2020
Speaker papers and presentations from past Australian Lawyers Alliance events are available to purchase here.
A full listing of the papers available from 2020, categorised by event, can be accessed below:
- Queensland Conference, 6–8 February 2020, Gold Coast
- New South Wales Conference, 13 March 2020, Sydney
- Western Australia Conference, 4 September 2020, Perth
Queensland Conference 2020
6–8 February 2020
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
(Keynote address) Mediation: How did we get here and where are we going? (P) |
Campbell Bridge SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne |
Righting inhuman wrongs – How the new Human Rights Act can assist clients with disability and mental illness (PPT) |
Emma Phillips, Chair, Human Rights Act Sub-Committee, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights |
Storytelling – Prior inconsistent statements (PPT) |
Gerard Mullins, Darrow Chambers |
‘Unreasonable’ management action (P & PPT) |
Julian Brown, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers |
Public liability case review (P) |
Travis Schultz, Principal, Travis Schultz Law |
Legislative responses to Royal Commission recommendations (P & PPT) |
Michelle James, Principal, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers |
The psychiatric IME – Secrets revealed (PPT) |
Dr Nicole Phillips, Consultant Psychiatrist |
Building defects (P & PPT) |
Katie Caldow, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers |
Litigation – How to embrace it, not fear it (PPT) |
Laura Neil, Bree Smith, Legal Practice Manager, Shine Lawyers |
Representative proceedings – An update (P) |
Charles Wilson, Inns of Court |
Professional negligence claims against financial advisers (P & PPT) |
Philip Nolan, Darrow Chambers |
The wicked dimensions of ethical conversations (PPT) |
Keith Howe, Inns of Court and Prof. Melinda Edwards, QUTeX |
How to turbo charge you damages claims (PPT) |
Chris McManus, Principal, Murphy’s Law Accident Lawyers |
Workers’ compensation case law update (P & PPT) |
Damian Hinkley, Senior Associate, Cooper Grace Ward |
Motor vehicle case law update (P & PPT) |
Beth Rolton, Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers |
Medico‐legal exams – Unreasonable or unnecessarily repetitious (P & PPT) |
Laura Neil, Endeavour Chambers |
Establishing liability for strain injuries – An expert’s opinion |
Ted Dohrmann, Managing Director and Bill Contoyannis, Forensic Ergonomist, Dohrmann Consulting |
Age related vs work related rotator cuff injury (PPT) |
Dr Bernard Tamba‐Lebbie, Orthopedic Surgeon, Lex Medicus |
Legislative amendments update (PPT) |
Peter Gibson, General Manager, Shine Lawyers |
Illegal acts – The impact of the Criminal Code Act (P & PPT) |
Jeffrey Rolls, Level 31 West Chambers |
The degenerate lumbar spine (PPT) |
Dr Neil Cochrane, Medico‐legal Assessment Group |
New South Wales Conference 2020
13 March 2020
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
Annual case review (P) |
Dr Andrew Morrison RFD SC, Wardell Chambers |
Judicial review of CARS, MAS and DRS determinations: Recent decisions in NSW (P) |
Jnana Gumbert, Jack Shand Chambers and Mark Robinson SC, Maurice Byers Chambers |
Workers' compensation — An update (P) |
Steve Groves, Director, Lamrocks |
Western Australia Conference 2020
4 September 2020
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Topic |
Speaker |
|---|---|
Assessing a Whole Person Impairment – what the appointment looks like (PPT) |
Dr Sandra Gongora, Consultant Occupational and Environmental Physician, MEDOCCS and ASSESS Medical Group |
Annual case review (P) |
Robert McCabe, Albert Wolff Chambers |
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