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• What is early neutral evaluation?
• How does it work?
• How does the process differ from mediation?
• What role do the Bar and Solicitors have to play?
Chair
Justice Jennifer Davies, Supreme Court of Victoria
Presenters
Professor Camille Cameron, Melbourne University, Faculty of Law
Ms Wendy Harris, Barrister, the Victorian Bar
Ms Abigail McGregor, Partner, Norton Rose
Early Neutral Evaluation is a new valuable tool for practitioners to secure early resolution of their clients’ disputes before incurring avoidable costs. Commercial decision making can be informed by informal judicial evaluation of key issues.
Modern commercial practitioners need to know how ENE works, when it might be effective and when to recommend it to their commercial clients. | Early Neutral Evaluation: What clients want and what cases need. | |
| ASIC is hosting a National Credit Roadshow to help credit providers and businesses involved in assisting consumers obtain credit comply with the new National Consumer Credit Regime. The Roadshow will visit every state and territory capital and 24 regional centres from 15 February 2010 through to the beginning of April 2010. Live webcast - A webcast of the Roadshow presentation will be streamed live on Thursday 4 March 2010 at 12.15pm AEST (Sydney/Melbourne - 12:15PM, Brisbane - 11:15AM, Adelaide - 11:45AM, Perth - 9:15AM). The webcast will provide people with an interactive opportunity to see and hear a Roadshow presentation as it is presented live. The webcast has been made available for those unable to attend a Roadshow.
| National Credit Roadshow & Webcast for industry | |
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University of Melbourne, CCLSR - The Care Factor: The Care, Skill and Diligence Standard for Directors after ASIC v Rich
In this important seminar at which leading speakers will participate, the following topics will be discussed:
• What is the standard?
- Differences (and relationship) between the general law and statutory duties
- Significance of a corporation's circumstances, and each director's particular responsibilities
- Minimum standards of skill and diligence
- Availability or relevance of shareholder ratification
• The business judgment rule - What is it and does it really matter?
In ASIC v Rich Justice Austin provides one of the first comprehensive judicial analyses of the business judgment rule in s 180(2) of the Corporations Act. The judgment addresses the big mostly unanswered questions for directors and officers like: What is a business judgment? Who bears the onus of proof? Is there a common law business judgment rule? What does the business judgment rule require? What is the effect of the requirement for a “rational belief”?
• Staying out of trouble - Lessons from the GFC and the Rich decision on practical steps to comply with directors’ duties:
- meetings and minutes
- bullet-proofing in the deal context
- significance of special roles and skills
- role of professional advisers
| The Care Factor: The Care, Skill and Diligence Standard for Directors after ASIC v Rich | |
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Issues in Case Management presenters
Justice Jennifer Davies, Supreme Court of Victoria
Mr Philip Solomon, Barrister, the Victorian Bar
Ms Penelope Pengilley, Partner, Holding Redlich
In conjunction with the Supreme Court of Victoria, LIV and Vic Bar, Monash Law School presents the inaugural Commercial Court CPD & CLE at Monash Seminar. The topic of the first seminar is ‘Issues in Case Management’.
Date: Thursday 25 February, 2010
Time: 5pm – 6pm
Venue: Monash University Law Chambers 472 Bourke Street, Melbourne
RSVP: marketing@law.monash.edu.au 03 9905 2630 | Commercial Court CPD & CLE at Monash | |
| The Supreme Court of Victoria Inaugural Commercial Law Conference - Current Issues in Commercial Law (12 November 2009) | The Supreme Court of Victoria Inaugural Commercial Law Conference - Current Issues in Commercial Law |  |
| THE JAMES HARDIE CASE A TIMELY REMINDER TO CONSIDER YOUR D&O COVER AND DEEDS OF INDEMNITY, INSURANCE and ACCESS.For any queries call Josephine Peters on 03 8344 5281.Convenor Professor Ian Ramsay, Director Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation Melbourne Law School Melbourne 11 November 2009 | CCLSR | |
| Seven government agencies will present advisory services, workshops and research tools provided by state and federal government agencies to assist new business start-ups. Location Beaumaris Community Centre Ocean Reef Road JOONDALUP 6027 WA Organiser: ACCC | ACCC event | |
| AUSTRALIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ADVANCED ADVOCACY COURSE BRISBANE 2010 | ADVOCACY COURSE BRISBANE 2010 | |
| SEMINAR. Melbourne Law School Regulation of executive remuneration: an empirical study of the first three years of a ‘voting and disclosure’ regime in Australia and the UK. Speaker: Kym Sheehan DATE: Friday 4 September 2009 TIME: 11.00am PLACE: Room 920, Level 9 - Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street Carlton RSVP: Josephine Peters Tel: (03) 8344 5281 Email j.peters@unimelb.edu.au This is a free seminar (RSVP is required. Please register to the above email address by 1.00pm on 3 September 2009) | Seminar | |
| Lunchtime seminar - Corporate Social Responsibility: International Legal Developments.Michael Kerr is the senior consultant and founder of Natural Advantage, a Montreal-based consultancy firm specialising in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development. He will speak on: -The new role the law in Australia and globally is playing to mandate CSR; -How key international voluntary initiatives are interacting with the law to promote CSR; -The important role for CSR as world leaders seek regulatory solutions to the global financial crisis; and -The future direction of CSR. DATE: Tuesday 1 September 2009 TIME: 1.00 – 2.00pm PLACE: Room G29, Ground Floor - Melbourne Law School 185 Pelham Street Carlton RSVP: Josephine Peters Tel: (03) 8344 5281 Email: j.peters@unimelb.edu.au This is a free seminar (RSVP is required. Please register to the above email address by 1.00pm on 31 August 2009) | | |
| The Tax Group at Melbourne Law School invites you to attend its Annual Tax Lecture, to be given on Thursday 20 August 2009 by the Hon. Justice Tony Pagone on the topic "Tax Uncertainty". The theme of the Melbourne Law School annual tax lecture series is 'taxation law in context' and the purpose of the lectures is to consider the development of taxation law in its broader legal and historical setting. | Notice of Lecture | |
| Convenor Professor Ian Ramsay, Director Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation Melbourne Law School Dates 12 August 2009 – Melbourne 8 September 2009 – Sydney For more details click here | | |
| The tenth ACCC Regulatory conference will be held on Thursday 30th and Friday 31st July 2009 at the Holiday Inn, Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. The theme for the conference is the Regulation of infrastructure in a time of transition. Click here for more details | | |
| Commercial Bar Association, Sports Law Section Speaker(s): Terry Forrest QC; Peter McMillan - Peter McMillan Consulting Pty Ltd Time: 5:15pm - 6:15pm Where: Neil McPhee Room: Level 1, Owen Dixon Chambers East Click here. | | |
| Commercial Bar Association; International Law Speaker(s): Dr Melissa Perry Field: 1 CPD Point: Time: 5.15pm - 6.15pm Where: Neil McPhee Room, Level 1, Owen Dixon Chambers East Click here | | |
| Commercial Bar Association, Insolvency Law Speaker(s): Philip Crutchfield Field: 1 CPD Point: Substantive Law / Professional Skills Time: 5.15pm - 6.15pm Where: Neil McPhee Room, Level 1, Owen Dixon Chambers East Click here | | |