Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Vance Hughston SC, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers; Market Leader, Native Title, Doyle’s Guide, Australia, 2022
Corporate Due Diligence and Native Title Agreements
- Identifying material native title risks in corporate transactions / due diligence
- Use of public searches in due diligence
- How to report on material issues and their management in transaction documents
- Key points to consider when reviewing native title agreements
- Common issues and risks and options for their management
Presented by William Oxby, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery, Leading Lawyer for Native Title, Chambers Asia Pacific Legal 2021-2022
*Original Content was created in 2023
Presenters
William Oxby, Partner, Johnson Winter & Slattery
William Oxby has practised in the area of native title since 1997. William has worked for 2 years in a native title representative body in Queensland and for the Commonwealth Attorney General in the Native Title Task Force. William has also worked for another 'top tier' law firm for 10 « years before joining Freehills in 2010. William's specialises in assisting energy, resource and infrastructure clients manage their relationships with indigenous communities. Whilst a large part of that work relates to native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage, William also specialises in land access issues more generally as well as the procurement of mining tenement, petroleum tenements and environment and planning approvals.
Vance Hughston SC, Barrister, Sixth Floor Windeyer Chambers
Mr Hughston has practised extensively as a trial lawyer in native title and in non-native title matters. Mr Hughston has argued the following native title cases as leading counsel before the High Court: Members of the Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Community v Victoria (2002) 214 CLR 422; Karpany v Dietman [2013] HCA 47; Wilson v Anderson (2002) 213 CLR 401. Other native title cases in which Mr Hughston has appeared at both the trial and on the subsequent appeal include: Fortescue Metals Group v Warrie on behalf of the Yindjibarndi People (2019) 273 FCR 350; 374 ALR 448; [2019] FCAFC 177 (leave to appeal to the High Court refused); Starkey on behalf of the Kokatha People v South Australia (2018) 261 FCR 183; (leave to appeal to the High Court refused); and Wyman v Queensland (2015) 235 FCR 464. He was a member of the Australian Law Reform Committee’s Native Title Inquiry Advisory Committee in 2014 / 2015. The 2022 Doyle’s Guide ranks Mr Hughston as the Market Leader amongst Australia’s native title barristers. The 2022 Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide also accords him its highest ranking (Band 1) amongst Australia’s native title Silks. Mr Hughston is a contributor to Perry and Lloyd’s Australian Native Title Law (2nd Ed.).
