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Beyond the trends: charting the future of class actions

30 August, 2024
 
Scroll up, book now, don’t miss it.

 
Speakers:
Vicky Antzoulatos, Joint Head of Class Actions, Shine Lawyers (Chair); Hon Justice Michael Lee, Federal Court of Australia; Zoe Hillman, Alinea Chambers; Julian Sexton SC, Tenth Floor Chambers; Kone Johnson, Practice Leader, Shine Lawyers; Lina Kolomoitseva, Senior Investment Manager, LCM; Amanda Beattie, Partner, Wotoon & Kearney; Kirsten Smith, Portfolio Manager (Australia), Senior Investment Manager, Omni Bridgeway; Alex Mossis, Partner, King Wood Mallesons; Michael Hodge KC, Omnia Chambers; Jonathan Wertheim, Practice Leader, Shine Lawyers; John Walker, Chair, CASL Management; Greg Coleman, Senior Partner, Milberg, USA.

CLA AGM, 26 June 2024

The Annual General Meeting of The Commercial Law Association of Australia Ltd will be held at the offices of Lander & Rogers, Level 19, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney at 5.30pm on Wednesday, 26 June, 2024.

 
All CLA members are welcome to attend.

You can download a copy of the CLA's Annual Report, Financial Report, minutes of the previous AGM, Notice of Meeting and obtain a Proxy Form from this website.

And the winner of our membership draw is ...

Charles Cheah from Brown Wright Stein — who has won an overnight, mid-week stay for two people at Spicers Potts Point in Sydney. We'd also like to thank Spicers Retreats for once again supplying the prize. Congratulations, Charles ... we know you'll enjoy yourself.

Spicers Retreat Private Collection of Luxury Homes. Exclusive CLA Offer

Spicers Retreats has recently launched their Private Collection of Luxury Homes. Take the time to wander round the website and explore the possibilities of leaving everything behind in a unique natural location with complete privacy.
 
The possibilities include:
• Villa Aman, Port Douglas
• Hinterland House, Byron Bay hinterland
• Seacliff, Otford, NSW
• First Point, Noosa
• Pacific Dawn Beachfront Apartments, Wooli Beach, North Coast, NSW
• Sapphire Blue, Burleigh Heads
• Asgard House, Glasshouse Mountains, Qld
• Phoenix One Superyacht, Whitsundays
• Mount French Lodge, Scenic Rim, Qld
• Belongil Beach Shack, Belongil Beach, Byron Bay
• The French Cottage, Montville, Sunshine Coast hinterland, Qld
• Vineyards House, Hunter Valley, NSW
 
To acknowledge Spicers Retreats’ longstanding relationship with the CLA they are offering this exclusive bonus. Just mention ‘CLA Offer’ at the time of booking to receive a bonus luxury luggage travel tote bag.

The CLQ 35th Anniversary Essay Competition

This year CLQ marks 35 years of continuous publication. To celebrate we're running a 35th Anniversary Essay Competition. We invite you to contribute a paper. There are two prizes — $3,500 and free CLA seminars to 31 March 2024 either in person or via Zoom in the Open Category, and $1,000 in the Student Category. Entries close on Friday, 24 February, 2023. The winner will be announced on Friday, 10 March 2023. Contact Liz at memberservices@cla.org.au for more information.

Carter's Guide to Australian Contract Law: discount available

The CLA is delighted to host the launch of the 4th edition of Carter's Guide to Australian Contract Law. On Monday, 14 March, Emeritus Professor John Carter will present a lunchtime seminar on 'Loss of Bargain Damages'. Those attending the seminar will be able to purchase the new edition at a 5% discount. The book is also available at www.jwcarterpublishing.com.au for $99 (inc GST) if you can't make it on the day.

Find us on Facebook

Our new page is now up on Facebook.

And as it turns out, you're not really going to need binoculars to find us. Just click the link:

https://www.facebook.com/CommercialLawAssoc

We're looking forward to meeting you there.
 

We're closing our LinkedIn Group

The time has come, especially in light of the Voller High Court decision, to keep our social media in one place on LinkedIn.
 
That place is our LinkedIn company page:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-commercial-law-association-of-australia/ 
 
If you aren’t already following our company page, please come and join us before next Monday (25 October) when we will be shutting this LinkedIn group down.

We regularly share information about our seminars, membership offers and articles of interest on the CLA page.

Happy 1st Birthday to our Queensland branch!

There can't have been a harder time to bring people together, but our Queensland committee not only tried but succeeded. Congratulations! (Don't give in to the temptation of too much cake. Who needs more lockdown kilos? One slice will do.)

CLA AGM, 21 June 2023

The Annual General Meeting of The Commercial Law Association of Australia Ltd will be held at the offices of Lander & Rogers, Level 19, 123 Pitt Street, Sydney at 5.30pm on Wednesday, 21 June, 2023.

 
All CLA members are welcome to attend.

You can download a copy of the CLA's Annual Report, Financial Report, minutes of the previous AGM, Notice of Meeting and obtain a Proxy Form from this website.

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