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DNA evidence in the Courtroom: Expert Insights   Presenter: Helen Roebuck (Director, Roebuck Forensics) * Principal Forensic Scientist & DNA Expert Witness…

Saturday 24 February and Sunday 25 February 2024, Barossa Valley   Members and Judges can email the Association for more information.

Cyber-Resilience for Barristers   Presenter: Alex Heidenreich (CyberCX)   (Practice Management, 1.25 points)   Registration requested.

Taxation consequences of judgments and settlements   Presenter: Samuel Ure (Jeffcott Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration requested.

What is family violence?  A consideration of recent decisions, a discussion in respect of the law relating to ‘coercion and control’ and…

Culture, Part 2.5 of Criminal Code, and the Governance of Financial Institutions post-Hayne   Presenter: Emeritus Professor Rick Sarre (University of South…

Building Connectedness in the Workplace On ‘R U OK?’ Day   Presenter: Melissa Harries (Registered Psychologist) Organised by: Healthy Minds Education and…

Native Title for the Uninitiated   Presenter: David Billington (Howard Zelling Chambers) Chair: Andrew Collett (Selby Street Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25…

South Australian Law Reform Institute Update: Operation of Suppression Orders   Presenters: The Hon. Geoff Muecke, Associate Professor David Plater, Jemma Holt…

Pendulum Arbitration: What? Why? How?   Presenter: Robert Fenwick Elliott   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration requested.

Overseas and Interstate Video-Link Evidence in Civil Litigation Post-COVID-19   Presenter: Simon Ower KC (Jeffcott Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)  …

Cross-Border Conflict of Law Issues arising from Ferngrove Pharmaceuticals Pty Ltd v Betterway Healthcare International Pty Ltd [2022] SASCA 31   Presenter:…

Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February 2023, Barossa Valley   Members and Judges can email the Association for more information.

First Nations Voice to Parliament – Federal and State   Presenter: Martin Hinton KC (Director of Public Prosecutions)   (Professional Skills, 1.25…

Royal Commission in regard to Rupert Max Stuart, 1959 Lessons from the past for the future   The Hon. Christopher Legoe AO…

IT 4 UR WIP … using technology to boost efficiency, organisation and your bottom line   Presenter: Mark Taylor (Edmund Barton Chambers)…

Electric Vehicles, Excise Taxes and Vertical Fiscal Imbalance: A discussion about the various issues emerging in the Vanderstock v Victoria Case  …

How to Deal with Bullies (Judicial or Counsel)   Presenter: Bill Boucaut KC (Len King Chambers) Panel: TBA   (BDH, 1.25 points)…

What Family Law Barristers Do (compared to what non-family law barristers think they do)   Presenters: Taanya Lewis (Elizabeth Evatt Chambers) &…

Amendments to the South Australian Legal Profession Conduct Rules: An Update   Presenters: Darren Blight QC (Nexus Chambers) and Helen Luu (Bar…

Appeals: What Judges Want   – The Hon. Justice Michael Buss, President of the WA Court of Appeal – Ben Doyle QC,…

Experts and Expert Evidence based on some recent cases   Presenter: Tyneil Flaherty (Murray Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration…

Joint Criminal Rules 2022 and Uniform Special Statutory Rules 2022   Presenter: The Hon. Justice Malcolm Blue (Supreme Court of South Australia)…

Saturday 30 April & Sunday 1 May 2022, Barossa Valley   Members and Judges can email the Association for more information.

Appropriate Responses to Inappropriate Behaviour: How to call out and address bullying and harassment when it is used as a misguided advocacy…

Update on Defamation Law Reforms   Panel Discussion led by Michelle Hamlyn and Ben Doyle QC   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)  …

The Drudgery of the Law: A Panel Discussion #3   Facilitator: Stephen Mitchell (Anthony Mason Chambers)   (Practice Management, 1.25 points)  …

Unconscionability – its roots and its branches   Presenters: Neville Rochow QC and Marissa Mackie (Anthony Mason Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25…

Prohibition against fettering a trustee’s discretion   Presenters: Ian Robertson SC (Jeffcott Chambers) and Victoria Gilliland (Nexus Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25…

Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia   Presenter: Senior Judicial Registrar Kathryn Heuer Chair: Mark Anderson (Elizabeth Evatt Chambers)   (Professional…

Criminal Pre-Trial Special Hearings under ss 12AB and 13BA of the Evidence Act 1929 (SA)   Presenter: Her Honour Judge Liesl Chapman…

Space Law 101 including domestic regulatory issues under the Space (Launches and Returns) Act 2018 and space mining   Presenter: Associate Professor…

Going behind judgments in Bankruptcy   Presenter: Tom Besanko (Jeffcott Chambers) Panellists: Brendon Roberts QC (Bar Chambers) and Ben Doyle QC (Hanson…

The Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner and the Handling of Complaints of Inappropriate Personal Conduct in the Legal Profession   Presenter: Greg May…

The Drudgery of the Law #2: A Panel Discussion   Chair:   Stephen Mitchell (Anthony Mason Chambers) Panel:  TBA   (Practice Management, 1.25 points)…

Arbitration in Family Law   Presenter: The Hon. Justice Steven Strickland (Family Court)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration essential due…

The Reflective Loss Principle in light of the UK Supreme Court’s decision in Sevilleja v Marex Financial Ltd [2020] UKSC 31  …

Saturday 20 February & Sunday 21 February 2021, Barossa Valley

Panel Discussion on Ethics   Chair:   Alex Ward (Edmund Barton Chambers) Panel:  Sam Abbott QC (Bar Chambers) & Candida D’Arcy (Edmund Barton…

An Introduction to Commercial Arbitration   Presenter: Ian Thomas (Bar Chambers)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration essential due to COVID-19 restrictions…

Piercing the Corporate Veil   Presenter:  Samuel Ure (Jeffcott Chambers) Chair:         Brendon Roberts QC (Bar Chambers)   (Professional Skills,…

The Workings of Contract Interpretation   Presenter: Dr Ryan Catterwell Lecturer at the University of Queensland & Consultant at King Wood Mallesons…

Appellate Advocacy   The Hon. Martin Hinton QC (DPP)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)   Registration essential due to COVID-19 restrictions – either…

Sexual Harassment and Bullying: What not to do, how to address it and what to do if you see it   Panel: Jane…

Wednesday 5 August 2020

The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules: A Snapshot   Judge Katrina Bochner (Supreme Court of South Australia)   (Professional Skills, 1.25 points)  …

Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Civil and Commercial Matters: An Update on Recent Cases    Chair:           Brendon Roberts QC…

CANCELLED  Bullying and Harassment – Ethical & Conduct Obligations   Panel: Bill Boucaut QC and Jane Abbey (Len King Chambers) Mark Douglas and…

Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (SA)   Chair:           His Honour Judge Patrick O’Sullivan Presenter: …

Saturday 22 February & Sunday 23 February 2020, Barossa Valley