law summer school 2018 - Law Society of Western Australia

Friday, 23 February 2018 | The University Club | Crawley, Western Australia

CONNECTED | INFORMED | GLOBAL

With thanks to our sponsors Venue sponsor

Tea break sponsor

Concurrent session sponsor Session: Diversity and inclusion in legal practice

Plenary sponsor Session: Fragmenting equities

Keynote sponsor Session: Leadership and strategy: lessons learnt from corporate Australia

WELCOME TO LAW SUMMER SCHOOL 2018

The practice of law operates in an increasingly complex, global and competitive environment. Our current and future environment provides opportunities and challenges which we as practitioners do not always have the opportunity to control, reflect or act upon. Law Summer School is one day each year which provides this opportunity. The Law Society’s premier legal education conference combines respected thought leaders, members of the profession and robust discussion in a high energy and inspiring learning environment. With the approach of being connected, informed and global, the Law Society has yet again attracted an outstanding group of local, national and international speakers to discuss small and big picture topics relevant to practitioners in Western Australia.

CONNECTED | INFORMED | GLOBAL

Convenor: John Fiocco Convenor, Organising Committee, Law Summer School; Barrister, Fourth Floor Chambers Committee Members: The Honourable Justice Janine Pritchard Supreme Court of Western Australia John Fiocco

Alain Musikanth 2017 President, The Law Society of Western Australia; Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers

We are delighted that Law Summer School 2018 will feature a current outstanding jurist: Justice Julie Ward, the Chief Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Justice Ward will deliver the topic “Fragmenting equities”.

Hayley Cormann 2018 President, The Law Society of Western Australia; Senior Associate, Clayton Utz

As always, Law Summer School will also take the opportunity to look at the broad landscape with such sessions as the opening Breakfast Panel Discussion on the Biggest Challenges Facing the Legal Profession in the next five years facilitated by The Honourable Robert French AC, and the Closing Plenary entitled Leadership and Strategy: Lesson learnt from Corporate Australia presented by Diane SmithGander, Non-Executive Director Wesfarmers Limited. We will also devote a number of sessions to recent legal developments in a variety of practice areas including administrative law, criminal law, practice management, multi-disciplinary practices and commercial law.

Associate Professor Natalie Skead Dean and Head of School Law School, The University of Western Australia

Come and join us for what will be an outstanding learning opportunity. Engage with speakers of the highest calibre and share your thoughts with fellow practitioners throughout the day! From the Organising Committee Law Summer School

Brahma Dharmananda SC Barrister, Quayside Chambers Alex Noonan Young Lawyers Committee Representative Lawyer, Macdonald Rudder Lawyers Áine Whelan General Manager – Programmes The Law Society of Western Australia Dr Andrew Lu OAM Manager Professional Development The Law Society of Western Australia

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SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT

LAW SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 Connected | Informed | Global

OPENING BREAKFAST PLENARY

PLENARY

CLOSING KEYNOTE PLENARY

Facilitator

The Honourable Justice Julie Ward

Diane Smith-Gander

Justice Ward studied arts/law at the University of Sydney, graduating in law in 1982 with First Class Honours and the University Medal. Her Honour was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in 1982.

Diane Smith-Gander is nonExecutive director AGL Energy, Wesfarmers Limited, Chair of Safe Work Australia, Asbestos Safety & Eradication Council, a board member of Keystart Loans, Henry Davis York, CEDA and immediate past President of Chief Executive Women, Australia’s pre-eminent women’s advocacy group.

The Honourable Robert French AC

The 15th Chancellor of The University of Western Australia Robert French was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia on 1 September 2008 and retired from that office on 29 January 2017. He is a graduate of the University of Western Australia in science and law. He was admitted in 1972 and practised as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia until 1983 when he went to the Independent Bar. He was appointed a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia in November 1986, an office he held until his appointment as Chief Justice on 1 September 2008. From 1994 to 1998 he was the President of the National Native Title Tribunal. In 2010, he was made a Companion in the Order of Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia. He is a Founding Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, a member of the American Law Institute, and an Honorary Life Member of the Australasian Law Teachers Association, the Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and the Australian Bar Association. Since August 2016 he has been an Adjunct Professor at the Law School at the University of Western Australia, a Distinguished Honorary Professor at the Australian National University since October 2016 and from 2017 an Adjunct Professor at Monash University Law School. He is a Board member of the Graham (Polly) Farmer Foundation.

Chief Judge in Equity and Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales

Following graduation, Justice Ward worked for a year as the associate to Sir Nigel Bowen, the first Chief Justice of the Federal Court. Justice Ward worked for Stephen Jaques Stone James (now King & Wood Mallesons) for two years, then completed a BCL with first class honours at Oxford University, having won a post-graduate scholarship from Sydney University. Justice Ward was made a partner of Mallesons in 1988. At that time she was the youngest female partner to be appointed at that firm. Her Honour was appointed to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in September 2008. She was the first female solicitor directly appointed to the Supreme Court bench. She sat in the Equity Division of the Court, until her appointment to the Court of Appeal in November 2012. She was appointed Chief Judge in Equity in March 2017.

