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2024 Prescribed Sexual Harassment and Bullying Awareness Training

The Victorian Bar
17Apr

The Victorian Bar is conducting prescribed sexual harassment and bullying awareness training for barristers 10+ years’ call.  This training is a prerequisite for barristers intending to make application for Senior Counsel in 2024, as prescribed by the Supreme Court of Victoria.

The structure of this prescribed training will be as follows:

  • presentation by the Victorian Bar President/Vice President
  • presentation by a panel of Senior Counsel
  • hypothetical examples
  • open session for general discussion

Compulsory pre-reading materials will be provided to attendees.

Sessions are strictly limited to 40 attendees per session and registrations will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. We encourage completing your registration for a session as soon as possible.

DATES: Monday, 25 March 2024 and Wednesday, 17 April 2024

TIME: 4:30pm to 6:30pm

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This is an in-person event only.

When: 
Wednesday, 17 April, 2024 - 16:30 to 18:30
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
2 CPD point(s):
Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Barristers Skills;

Changing Legal Ethics: Rights, Responsibilities and the Duty of Lawyers to the Administration of Justice

The Victorian Bar Ethics Committee
8May

This CPD addresses a significant shift in the nature of lawyers’ ethical duties to clients and to the administration of justice, as reflected in conduct Rules, case law and Court Rules. The CPD draws on recent royal commissions and other contemporary examples to illustrate the changes in what might now be expected of lawyers, and the dangers of failing to fulfill ethical responsibilities as currently framed.

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This is an in-person event only. The session will be recorded for viewing later.

Speaker(s): 
Kathleen Foley S.C. (Chair), Philip Crutchfield KC, David Blumenthal
When: 
Wednesday, 8 May, 2024 - 16:30 to 17:30
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Substantive Law;

Appearing as counsel at a coercive examination conducted by an integrity/investigatory body: your rights and obligations

The Commercial Bar Association (Public Law Section)
9May

The Victorian Inspectorate (VI) oversights key integrity and investigatory bodies in Victoria that have the power to issue witness summonses requiring persons to attend and answer questions at a coercive examination, including IBAC, the Victorian Ombudsman and the Office of Chief Examiner. The VI itself can also issue witness summonses for examinations it conducts. Witnesses required to attend an examination have the right to legal representation.

This seminar will examine the rights and obligations of counsel representing a witness at a coercive examination (and also those of the witness) and provide helpful hints as to matters counsel should consider when preparing for the examination.

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This is an in-person event only. The session will be recorded for viewing later.

Speaker(s): 
Emrys Nekvapil S.C. (Chair), Eamonn Moran PSM KC (Inspector, Victorian Inspectorate), Cathy Cato (Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel
When: 
Thursday, 9 May, 2024 - 16:30 to 17:30
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;

Statutory Interpretation Transformed: Contextualism as a Force for Change in the Identification of Interpretative Factors

The Commercial Bar Association (Public Law Section)
15May

The duty to have regard to context (‘contextualism’) is a central principle of contemporary statutory interpretation. It mandates that the context of words, whose meaning is in question, be considered in all cases regardless of whether the meaning of the words, read in isolation, is plain. The leading Australian case is the decision of the High Court of Australia in CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club. Significantly, context in this sense is both intrinsic and extrinsic. The principle has dual functions: it is a significant component of the interpretative process, and a force for change in the law governing the identification of interpretative factors. As a component, it directs the manner in which considerations ought to be identified. As a force for change, the principle questions the necessity for any restriction on taking account of a consideration that can rationally assist understanding of meaning.

The presentation will elaborate how, as a force for change, the principle has led to a great number of the previous restrictions on taking account of particular considerations being altered or abandoned. As a result, a rule-based approach has been eschewed, interpretative criteria now largely consist of guidelines, and interpretation has been transformed into a far more multi-factorial exercise than in the past. The process of evaluation of the interpretative criteria that the principle has instituted, is ongoing.

The presentation will consider separate criticisms made by two commentators of the work of the High Court in bringing about these changes. The presenter argues that, for the most part, the criticisms lack force and that, overall, the High Court has made a significant positive contribution in guiding how interpretative factors are to be identified in the course of statutory interpretation.

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This is an in-person event only. The session will be recorded for viewing later.

Speaker(s): 
Stephen Moloney (Chair), Associate Professor Jeffrey Barnes (La Trobe University)
When: 
Wednesday, 15 May, 2024 - 17:00 to 18:00
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;

Lawyers' Mediation Certificate Course

The Victorian Bar
17May

Mediation is an essential part of the justice system, with many litigated matters being referred for mediation. Yet mediation skills are quite different to those required by lawyers and advocates representing clients. Accredited mediators are in demand and the Victorian Bar is one of Australia’s largest of the Recognised Mediator Accreditation Bodies for lawyers in Australia. Amongst our members are some of the most experienced lawyer mediation practitioners in the country. Successfully completing this six-day Lawyers' Mediation Certificate course means you can be recognised as an Accredited Mediator under the National Mediator Accreditation System (NMAS).

For more information, please see the FLYER

Dates and Times: 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 May 2024, 08:30-17:30

In Person: 17, 18, 19 & 25 May 2024

Online: 24 & 26 May 2024

Cost: Rates start at $3630 including GST. A special rate is available for recent Readers.

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Registration Closes 2 May 2024

Speaker(s): 
Dr Peter Condliffe, Peter Fary S.C, Eleanor Coates, Karen Le Faucheur & Tasman Fleming
When: 
Friday, 17 May, 2024 - 08:30 to Sunday, 26 May, 2024 - 17:00
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
8 CPD point(s):
Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Barristers Skills; Practice management & business skills;
Price:
 $3,630.00

Habeas Corpus and Immigration Detainees

The Migration Law Bar Association
12Jun

Two recent judgments have opened the way to habeas corpus being granted for those in immigration detention. This seminar will explore those cases: NZYQ concerning those who cannot be removed from Australia and McHugh concerning Australian Aboriginal people. It will explore the strategy and considerations legally relevant to pursuing a claim for habeas corpus.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via livestream. The session will also be recorded.

Speaker(s): 
Dr Julian Murphy (Chair), Matthew Albert, Evelyn Tadros
When: 
Wednesday, 12 June, 2024 - 17:15 to 18:15
Where: 
Neil McPhee Room, Level 1 Owen Dixon Chambers East
205 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;