Programme

6pm Welcome drinks and nibbles at Leisure Lodge Dunedin

8:30am Registration Opens

9:15am: Conference opening and welcome: Dale Lloyd – Otago Branch President
9:20am: Law Society Update: Frazer Barton Law Society President and Katie Rusbatch Law Society CEO
9.50am: Keynote: Justice Glazebrook – Courage amidst chaos: The mission to save the Afghan Women Judges
10:55am: Closing comments: Richard Smith – Southland Branch President

11.00am Morning Tea

11:30am
Session 1:: Let’s Make it Perfectly Queer! An Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Topics (Dr David Sarshalom)
Session 2:: Workplace Investigations: Pitfalls, procedure, and personal grievances (James Cowan)
Session 3:: The intersection of hi-tech stalking in domestic violence and family law case (Steven Bradley)

12:30pm
Session 4:: Disability, Mental Health, Neurodiversity and Communication. How to spot communication challenges and what you can do about it (Bridget McArthur)
Session 5:: A tweet a day keeps the doctor away – the latest developments in professional disciplinary cases against health professionals taking to social media (Kate Rouch)
Session 6:: Mediation: An unsung hero for all lawyers and their clients (Kate Keddell & Malcolm Wallace)

1:30pm Lunch

2.15pm
Session 7:: Crossing the uncanny valley - AI, legaltech and the future of the legal profession (Derek Roth-Biester)
Session 8:: What to do when your family law case crosses international borders (Inger Blackford)
Session 9:: Property law update (Peter Sygrove & Trevor Shiels)

3.15pm
Session 10:: Advising trustees and current issues post Trusts Act 2019 (Lauren Brent)
Session 11:: AML and Financial Crime – evolution so far, and likely future directions (Gary Hughes)
Session 12:: Employer immigration: the must know issues (Shi Sheng Cai - Shoosh)

6pm Dinner