6 December 2019
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A Night of Celebration for the WA Legal Profession
The Law Society was delighted to again bring the profession together in the spirit of collegiality at the Westin last night for a fantastic End of Year Celebration. With over 240 registrations, the Law Society's final event of 2019 was the perfect opportunity to catch up with friends, colleagues, fellow members of the legal profession, the Attorney General, Chief Justice and other members of the Judiciary. Guests enjoyed gourmet canapés and refreshments, with music from talented West Australian instrumentalist Sam Maher, who played the handpan, a unique percussion instrument. Thank you to our valued sponsors: Westpoint Star Mercedes-Benz and Diesel Motors Mercedes-Benz, Glen McLeod Legal and Marsh. 📸 Were you photographed on the night? Check out the photo album on our Facebook page.
Working with Children Check – New Process at Banksia Hill Detention CentreBanksia Hill has recently introduced processes to ensure the site is robust in its compliance with the Working with Children Check (WWC) requirement. Banksia Hill has created a database whereby the details of all Official Visitors WWCs are entered. This database is referred to when receiving requests for official visits and phone-calls, to ensure that the official visitor requesting contact has a current WWC. For further information, please contact Beverley.Twine@justice.wa.gov.au. »Read more
High Court Digital LodgmentFrom 1 January 2020 all new applications to the High Court must be lodged electronically via the Court’s new Digital Lodgment System Portal (DLS Portal). Practitioners should keep in mind the need to register for the DLS portal if they are likely to wish to lodge an application with the High Court early in the near year. »Read more
Law Council Fortnightly UpdateThe latest Update from the Law Council of Australia includes an opinion piece from President Arthur Moses SC ('We lock up kids as young as 10 – let's end this national disgrace'). »Read more
Australasian Law
Management Journal The latest edition of the Australasian Law Management Journal includes advice on how to improve the flow of leadership talent within a law firm; communication tips for leaders; and how to avoid embarrassing email blunders. »Read more
Law Society President Elected to Law Council ExecutiveThe Law Society congratulates President Greg McIntyre SC, who has been elected as a Member of the Law Council of Australia's Executive for 2020. The Executive is comprised of six representatives of the Law Council's Constituent Bodies and is elected at the Law Council's annual general meeting each year.
Landgate – Land Enquiry Services DataLandgate has advised that during an upgrade to its plan search system (Land Enquiry Services), it identified that between 15 May 2019 and 7 October 2019 the system had removed a small amount of data from less than 2% of documents searched. Landgate advises that, following a thorough investigation, the issue has been resolved and all impacted customers have been provided with a replacement at no further cost. Landgate advises that it has implemented additional quality assurance to ensure this
remains an isolated incident.
Office of State Revenue – Christmas ClosedownState Revenue will be closed for business during the Christmas period from close of business Friday, 20 December 2019 and will reopen on Thursday, 2 January 2020. »Read more
Continuing Professional Development
Future Proofing Your People and the FirmTuesday, 24 March 2020
9.00am – 11.00am Speaker: Paul Lemon,
Director, Performance Leader
Drafting Wills MasterclassWednesday, 12 February 2020
3.00pm – 5.00pm Speaker: Susan Fielding
Former Senior Consultant,
Jackson McDonald
Although After Action Reviews (AARs) and ‘lessons learned’ are the bedrock of cultures of continuous improvement in high-stakes environments, law firms have yet to unlock the power of a practice that captures profit, drives innovation and creates client value.
Explore theory and practice including discussions with peers on: - Why? Six reasons you should care and how to convince others about the value of AARs.
- What? Dimensions of an AAR, how to set the tone and structure a debrief plus a partner exercise.
- How?
Tips for implementing AARs and overcoming barriers plus tools, business rules and question sets you can apply right away.
The importance of drafting a will to accurately reflect the wishes of your client is paramount. By completing the process thoroughly and accurately at the drafting stage you can pre-empt a number of issues which could arise when the will is called upon, including claims against the deceased estate. Topics covered will include: - The importance of the retainer or letter setting out the scope of the instructions.
- Back to basics...
things which get forgotten when the complexities overwhelm you.
- Drafting wills containing gifts of real property.
- And most important, finishing the matter… reporting and file retention.
