One Day. Ten Units. Ten Topics. Total Compliance - From Anywhere.

You did not spread your CPD across the year but we have you covered. You can complete all 10 units in one power-packed day? Log in online from anywhere, anytime and tick every box without leaving your desk. Stay compliant, stress-free and ahead of the 31 March deadline with expert-led sessions covering 10 topics and all mandatory areas - ethics, professional skills and practice management. One day, done for the year. Simple, smart and hassle-free.

Presenters

Sean Wengel, Partner, William Buck
Sean Wengel is a Partner of William Buck’s Restructuring and Insolvency team, a Registered Liquidator, Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy and Certified Fraud Examiner. Sean’s team provides the entire range of formal and informal corporate and personal restructuring and insolvency related services. This includes voluntary administrations, liquidations, receiverships, safe harbour, 66G trustee sales, fraud investigations, bankruptcies and personal insolvency agreements. William Buck is a top mid-tier accounting firm providing full-service accounting, wealth and corporate finance services across Australia and New Zealand.

Adam Doughman, Special Counsel, Redemont
Adam is an accomplished lawyer specialising in industrial and employment law across multiple jurisdictions in Australia. With a pragmatic and collaborative approach, he provides strategic, tailored, and cost-effective employment law advice to a diverse clientele, ranging from individuals to publicly listed companies. Adam's expertise includes drafting employment contracts and policies, advising on award and employer obligations, and resolving employment disputes. He has extensive litigation experience, particularly in breaches of post-employment obligations. After spending the first 10 years of his career as a technician in the music industry, Adam was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW in 2009. He began his legal career at a boutique employment law practice and has since gained substantial knowledge in industrial and employment law through roles at both respected mid-tier and boutique firms in Sydney CBD and an in-house position with a major broadcaster. Adam has a proven track record of representing both employees and employers in various matters, including employment disputes, underpayment claims, consumer protection claims, WH&S issues, and discrimination claims. His litigation experience spans industrial courts and tribunals in New South Wales and Queensland, as well as the Federal Court, the Federal Circuit Court, and the Fair Work Commission.

Michael Thomson, Barrister, Fullagar Chambers
Michael Thomson practises as a barrister in Queensland, Australia and advises and appears in commercial litigation, property disputes, personal injury claims, family law matters, and employment law matters. He has appeared in both federal and state courts and provides advice for matters in both jurisdictions. In addition to court processes, Michael is also committed to alternative dispute resolution options including mediations and other forms of negotiated settlements. In mediations, he is experienced in both representing clients and conducting the session as the mediator. Michael is based in Brisbane City at Fullagar Chambers but is available to appear on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, other parts of Queensland, or via telephone or video link. Michael comes from a mixed cultural background and is equally proud of his Australian and Japanese heritages. Michael speaks both English and Japanese natively. He is interested in cultural diversity in the legal profession and society generally. Michael is a current committee member of the Queensland Branch of the Asian Australian Lawyers Association. He is also an active member of the Australia Japan Society Queensland. Michael studied journalism and arts before turning to law. He holds bachelor and master degrees in law and before being called to the Bar, gained experience in commercial dispute resolution and litigation as a solicitor at firms in Australia and the United Kingdom. Michael does not accept direct access briefs (i.e. instructions directly from clients). He only accepts briefs from solicitors.

Colin Harris, Partner, HWLE Lawyers
Colin Harris has 14 years of experience in front-end and back-end construction for HWL Ebsworth's Construction and Infrastructure group. Colin holds a Masters of Construction Law and his experience encompasses contract drafting and negotiation, project management, contract administration, litigation and other forms of dispute resolution. He has prepared the construction contracts and associated tender and project agreements for many of the high rise projects across the Brisbane skyline, together with agreements for commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects. He has prepared and defended complex payment claims made under Security of Payment legislation in several States and in litigation arising from adjudications. He regularly advises on compliance with regulation in the industry, including in respect of corporate reconstructions and public listings.

