Topic:
    Legal ethics update. Recent cases.
    (Rule 6.1.1: Ethics and professional responsibility)

    Speaker:
    Professor Gerard Ryan, University of Notre Dame Australia

    Venue:
    This seminar was recorded at the NSW State Library in March 2026

Legal ethics update. Recent cases.

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    Topic:
    Understanding your obligations in a law practice: an employment law perspective
    (Rule 6.1.2: Practise management and business skills)

    Speaker:
    Alana Rafter, Senior Associate, Australian Business Lawyers & Advisors

    Venue:
    This seminar was recorded at the NSW State Library in March 2026

    This session will unpack key employment law and WHS updates that all law practices need to know about. Key topics will include:
    • The 'positive duty' under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth)
    • Psychosocial hazards and the obligations on partners, lawyers and other staff

Understanding your obligations in a law practice: an employment law perspective

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    Topic:
    Improving negotiation skills for better outcomes
    (Rule 6.1.3: Professional Skills)

    Speaker:
    Michael Mills, Principal, S R Lawyers

    Venue:
    This seminar was recorded at the NSW State Library in March 2026

Improving negotiation skills for better outcomes

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    Jeffrey Goldberger, Contract Law Specialist; Emeritus Professor John Carter (Commentator); Hon Fabian Gleeson SC, 9 Selborne Chambers (Chair

    Michael Crouch Room, NSW State Library, Level One, Mitchell Wing, Shakespeare Place

    The seminar will cover key remedial issues in the light of recent appellate authority.

    • The limitations on the choice between restitution and damages for breach of contract
      Tok v Rashazar [202]) NSWCA 94

    • Causation, mitigation and consequential loss
       Edwin Davey Pty Ltd v Boulos Holdings Pty Ltd [2022] NSWCA 65

    • Expectation and reliance loss
      Cessnock City Council v 123 259 932 Pty Ltd [2024] HCA 17
      Tok v Rashazar [2025]

    • Damages for distress and disappointment
      Young v Chief Executive Officer (Housing) [2023] HCA 31
      Elisha v Vision Australia Limited [2024] HCA 50

Failure of contractual performance

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    Dr Adam Waldman, University of Sydney; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne Chambers (Chair)

    Michael Crouch Room, NSW State Library, Level One, Mitchell Wing, Shakespeare Place

    This seminar explores the decision of Naaman v Jaken Properties [2025] HCA 1, in which a bare majority of the High Court of Australia held that a former trustee is not owed fiduciary duties by its successor. After providing an overview of the case, the seminar will examine its implications for the law of trustees’ indemnity rights, and fiduciary duties. It will then consider what avenues remain available to a former trustee who wishes to claim against third parties who received trust assets in an attempt to destroy, diminish or jeopardise its indemnity rights.
     
    Dr Adam Waldman is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney Law School, whose field of research is private and commercial law. Adam holds a Bachelor of Economics, a Bachelor of Laws, and a PhD in Law, from the University of Sydney. He has published in leading Australian law journals, and is currently working on a monograph examining the relationship between equity and the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth). Prior to his academic appointment, Adam worked at a boutique law firm, as a research assistant to counsel in chambers, and as a research assistant to a former Supreme Court judge. 

Trustees' indemnity rights and fiduciary duties

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    Hon Justice Ashley Black, Supreme Court of NSW; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne Chambers (Chair)

    Michael Crouch Room, NSW State Library, Level One, Mitchell Wing, Shakespeare Place

    01:00PM to 02:00PM

Recent finanical services case law

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    Topic:
    The latest developments in class actions

    Speakers:
    Hon Frances Williams, Supreme Court of Queensland; Hon Bernard Murphy, Federal
    Court of Australia; Hon Lisa Nichols, Supreme Court of Victoria; William Edwards
    KC, Owen Dixon Chambers West; Professor Vince Morabito, Monash University; Pip
    Murphy, CEO, Association of Litigation Funders of Australia; Philip Lomax, Managing
    Director, Liticia; Adam Hochroth, Banco Chambers; Peta Stevenson, Partner, King &
    Wood Mallesons; Vicky Antzoulatos, Joint Head of Class Actions, Shine Lawyers;
    Craig Allsopp, Joint Head of Class Actions, Shine Lawyers

    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in August, 2025

    Panel discussion: Latest class action developments in the Courts
    Hon Frances Williams
    Hon Bernard Murphy
    Hon Lisa Nichols
    William Edwards KC (Chair)

    Keynote speaker:
    The class actions landscape post group cost orders
    Professor Vince Morabito

    Panel discussion: The funding of class actions
    Pip Murphy
    Philip Lomax
    Adam Hochroth
    Peta Stevenson
    Craig Allsopp (Chair)

The latest developments in class actions

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    Topic:
    60th Anniversary Commercial Law Conference

