New Zealand Law Society - Conference Programme
11:30 am – 3:00 pm - New Practitioners Workshop: Judge Doyle, Richard Smith, Savanna Gaskill, Dr Sarah Anticich
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm - Cyber Security Workshop, Love, Lies, and Location Tracking: The Dark Side of Digital Relationships: Steven Bradley - Texas, USA
5:00 pm - Welcome drinks and canapes – Ascot Park Hotel
8:00 am - Registration Opens
9:15 am - Conference opening and welcome: Chris Peddie (Southland Branch President)
9:20 am - Law Society Update: David Campbell (Law Society President)
9.30 am - Keynote: AI Workshop, Pro’s, Con’s, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Steven Bradley (Texas, USA)
11.00 am - Morning Tea
11:30 am - Sessions
Session 1: Building Amendment Bill – a new liability regime: Richard Johnstone and Peter Woods (Leftbank Chambers)
Session 2: Why the Future of Legal Practice Depends on Understanding People Before Problems: Dr Sarah Anticich (Clinical Organisational Psychologist)
Session 3: Judicial perspective on best practice in criminal jurisdiction: Judge Mark Williams
12:30 pm - Sessions
Session 4: Evidential Reliability - Memory in the Law: Judge Michael Crosbie
Session 5: The Initiation of Arbitration: The Must Knows: Tony Hughes-Johnson KC (Barrister)
Session 6: Staff, sales and settlements: Employment law issues in business transactions: Janet Copeland (Copeland McAllister)
1:30 pm - Lunch
2.15 pm - Sessons
Session 7: Trusts Act 2019: Five Years On - A Professional Trustee Perspective: David Boyce (Perpetual Guardian)
Session 8: Accounting 101 for Lawyers: Amber Spence (Flintoffs Chartered Accountants)
Session 9: Panel Discussion: The Evidence Act 2006 in Practice – Family Criminal Perspectives: Judges Doyle, Williams & Crosbie
3.15 pm - Keynote: Why challenging conversations stay challenging: Dr Nicki Macklin
4:15 pm - Conference Closing
5:50 pm - Board bus outside Ascot Park Hotel reception
6:00 pm - Bus departs Ascot Park Hotel
6:30 pm - Bus arrives at Hideaway 201
10:30 pm - Bus arrives at Hideaway 201
11:00 pm - Bus arrives at Ascot Park Hotel
Photo: Ascot Park Hotel - Southland, New Zealand from Great South