Legal Risk Management in 2024: A Reflective Insight for all Lawyers from the Robodebt Scheme Crackdown

Monday, 1 July 2024
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Practice Management & Business Skills
A Reflective Insight for all Lawyers from the Robodebt Scheme Crackdown

 

All lawyers in Australia will benefit from this thoughtful perspective provided by the Counsels Assisting the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme as they share:

  • What does due diligence look like moving forward: Lessons from the Case
  • Prevention strategies to mitigate potential legal mishaps before they arise
  • Best practice for identifying compliance gaps and areas of vulnerability of a client’s objectives

Presented by Angus Scott KC, Murray Gleeson Chambers; Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme; Leading Employment & WHS Barristers – Queensland, Doyle’s Guide 2023 and Doug Freeburn, Barrister, Higgins Chambers; Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme

Chair

Jeremy Morris SC​, Barrister, 13th Floor St James’ Hall Chambers 

Opening Comments by the Chair

Presenters


Angus Scott KC, Barrister, Murray Gleeson Chambers
Angus first came to the bar in 2010. He was appointed King’s Counsel in November 2022. He has extensive experience in a broad range of public law, with a particular focus on administrative law, regulatory prosecutions and statutory interpretation, as well as the workings of Government and the public service, having acted for and against Government entities and public servants throughout his career. Previously, he was employed at the Queensland Crown Law office from 2004 where he worked mainly in the areas of administrative law and judicial review. He also worked in constitutional law, employment, discrimination, and workplace health and safety prosecutions. In 2005, he was seconded to the legal team of the Health Commission of Inquiry, and in 2006 he undertook a secondment to the Department of Premier and Cabinet Law and Justice Policy Unit. Recently, Angus has appeared as defence counsel for former Executives of Linc Energy and of the Ipswich City Council in criminal prosecutions of them. In 2022, Angus was appointed Junior Counsel Assisting in the Commission of Inquiry relating to the Crime and Corruption Commission. In 2022 and 2023 he was one of the Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.


Jeremy Morris SC​, Barrister, 13th Floor St James’ Hall Chambers
Jeremy Morris was called to the Bar in 1995. He previously worked for 4.5 years at Abbott Tout Russell Kennedy, initially as a commercial solicitor, then in commercial litigation. Since he came to the Bar, he has had a varied practice including appearances at inquests, criminal proceedings, common law personal injury cases, medical negligence cases, commercial cases, tax debt recovery proceedings and disciplinary proceedings for solicitors and medical practitioners. He spent four years on a New South Wales Bar Association Professional Conduct Committee and has served as a member of Bar Council. He has lectured for the New South Wales Bar Association to barristers seeking to sit the Bar examinations. He is on the Common Law Committee of the New South Wales Bar Association. He also has acted as tutor in the Bar Association Practice Course.


Douglas Freeburn, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
Douglas is a barrister specialising in the areas of administrative and public law, regulatory law, employment and industrial law, health law, constitutional law, and discrimination law. Prior to his call to the bar in 2022, Douglas gained broad experience in both private and government practice. He spent three years working as a solicitor at Clayton Utz in the Public Sector Group. Douglas also practised in the United Kingdom with the Government Legal Department, and at Crown Law Queensland in the Public Sector Branch. Douglas has been involved in a diverse range of litigation matters in both Federal and State Courts and Tribunals and has provided complex advice for public and private sector clients in a number of areas including judicial review, merits review, contract disputes, procurement, constitutional law, negligence, health practitioner regulation, migration law, and industrial/employment disputes.

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Legal Risk Management in 2024: A Reflective Insight for all Lawyers from the Robodebt Scheme Crackdown

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