    Speakers:
    Hon Justice Peter Brereton, Supreme Court of NSW; Christine Lithgow, Director CLA; Principal, Christine Lithgow & Associates (Chair); Professor Gregory Tolhurst, Editor, Commercial Law Quarterly; University of Sydney Law School; Hon Keith Mason AC KC (Chair); Emeritus Professor John Carter, General Editor, Contract and Commercial Law Review; Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer; Professor Gerard Ryan, Vice-president, CLA; University of Notre Dame Australia Law School; Hon Fabian Gleeson SC, 9 Selborne Chambers; Jeffrey Goldberger, former lecturer, University of Sydney (Chair); Hon Chief Justice Andrew Bell, Supreme Court of NSW; Sarah Hill, President, CLA; 4 Selborne Chambers (Chair)

    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in October, 2025

    Program
    Welcome
    Sarah Hill, President, Commercial Law Association; 4 Selborne Chambers

    Session One
    The unconscionable corporation — reading the corporate mind
    Hon Justice Peter Brereton, Supreme Court of NSW
    Christine Lithgow, Director, CLA; Principal, Christine Lithgow & Associates (Chair)

    Session Two
    Recurring problems with novations
    Professor Gregory Tolhurst, Editor, Commercial Law Quarterly; University of Sydney Law School
    Hon Keith Mason AC KC (Chair)

    Session Three
    The rule in Shevill's Case
    Emeritus Professor John Carter, General Editor, Contract and Commercial Law Review; Consultant, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
    Professor Gerard Ryan, Vice-president, CLA; University of Notre Dame Law School

    Session Four
    Elimination of conditions precedent by repudiation
    Hon Fabian Gleeson SC, 9 Selborne Chambers
    Jeffrey Goldberger, former lecturer, University of Sydney

    Close
    Hon Chief Justice Andrew Bell, Supreme Court of NSW

60th Anniversary Commercial Law Conference

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    Topic:

    Fiduciary obligations: origins and consequences

     

    Speakers:

    Hon Reginald Barrett AO; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne Chambers (Chair)

     

    Venue:

    Recorded at the NSW State Library in September, 2025

     

    Fiduciary obligations play a special part in in equity. They present special advantages for plaintiffs and particular hazards for defendants and their accomplices. This seminar will take a brief look at their origins, content and consequences.

Fiduciary obligations: origins and consequences

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    Topic:
    Systemic unconscionability and corporate intention

    Speakers:
    Hon Justice Kristina Stern, Supreme Court of NSW; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne Chambers (Chair)

    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in August, 2025

    The seminar focuses on the developments brought about by Productivity Partners Pty Ltd (t/as Captain Cook College) v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2024] HCA 27.

Systemic unconscionability and corporate intention

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    Topic:
    AI and the Courts in 2025

    Speakers:
    The Hon Justice Jane Needham, Federal Court of Australia; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne
    Chambers (Chair)
    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in June 2025
    Where are we now and how did we get here? The seminar reviews cases where AI use has been
    prevalent and will also cover various current AI practice notes and guidelines.

AI and the Courts in 2025

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    Topic:
    The undertaking as to damages
    Speakers:
    The Hon Justice Scott Nixon, Supreme Court of NSW; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne
    Chambers (Chair)
    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in June 2025
    The seminar references the High Court decision of Commonwealth of Australia v
    Sanofi [2024] HCA 47

The undertaking as to damages

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    Topic:
    Recent developments in commercial damages
    Speakers:
    The Hon Justice Ian Pike, Supreme Court of NSW; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne Chambers
    (Chair)
    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in June 2025

Recent developments in commercial damages

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    Topic:
    Fiduciary duties in a commercial context
    Speakers:
    The Hon Fabian Gleeson SC, 9 Selborne Chambers; Sarah Hill, 4 Selborne
    Chambers (Chair)
    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in June 2025

Fiduciary duties in a commercial context

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    Topic:
    Equitable estoppel
    Speakers:
    Hon Justice Elisabeth Peden, Supreme Court of NSW; Jerry Leung, Supreme Court
    of NSW
    Venue:
    Recorded at the NSW State Library in May 2025
    The seminar includes a consideration of the High Court case of Kramer v Stone [2024] HCA 48 (11
    December 2024).

Equitable estoppel

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    Topic:
    What ethical pitfalls are being seen by the Legal Services Commission?

    Speakers:
    David W Marks KC, Hemmant's List; Rachel Hew, Lilley Chambers (Chair)

    Venue:
    Recorded at the Hemmant’s List Centre in March 2025

    This survey of recent decisive cases shows:
    • Trends in behaviour that are reaching trial
    • How the LSC is dealing with the issues
    • How to gain a better outcome if there is an investigation
    • What to look for if you are managing teams or engaging lawyers.
    The presentation tells the story of recent cases in Australia, and relates them to action in the UK on similar topics where useful.

What ethical pitfalls are being seen by the Legal Services Commission?

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