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On the 14th of February 2020 we held our annual Government CPD Day. The CPD Day was aimed at Government lawyers who are holders of Practising Certificates needing to obtain points in the compulsory CPD categories before 31st March 2020.

Please click through to the video replay recordings to earn CPD points in the following categories: Ethics, Professional Skills, Practice Management & Business Skills and Substantive Law.

**Please note you will need to enter your contact details to access each video recording - this is for CPD audit requirements.

Session 1: Welcome and keynote address

Fiona McLeay, Victorian Legal Services Board CEO and Victorian Legal Services Commissioner opened our annual CPD Day. Fiona discusses detail about the Board’s role along with her role, its functions and some of the challenges and what the future outlook is.

Video length = 30 minutes. This session is worth 0.5 CPD point in Practice Management 

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Session 2: Ethics - The vibe is not enough

Rebecca Fraser, Russell Kennedy Senior Associate, discussed a range of topical ethical issues for government lawyers and practical management strategies. The session included the ethical challenges of advising policy teams, and how ethical duties apply to the increasing use of technology in the provision of legal advice.

Video length = 60 minutes. This session is worth 1 CPD point in Ethics.

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Session 3: Information sharing across government and
with regulated persons – trends, traps and tricks

Emma Turner, Russell Kennedy Principal discuses:

  • the interplay between express information sharing powers and confidentiality provisions in scheme specific legislation and general privacy law;
  • how to deal with claims of privacy by corporations; and
  • sharing information obtained in the course of regulatory and enforcement investigations.

Emma will explores the trends in these themes, share some of the traps she has encountered and the possible tricks and workarounds available to facilitate the sharing of information.

Video length = 60 minutes. This session is worth 1 CPD point in Substantive Law.

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Session 5: Drafting and negotiating liability
caps and indemnities: A practitioner’s guide

In this presentation Kyle Gillan, Russell Kennedy Principal, explored:

  • The general law of damages
  • Contractual mechanisms to transfer risk through indemnities
  • Limitations and interpretation of indemnities
  • Drafting tips
  • Recent cases and developments

Video length = 45 minutes. This session is worth 0.75 CPD point in Substantive Law.

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Session 6: The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly of search warrants

The power to enter land with a warrant is an effective way to gather evidence. However, when a search warrant is not executed correctly, or there are defects in the application documents, things can turn ugly.

Kylie Walsh will take you through the good, the bad and the ugly of search warrants to help you to manage and advise Government investigators using search warrant powers. The presentation includes common law powers of seizure, the limits on the use of seized evidence and recent case studies.

Video length = 45 minutes. This session is worth 0.75 CPD point in Substantive Law.

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Session 7: Testing the model – sticking to the
model litigant guidelines when the going gets tough
- a panel discussion

Guest panellists:

W Brind Zichy-Woinarski, Queens Counsel
Sarala Fitzgerald, Barrister
Rebecca Fraser, Senior Associate - Russell Kennedy

It is easy to say that you will act as a model litigant, but actually doing so in some circumstances can be challenging to the practitioner, in-house counsel and public-servant alike. Our panel examines circumstances where the requirement to comply with the highest standard of profession practice can be challenged by self-represented litigants, bureaucratic inertia, disputes between departments, departmental policy and how the Model Litigant Guidelines can gets on with its relatives: legal professional duties and ethics, Public Sector Values, prosecutorial ethics and legislative restrictions on behaviour like the Civil Procedure Act and the Charter.

This panel session was facilitated by Ben Lloyd, Principal

Video length = 60 minutes. This session is worth 1 CPD point in Practice Management.

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For further information or if you have any questions please contact Tom via email: seminars@rk.com.au

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