Migration Bar Events & Cpds

Migration Law

Community Safety Orders - Immigration Detainees

The Migration Law Bar Association and Human Rights Law Centre
18Jan

In response to the High Court’s landmark decision in NZYQ, a new Community Safety Orders (CSO) regime was introduced in December 2023, allowing for Courts to order the continued supervision or detention of former immigration detainees who are deemed to pose a risk of sexual or violent reoffending. The regime is modelled closely on the existing federal regime under Div 105A of the Criminal Code (Cth) that allows for post-sentence orders (PSOs) for terrorist offenders. This session will address the introduction of the CSO regime and how it compares to the PSO regime under Div 105A. The session will be delivered in a hybrid format, with participants welcome to attend remotely via livestream.

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Speaker(s): 
Min Guo (Chair), Hannah Dickinson - Principal Solicitor (ASRC Accredited Immigration Law Specialist), Sanmati Verma – Acting Director AHRLC (Accredited Immigration Law Specialist) and Isabelle Saburskis - Partner Doogue + George, Accredited Criminal Law Specialist
When: 
Thursday, 18 January, 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; Practice management & business skills;

Interlocutory Procedures in Migration Litigation

The Migration Law Bar Association
30Oct

This seminar will cover the use of interlocutory procedures such as interrogatories, requests for further and better particulars, notices to admit, notices to produce documents that can be used for the purposes of judicial review. Such procedures can be used tactically to enhance the prospects of success in the judicial review of migration decisions.

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

Speaker(s): 
Cahal Fairfield (Chair), Lisa De Ferrari S.C, Min Guo
When: 
Monday, 30 October, 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; Barristers Skills;

Migration Litigation - A Respondent Lawyer's Perspective

The Migration Law Bar Association
15Aug

In this seminar our speaker David Brown (Senior Solicitor, Australian Government Solicitor) will provide frank and unique insights that will be invaluable to practitioners in this jurisdiction. Many migration law practitioners will be very familiar with David who frequently appears for the Minister and manages the AGS Migration team in Melbourne. The topics to be covered include:

• Allocation of Dept of Home Affairs cases to AGS and Panel Firms

• Preparation of Court Books – access to documents before decision-maker

• Most common grounds used to challenge the Minister’s decisions

• Advice on prospects – what determines concession or defence

• Commonwealth Model Litigant rules – what are they, and where to find them

• Assisting Courts and Tribunals

• Costs recovery

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

Speaker(s): 
Roz Germov (Chair), David Brown (Senior Solicitor, AGS)
When: 
Tuesday, 15 August, 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):
Ethics & Professional Responsibility; Substantive Law; Practice management & business skills;

Lessons from Djokovic – Visa Cancellation, Immigration Clearance and the Minister's personal powers

The Migration Law Bar Association
15Mar

The cancellation of Novak Djokovic’s visa earlier this year has renewed interest in the visa cancellation regime – particularly the personal powers of the Minister for Home Affairs and decisions made in ‘immigration clearance’

This session will offer analysis of the legal and practical issues surrounding these fascinating types of cancellations and provide tips on challenging them.

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This is an online only event.

Chair: Hannah Dickinson, Principal Solicitor (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre)

Speakers: Nick Wood SC (Victorian Bar), Tanya Skvortsova (Victorian Bar), Sanmati Verma,-Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law (Clothier Anderson Immigration Lawyers)

When: 
Tuesday, 15 March, 2022 - 17:00 to 18:00
1 CPD point(s):
Substantive Law;

Migration Law for Criminal Lawyers

The Criminal Bar Association
25Feb

This seminar is presented by two experienced migration law practitioners who will discuss the interaction between the criminal law and the cancellation of a visa and deportation. 

What do criminal barristers need to be mindful of when conducting a plea hearing? What information is required from the client and a migration specialist to assist the judge? How is the prospect of deportation relevant to sentencing? These questions and more will be explored.

Speaker(s): 
Pardeep Tiwana (Chair), Nola Karapanagiotidis (Victorian Bar), Matthew Albert (Victorian Bar)
When: 
Tuesday, 25 February, 2020 - 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;