CPD123 4U is the Law Society's latest offering to help accelerate your professional development. Each seminar: - covers three competencies (in competency areas 1, 2 and 3)
- provides three points
- comprises three hours (one hour for each competency area)
- streamlines your CPD learning
Your Clients
Thu, 27 February 2020
9.00am – 12.15pm
Your Core Skills
Wed, 18 March 2020
9.00am – 12.15pm
Your Culture
Mon, 30 March 2020
9.00am – 12.15pm
With thanks to our CPD partner
Accountability, Responsibility and
Authority – it’s all about the limits! 5 February 2020 | 1.00 pm – 2.00pm
Sean Popperwell,
Popperwell & Co Lawyers
Focusing on Information and
Communication – Getting it Right in the Delivery Stage
11 February 2020 | 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Deborah Templeman, Gilchrist Connell
Risk Management Webinar for Country Practitioners
Matter Management Guidelines – Providing
Wednesday, 26 February 2020 | 12.00pm – 2.00pm
Vicki Coles, Manager Risk, Law Mutual (WA)
2 Points: Competency 1, Practice Management
Law Mutual Insureds: $0* | Law Society Members: $180 | Non-members: $250 To register to attend the webinar, please email cpd@lawsocietywa.asn.au.
For any enquiries, please contact Shumi Tsungu,
Administration & Risk Officer on (08) 9324 8624.
Law Mutual (WA) is facilitating this two hour webinar for Country Practitioners. Attendance will count towards your risk management training requirements for an annual contribution discount in the 2019/2020 Insurance Year, subject to certain requirements of declaration and documentary evidence of attendance being produced upon request. *If you are a Law Mutual (WA) insured, you are entitled to attend free or subsidised risk management seminars to a total of two hours. If you attend any additional seminars in excess of the free or subsidised risk management two hours you will be required to pay the member or non-member fee,
depending on the seminar you attend and your Law Society membership status.
The Family Travel Company
The Family Travel Company specialises in customised and personalised family travel, from WA road trips to international immersion, alleviating the burden of research, planning and logistics.
Law Society members receive exclusive offers on the company's Experience Design and Planning Services, as well as Travel Insurance: - All members engaging with The Family Travel Company as a new client will receive 30% discount on Experience Design and Planning for: 'The Road Trip WA' and 'International Immersion' services.
- All members engaging with The Family Travel Company as a returning client will receive 10% discount on Experience Design and Planning for 'The Road Trip WA' and 'International Immersion' services.
- All members engaging with The Family
Travel Company's services will receive 20% discount on Travel Insurance (domestic & international).
Visit The Family Travel Company website to plan your trip. Visit the members’ only privileges page (password protected) to view the full offer details and promotional booking code.
To access the members only privileges page, use password: 2019LawSociety
Pro BonoAll applicants have been means tested and assessed by Law Access as being vulnerable people with great difficulty self-representing. If you are able to provide any assistance, please email lawaccess@lawaccess.net.au.
- Guardianship and Administration: An applicant with a mental disability wishes to be released from guardianship but does not object to having an administrator to manage his financial affairs. The applicant seeks one-off advice (and further assistance if appropriate) about his prospects of amending the guardianship orders.
- Personal Injury: an elderly man requires advice in relation to being joined as a third party to District Court proceedings against the State. Experience in both personal injury and criminal law would be useful.
- Family Law: an
applicant with a disability seeks one-off advice in relation to consent orders proposed by the other party. The relationship ended a number of years ago but the parties still jointly own a property.
- Family law property settlement – enforcement of orders: consent orders for property settlement were made by the Court in March 2019. The terms of the orders include the other party paying the applicant a sum of money by instalments. Some payments were made, but instalments stopped in September. As the balance owing is a relatively modest sum, the applicant requires pro bono advice and assistance with preparation of an enforcement application.
- Family Law – divorce: a pro bono
solicitor is seeking advice in relation to a divorce application which has been issued but adjourned by the Court pending details of a possible prior divorce in Sierra Leone. Enquires have been made to try and ascertain details of the divorce but no response has been received. Advice is sought by the pro bono solicitor as to how to progress the matter further and proceed with the divorce.
Consumer law / debt: an elderly woman who has declared bankruptcy seeks assistance to resolve a dispute with her car repair service. The car repair service has held her car since January 2019. They are claiming around $5,000 in repairs and $6,000 in storage fees, but have not provided an itemised invoice.
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