Common Law Bar Events & Cpds

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The High Court revised special leave process – What does it mean for the advocate?

The Victorian Bar
21Feb

The High Court has revised its special leave process in which oral hearings will be rare. This seminar will address written advocacy in applications for special leave to appeal, applications for leave to appeal and applications for removal in the High Court of Australia.

The seminar will be theoretical and practical: the why (what must be addressed) and the how. It will deal with public law, civil law and criminal law. 

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This is an in-person event only and will be recorded.

Speaker(s): 
The Hon Michelle Gordon AC (Justice of the High Court of Australia), Rowena Orr KC (Solicitor-General of Victoria)
When: 
Wednesday, 21 February, 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; Barristers Skills;

Common Law Pro Bono Work in the County Court- An Opportunity to Assist

The Common Law Bar Association
20Jul

In this seminar the speakers will address the opportunities available to Common Law Bar members to accept pro bono referrals from the County Court to appear on behalf of self-represented litigants. 

Discussions will include the supports available to counsel taking on pro bono work, including from the County Court self-represented litigant team and from senior counsel, the experience of taking on a pro bono brief, and the range of benefits to counsel in assisting the Court in representing unrepresented litigants, including the opportunity for appearance work.

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This is an in-person event only and will not be recorded.

CHAIR:                  

James Mighell KC

SPEAKERS:           

Her Honour Judge My Anh Tran (County Court)

His Honour Judge David Purcell (County Court)

Bella Ferra (Self-represented Litigant Case Manager, County Court)

Iqra Iftikhar (Self-represented Litigant Case Manager, County Court)

Julia Frederico

When: 
Thursday, 20 July, 2023 - 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):
Barristers Skills; Practice management & business skills;

A spectrum emerges in employers’ liability for employees’ psychiatric injury

The Common Law Bar Association
1Jun

When will an employer be liable to an employee for damages in negligence for psychiatric injury from stress at work? The speakers will take a detailed review of cases such as Koehler -v- Cerebos (2005) 222 CLR 44, Kozarov v State of Victoria (2022) 273 CLR 115 and Bersee -v- State of Victoria [2022] VSCA 231 to indicate the spectrum of cases and provide helpful hints as to where a proposed claim might fall within the spectrum.

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This is an in-person event and will also be available online via live stream.

Speaker(s): 
Andrea Bannon (Chair), John Richards KC, Gary Taylor
When: 
Thursday, 1 June, 2023 - 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;

So you want to ride in a rodeo?

The Common Law Bar Association
24Nov

The High Court in Tapp v Australian Bushmen's Campdraft & Rodeo Association Ltd (2022) 96 ALJR 337; [2022] HCA 11 ruled on a personal injury claim by a rodeo participant. This seminar will discuss that case in detail and the wider ramifications to the law in Victoria for liability for personal injury to participants for recreational activities that are risky.

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

Speaker(s): 
Merys Williams (Chair), Paul Lamb, Raph Ajzensztat
When: 
Thursday, 24 November, 2022 - 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;

Common Law Claims for Psychiatric Injury in Australia

The Common Law Bar Association
27Oct

In 1939 Justice "Doc" Evatt delivered a dissenting judgment in the nervous shock case of Chester v Waverly Council. Gideon Haigh examined this judgment in his recent book "The Brilliant Boy - Doc Evatt and the Great Australian Dissent." In 2022 the High Court delivered judgement in Kozarov v State of Victoria. The seminar will explore the development of this area of law.

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

Speaker(s): 
Patrick Over (Chair), Gideon Haigh (Author and Journalist), Peter Hamilton
When: 
Thursday, 27 October, 2022 - 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;