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North Queensland Law Association conference 2011 – Day 1

Friday 27–Saturday 28 May 2011, 9:00am–5:00pm

Jupiters Townsville Hotel & Casino, Sir Leslie Thiess Drive, Townsville, QLD 4810

Overview

10 CPD points

Designed for practitioners to meet and network with their colleagues from the north. Delegates will be able to attain all their CPD points for the year including the 3 compulsory topics.

Keynote speakers include: Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia, John de Groot of de Groots Wills and Estate Lawyers and Bill Mitchell who will present the annual Human Rights Lecture.

Course code: 110527R

9am	Conference opening
9:25am	Address
9:45am	Plenary Session 1
10:45am	Morning tea
	Commercial Stream	Family Law Stream	Litigation Stream
11:05am	ASIC's Investigations and Enforcement Powers - Corporate collapses and lawyers' accessorial liability 12pm Lapsing and removal of Caveats and the risks for caveators	Judges receiving evidence direct from Children - Not interviewing Children 12pm Third Party Amendments - Seven Years On - how the Court's have interpreted Part VIIIAB of the Family LAw Act and the impact of this on estate planning	The "Tribunalisation" of the law 12pm "The Mediation from Hell" - an interactive discussion of practical and ethical mediation issues
12:50pm	Lunch
2:00pm	Borrow through Superannuation without sorrow - How to use your Super Fund to borrow money to purchase property and not fall foul of the rules 2:50pm To be or not to be - When will informal do? - an Update on informal Wills under s18 Succession Act	How to get the best out of your day in court - A Guide to avoiding trouble 2:50pm Valuing businesses and property after matrimonial breakdown	50 Years of Personal Injuries Reform - are the injured better off? 2:50pm Search Warrants - Whose that knocking at my door?
3:40pm	Afternoon tea
4pm	Plenary Session 2
5pm	The QLS Cocktail Party - Poolside