practical steps accountants must take to be compliant by 1 July 2026, cutting through the uncertainty and highlighting where firms are most exposed if they delay or get it wrong. It examines the practical steps your firm must take to be compliant on day one, highlighting where accountants are most likely to fall short and what needs to be prioritised now.
The extension of Australia’s AML/CTF regime to accountants is no longer on the horizon — it is imminent. This session focuses on the practical steps accountants must take to be compliant by 1 July 2026, cutting through the uncertainty and highlighting where firms are most exposed if they delay or get it wrong. It examines the practical steps your firm must take to be compliant on day one, highlighting where accountants are most likely to fall short and what needs to be prioritised now.
Accountants can often be requested by clients and other parties to provide letters or sign documents for various purposes, or prepare letters to third parties relating to a client or ex client. Whilst an instinctive feeling of wanting to be obliging with those requests may often be felt, it can be a good idea to give each request close examination as to whether obliging is doing the right thing by themselves. This session explores the topic including:
Accountants can often be requested by clients and other parties to provide letters or sign documents for various purposes, or prepare letters to third parties relating to a client or ex client. Whilst an instinctive feeling of wanting to be obliging with those requests may often be felt, it can be a good idea to give each request close examination as to whether obliging is doing the right thing by themselves. This session explores the topic including:
Live Webinar: The End of Add Backs? Family Law Property Settlements After the Amended s 79 Framework
The amendments to s 79 of the Family Law Act 1975 have significantly reshaped how courts deal with notional property and dissipated assets in property settlement proceedings. By confining the asset pool to existing legal and equitable interests, the reforms have curtailed the traditional use of add backs, forcing practitioners to rethink how asset dissipation is argued and addressed. This session examines how the amended framework is operating in practice, and what it means for advising clients in contested property matters.
The amendments to s 79 of the Family Law Act 1975 have significantly reshaped how courts deal with notional property and dissipated assets in property settlement proceedings. By confining the asset pool to existing legal and equitable interests, the reforms have curtailed the traditional use of add backs, forcing practitioners to rethink how asset dissipation is argued and addressed. This session examines how the amended framework is operating in practice, and what it means for advising clients in contested property matters.
The criminalisation of coercive control marks a profound shift in how the law understands and responds to patterns of abuse within intimate relationships. While these offences sit in the criminal sphere, their implications are increasingly being felt in family law proceedings, particularly in parenting disputes and the assessment of family violence.
The criminalisation of coercive control marks a profound shift in how the law understands and responds to patterns of abuse within intimate relationships. While these offences sit in the criminal sphere, their implications are increasingly being felt in family law proceedings, particularly in parenting disputes and the assessment of family violence.
When clients sign lending documents, guarantees or complex security arrangements, they rely on you to help them understand the fine print — and the professional risk sits squarely with the solicitor who signs the certificate. In this focused webinar, we break down the real-world issues that trip practitioners up and show you how to navigate them with confidence. This session covers:
When clients sign lending documents, guarantees or complex security arrangements, they rely on you to help them understand the fine print — and the professional risk sits squarely with the solicitor who signs the certificate. In this focused webinar, we break down the real-world issues that trip practitioners up and show you how to navigate them with confidence. This session covers: