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The CLA is a recognised leader in the provision of continuing legal education (CLE). We offer very competitive membership rates — $240pa for individuals and $460 for firms. CLA members receive a 17% discount for our lunchtime seminars and a 25% discount for our half-day seminars and one-day conferences. Members also receive a subscription to our refereed journal, the Commercial Law Quarterly.

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Upcoming Events

Lunchtime Series

20 September, 2019

The ethical limits of advocacy at mediation

Robert Angyal SC, 6 St James Hall Chambers

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Halfday seminar

25 October, 2019

Understanding chattel leases and the PPSA

Diccon Loxton, Senior Financial Conssel, Allens Linklaters; Dr Sheelagh McCracken, Professor of Finance Law, University of Sydney; Andrew Boxall, Consultant, Allens Linklaters

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News

And the winner of our June membership prize is ...

Michela Gallimore — who has won a two-night, mid-week escape at Spicers Balfour Hotel in Brisbane. The prize was drawn on Friday, 30 August — thank you Barbara McDonald for doing the honours. We'd also like to thank Spicers Retreats for once again supplying the prize. Congratulations, Michela ... we know you'll enjoy yourself.

Commuter CLE Podcast

Intelligent systems and justice: a new paradigm (Rule 6.1.3 — Professional skills)

Making diversity work in legal practice — the benefits and challenges (Rule 6.1.2 — Practice management and business skills)

Overview of the current structure and content of the legal ethics framework (Rule 6.1.1 — Ethics and professional responsibility)

Commercial issues: private international law

Close encounters of the unconscionable kind: IP Star Australia Pty Ltd v APS Satellite Pty Ltd (2018) NSWCA 15

Recent developments in corporate law

Challenges and potentials pitfalls. Managing non-traditional labour in the workplace

Competition Law Master Class - Misuse of Market Power: how to help your clients handle it

PPSA Master Class - Security interests on the occurrence of insolvency

PPSA Master Class - Registration on the PPSR

The Harper changes — implications for misuse of market power

ACCC enforcement and compliance priorities

The Harper changes — concerted practices, joint ventures and tying

Multiplicity of class actions: a Judge’s perspective on managing competing claims and assessing proposed settlements

Adverse costs: insurance policies as security for costs

Panel discussion: Stakeholder’s perspectives on class settlement negotiations

Litigation concerning the PPSA: lessons learnt and lessons to be learnt

The PPSR: practical approaches to searching and registration

When is a promise an undertaking?

Issues arising in law firm management

Online CLE videos

Employment law (Rule 6.1.2 — Practice management and business skills)

The interface of public law and corporations law in light of the findings of the Royal Commission

The ordinary reasonable consumer in misleading or deceptive conducts cases

Planning law issues for property purchases: what to look for if you want to build the Taj Mahal

Recent changes and developments in the Land and Environment Court: the essentials for property lawyers

Strata renewal and extortion: what do these two have in common?

Intelligent systems and justice: a new paradigm (Rule 6.1.3 — Professional skills)

Making diversity work in legal practice — the benefits and challenges (Rule 6.1.2 — Practice management and business skills)

Overview of the current structure and content of the legal ethics framework (Rule 6.1.1 — Ethics and professional responsibility)

Commercial issues: private international law

Close encounters of the unconscionable kind: IP Star Australia Pty Ltd v APS Satellite Pty Ltd (2018) NSWCA 15

Recent developments in corporate law

Challenges and potentials pitfalls. Managing non-traditional labour in the workplace

Competition Law Master Class - Misuse of Market Power: how to help your clients handle it

PPSA Master Class - Security interests on the occurrence of insolvency

PPSA Master Class - Registration on the PPSR

The Harper changes — implications for misuse of market power

ACCC enforcement and compliance priorities

The Harper changes — concerted practices, joint ventures and tying

Multiplicity of class actions: a Judge’s perspective on managing competing claims and assessing proposed settlements

Adverse costs: insurance policies as security for costs

Panel discussion: Stakeholder’s perspectives on class settlement negotiations

When is a promise an undertaking?

Issues arising in law firm management

Litigation concerning the PPSA: lessons learnt and lessons to be learnt

The PPSR: practical approaches to searching and registration

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 6

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 5

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 4

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 3

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 2

Property and Planning Law 2015 Conference Session 1

Master Class: PPSA: Beyond the basics. Part 1

Master Class: PPSA: Beyond the basics. Part 3

Master Class PPSA: Beyond the basics. Part 2

Section 54 of the Insurance Contracts Act: further developments

Derogation from the grant: continuing life for an old doctrine

Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - Questions

Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - The CAMAC Report: a way forward in Australia

Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - NZ equity crowd funding regulation: experience to date

Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - The ASIC/ASX regime: regulatory arbitrage between Australia and New Zealand

Crowd Sourced Equity Funding - ASIC ASSOB approval and history of equity raisings

Social media and employment: same rules, new problems?

Social media and advertising legal issues

Social media: developments and challenges

Piercing the corporate veil: recent developments in the light of classic cases

A price on carbon: what it means to you, your firm, your clients

Protecting IP in the digital age

Mandatory CLE seminar Part 3

Mandatory CLE seminar Part 2

Mandatory CLE seminar Part 1

Procedural and evidentiary issues in ASIC civil penalty proceedings after the OneTel, Jame Hardie, Fortescue and Centro cases

Vol 33 No 2 June-August 2019

• Duty of confidentiality to opposing party resulting from settlement negotiations

• Contract law in the cases: 2018 in review. Part 1 of 3

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