Treaty and Native Title

Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Chair

Stephen Wright SC, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers; Leading Native Title Barrister, Doyle’s Guide 2024

Treaty and Native Title
  • Sovereignty and treaty
  • Fiduciary duty, native title and treaty
  • Canada: treaty, native title and fiduciary duty
  • USA: treaty and domestic dependent nations
  • New Zealand: treaty of Waitangi, Waitangi Tribunal, treaty claims
  • Australian States:
    • Victoria: Treaty Authority
    • Queensland: First Nations Treaty Institute
    • South Australia: treaty process
    • Tasmania: treaty process recommendation
    • ACT: report on conversation about treaty process
    • Western Australia: Noongar South-West Settlement, Yamatji Nation ILUA

Presented by Greg McIntyre SC, Michael Kirby Chambers

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Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories

* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules

Presenters


Stephen Wright SC, Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers
Stephen Wright is an experienced barrister who specialises in native title, taxation, trusts and mining law. Stephen joined the Western Australian Bar in 2010 and was appointed senior counsel in 2017. Prior to joining the Bar he was a Judge’s associate, a commercial litigator at Malleson, worked for 11 years at the Western Australian State Solicitor’s Office, and had his own private practice. Stephen has a wealth of experience in native title related issues dating back to 1996. He is a leading native title barrister, having been counsel in many native title claims and in ‘future act’ litigation and arbitrations at all levels, and more recently in compensation claims. He represents native title parties and representative bodies, government and mining interests. He is also an experienced and effective negotiator having provided advice and representation to various parties involved in numerous ILUA and other native title agreement negotiations, including in relation to the establishment of benefits management (trust) structures and taxation issues. Stephen also provides stamp duty and other tax advice (including income tax and GST) and appears in tax cases in the Court of Appeal (WA), Federal Court, and State and Commonwealth Tribunals.


Greg McIntyre SC, Barrister, Michael Kirby Chambers
Greg McIntyre SC was admitted to practice in 1974. He gained extensive experience in the first 15 years of practice in criminal law and also practised between 1984 and 1988 in Family Law. Greg was Principal Legal Officer, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA, 1988-90. From 1990-92 he worked in general litigation at Corser & Corser. He has practised solely as a Barrister since 1993. Greg has developed a High Court and Federal Court advocacy practice in the fields of Native Title, Human Rights, Immigration, Environmental law and Administrativelaw generally. In recent years he has also been engaged in commercial litigation, personal injury cases and legal professional conduct cases. He was appointed Senior Counsel in 2002 and since that time he has been a member of the Professional Affairs Committee of the Legal practice Board. He was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame in 2001 and the University of Western Australia in 2016. He at the University of Notre Dame between 2000 and 2012 and in 2011 lectured at the University of WA on the subject of Indigenous Peoples and the Law and in 2007 lectured in Constitutional Law at Notre Dame. He was awarded the Australian Human Rights Commission Law Award In 2011. Greg is currently President-elect of the Law Council of Australia.

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Treaty and Native Title

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