Non-Executive Director Wesfarmers Limited

Diane has held a wide range of non-executive roles in the past including Chairman of Broadspectrum, Deputy Chairperson of NBNCo, non-executive director of the CBH Group, commissioner of Tourism WA and board member of the Committee for Perth. Diane’s last executive role was Group Executive at Westpac; a member of the leadership team of the corporation, responsible for all Information Technology, back office operations, global vendor management and property. Diane was also a General Manager at Westpac for 10 years in the 1990s. Prior to re-joining Westpac Diane was a partner at McKinsey & Company in Washington and New Jersey serving clients in diverse industries globally. Diane holds an MBA from the University of Sydney and a BEc from the University of Western Australia (UWA). In 2015 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Economics from UWA. She is a Fellow of the AICD and Governance Institute of Australia and an adjunct professor of corporate governance at UWA where she serves on the advisory board of the Business School.


PROGRAMME Time 7.30am – 8.10am

TOTAL OF 6 CPD POINTS ACROSS ALL FOUR COMPETENCIES

Up to 2.5 points / Competency 1 / Practice Management Up to 1.5 points / Competency 2 / Professional Skills Up to 1 point / Competency 3 / Ethics and Professional Responsibility Up to 3.5 points / Competency 4 / Substantive Law

Description and Speakers

LAW SUMMER SCHOOL 2018 Connected | Informed | Global

Introduced by/Chair

CPD Points

Registration and breakfast Welcome to Country by Barry McGuire

8.10am – 8.20am

8.20am – 9.50am

Opening address by Hayley Cormann, 2018 President, The Law Society of Western Australia; Senior Associate, Clayton Utz Opening remarks by The Hon Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General for Australia 1.

Opening breakfast plenary: Panel discussion – What are the biggest challenges facing the legal system in the next five years, and what can we do to address these challenges

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Facilitator: The Honourable Robert French AC, The 15th Chancellor of The University of Western Australia

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Peter Quinlan SC, Solicitor General of Western Australia Helen Creed, Former Executive Director, Community Legal Centres Association (WA) Inc. Sarah O’Brien-Smith, Convenor of the Young Lawyers Committee and Associate, HopgoodGanim Lawyers Catriona Macleod, Director, Cullen Macleod Lawyers Nigel Hunt, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

9.50am – 10.00am 10.00am – 11.15am

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Plenary session: Fragmenting equities The Honourable Justice Julie Ward, Chief Judge in Equity and Judge of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales

The Honourable Justice Janine Pritchard Supreme Court of Western Australia

1.0 CPD / Comp 4

1.5 CPD / Comp 4

Morning Tea

11.45am – 1.15pm

Concurrent Sessions 3.A • • • •

Domestic violence and how well we deal with it Commissioner Chris Dawson, Commissioner of Western Australia Police Force Amanda Forrester SC, Director of Public Prosecutions for Western Australia Her Honour Judge Julie Wager, District Court of Western Australia Karen Farley SC, Appeals Consultant, Legal Aid Western Australia

The Honourable Justice Joseph McGrath Supreme Court of Western Australia

3.B • • • •

Diversity and inclusion in legal practice Dr Ambelin Kwaymullina, Lecturer and Indigenous Advisor, Law School, The University of Western Australia Fadzi Whande, Manager Inclusion and Diversity, The University of Western Australia Asanka Gunasekera, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers Charlotte Wallace, Senior Member, State Administrative Tribunal

Dr Andrew Lu OAM Manager Professional Development The Law Society of Western Australia

1.0 CPD / Comp 2 + 0.5 CPD / Comp 3

3.C • • • •

Multidisciplinary practices Professor Gino Dal Pont, Law School, University of Tasmania Philippa Rezos, Law Complaints Officer, Legal Profession Complaints Committee Chris Smailes, Partner, EY Jonathon Leek, Partner, Deloitte Australia

Alain Musikanth 2017 President, The Law Society of Western Australia; Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers

1.0 CPD / Comp 1 + 0.5 CPD / Comp 3

3.D • • •

Some important High Court commercial law cases Darren Jackson SC, Senior Counsel, Francis Burt Chambers Clara Wren, Barrister, Quayside Chambers Rachael Young, Barrister, Fourth Floor Chambers

Brahma Dharmananda SC Barrister, Quayside Chambers

1.5 CPD / Comp 4

4. •

Plenary session: Current Issues of Civil Liability Grant Donaldson SC, Barrister, Fourth Floor Chambers

John Fiocco Convenor, Organising Committee, Law Summer School; Barrister, Fourth Floor Chambers

1.0 CPD / Comp 4


1.0 CPD / Comp 1

1.15pm – 2.00pm

Lunch

3.15pm – 3.45pm

Afternoon Tea

3.45pm – 4.45pm

5. •

4.45pm – 4.50pm

Final summary of the day and closing comments • Associate Professor Natalie Skead Dean and Head of School, Law School, The University of Western Australia

4.50pm – 6.30pm

0.5 CPD / Comp 1 + 0.5 CPD / Comp 2 + 0.5 CPD / Comp 3

Transition Time – Delegates to leave the Banquet Hall and move to the Auditorium

11.15am – 11.45am

2.00pm – 3.15pm


Closing keynote plenary: Leadership and strategy: lessons learnt from corporate Australia Diane Smith-Gander, Non-Executive Director Wesfarmers Limited

Networking Drinks

Note: The Law Society of Western Australia reserves the right to alter this programme or presenter(s) without further notice. However the programme is intended to run as advertised and is correct as of date of publishing.


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Friday, 23 February 2018 • The University Club, Hackett Entrance #1 Crawley To register for Law Summer School complete boxes 1, 2, 3 and 4. Please use one registration form per person. If you would like to join the Law Society or add CPD Active to your membership, contact our membership team on (08) 9324 8692. HOW TO REGISTER

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