Programme

8:30am Registration Opens

9:15am: Conference opening and welcome: Richard Smith, Southland Branch President
9:25am: NZLS Update: Frazer Barton, NZLS President
10.00am: Keynote: Melanie Reid – Peter Ellis: The creche case & me
10:55am: Closing comments: Dale Lloyd, Otago Branch President

11.00am Morning Tea

11:30am
Session 1:: Settlement Agreements in Litigation Disputes: The must know issues (Tony Hughes-Johnson KC)
Session 2:: Smarter Sleep (Dr Sarah Ferguson)
Session 3:: Utilities disputes: Flickering lights can lead to full-blown fights (Mary Ollivier)

12:30pm
Session 4:: Update on Criminal Law (Mike Brownlie & Sarah Saunderson-Warner)
Session 5:: Successfully navigating complaints: strategies, tips and suggestions for surviving complaints (Tony Sycamore)
Session 6:: Employment Law: getting the problem sorted and ensuring it stays sorted (Geoff Bevan)

1:30pm Lunch

2.15pm
Session 7:: The gap between separation and division – interim distribution and maintenance (Kim Jarvis & Dale Lloyd)
Session 8:: Part 1: Recent and upcoming changes to the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act (Richard Little)
Part 2: Capacity Law & practise: How to become a Court appointed lawyer for the ‘Subject Person’ (Alison Douglass)
Session 9:: Are you and your business the next IT scam victim or headline? (Dave Bennie)

3.15pm
Session 10:: Forensic Science and the Obama Report (Len Andersen KC)
Session 11:: Mihi/Pepeha Te Reo Māori (Keri Kereru)
Session 12:: Updates on recent GST changes of interest to lawyers (Craig Macalister)

4:15pm Afternoon Tea