Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Sue Barker, Director, Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Navigating Tax and Reporting for Charities, Not-for-profit and Pro Bono
- Charities, not-for-profits and maintaining income tax exemption, including developments
- ACNC’s requirements and tips for gaining and retaining registration
- Unpacking the Cy Pres doctrine, how to make a successful Cy Pres application, and recent cases
Presented by Dr Philip Bender, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, List A Barristers, Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Presenters
Dr Philip Bender, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, List A Barristers
Dr Philip Bender is a barrister practising in various areas of commercial and property law, including taxation, superannuation, and trusts. Philip is also a Nationally Accredited Mediator, a Chartered Accountant and a sessional member of an administrative tribunal. In the trusts area, he has acted in matters that involve will/trust deed interpretation, trustee/executor removal applications, breach of trustee/executor duties cases, taxation/duty disputes, and judicial advice. He has also advised and acted in a number of disputes involving charitable trusts, including for the Victorian Attorney-General.
Sue Barker, Director, Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand
Sue Barker is the director of Sue Barker Charities Law, a boutique law firm based in Wellington, specialising in charities law and public tax law. Since its founding in 2012, the firm has won several awards, including Boutique Law Firm of the Year at the New Zealand Law Awards. Sue is recognised by the International Charity Law Network as a Charity Law Scholar. Sue is also a director of the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand, and a co-author of the text The Law and Practice of Charities in New Zealand (LexisNexis, 2013). In 2019, Sue was awarded the New Zealand Law Foundation International Research Fellowship Te Karahipi Rangahau ā Taiao, to undertake research into the question “What does a world-leading framework of charities law look like?”. The final report from the Fellowship, entitled Focus on purpose, was released in April 2022 making 70 recommendations for charities law reform in Aotearoa New Zealand. More information about Sue and the research can be found at www.charitieslaw.co and www.charitieslawreform.nz.