Andrew Stumer KC, Quay Central Chambers
Andrew Stumer is a barrister practising in commercial law from chambers at Level 16/17, Quay Central in Brisbane. He commenced practice at the Bar in 2010. Since that time he has acted in a range of commercial disputes in the fields of mining, banking, property development, taxation, intellectual property, financial services and the charity sector. Prior to commencing at the Bar, he was a senior associate in the litigation and dispute resolution department of the law firm Allens Arthur Robinson (now Allens). From 2004 to 2007, Mr Stumer was a student at the University of Oxford where he obtained the degrees of Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil), with the latter focusing on the law of evidence. During that time, he also held a position as lecturer in law at Magdalen College, Oxford, with responsibility for the college's tutorial program in contract law. Mr Stumer is the author of The Presumption of Innocence (Hart Publishing, 2010) and the annotations to the Queensland Evidence Act incorporated into Civil Procedure Queensland (Lexis, Looseleaf).

Katrina Chambers, Partner, Thomson Geer
Katrina Chambers is a Partner in Thomson Geer's Intellectual Property and Information Technology team. Her practice includes licensing and commercialisation of IP, assistance with IP ownership and structuring issues, research and development collaborations, alliances and joint venture arrangements, the sale and purchase of IP assets and companies, IP audits and due diligence, regulatory compliance, franchise law, privacy law, manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements, general contracts law and commercial and corporate law. Her clients come from a wide range of private and public industry sectors including life sciences, medical devices, health, information technology, government, university and energy and resources. Katrina has been rated by Doyle's Guide as a Leading IP Lawyer in Queensland and is also recognised by Best Lawyers in the categories of Intellectual Property Law, Biotechnology Law, Commercial Law, Professional Responsibility Practice and Franchise Law.

Ryan Solomons, Partner, Redemont
Ryan is an accomplished commercial litigator and accredited mediator known for his strong expertise in commercial and property disputes, administrative review matters, franchising disputes, joint venture disputes, trade practices, intellectual property, defamation/media and product liability. With extensive experience in project-managing complex litigation, he offers proactive, solution-oriented advice to clients dealing with complex commercial and legal problems. Ryan leads our Dispute Resolution and litigation practice. Ryan is a Nationally Accredited Mediator (NMAS) and has acted for government entities and some of Australia’s largest companies in the property, building, construction, resources, energy and retail sectors in State and Federal Courts, arbitral proceedings, and adjudication disputes. Ryan’s focus is providing proactive, solution-oriented, and commercial advice in the management of complex commercial litigation, insurance and risk, whether on small insurance or debt claims to management of a $3billion International Chamber of Commerce arbitration. Ryan is committed to ensuring proper supervision, resourcing, and training of the Dispute Resolution team and ensuring that the team listens to, understands, and implements our clients’ requirements and priorities into the way we work.

Peter Travis, Barrister and Mediator, Sir Harry Gibbs Chambers
Peter Travis is a Queensland barrister, mediator and California attorney who specialises in commercial disputes. He represents clients before all Australian courts and has a national mediation practice specialising in resolving civil disputes across a broad range of practice areas. Before joining the Queensland Bar in 2008, Peter was employed in the media division of a national firm of solicitors, and became a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. He later joined the California Bar and practised as a trial attorney in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, Peter represented media clients in complex First Amendment, intellectual property and commercial litigation.

Kylie Newman, Partner, McCarthy Durie Lawyers
Kylie began her legal career as a personal injury lawyer before transitioning to practice in commercial and property law. She was admitted as a Solicitor in 2009 after completing a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Accounting) at Griffith University. With extensive experience across a wide range of commercial and property matters, Kylie is dedicated to providing practical legal advice tailored to her clients’ needs. She strives to deliver solutions in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Rob Knowsley, Managing Partner, Knowsley Management Services
Rob Knowsley has spent the 49-plus years since his admission as a lawyer in early 1975 working with growth-oriented legal practices in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. He founded Knowsley Management Services (KMS) in early 1988. He is unashamedly passionate about assisting his fellow lawyers to build into their firms a strong ongoing capability to optimise their investments of money, education, experience and time, to produce proper profits, dramatically better profits than most assume possible. He is clear in his view that a profitable firm greatly increases options in terms of succession, a real problem for many partners in small-medium firms. Rob has a long track record of making vast improvements happen in relatively short periods of time in all manner of firms, and brings to his consultancy advice a wide experience from a range of legal roles, having practised as a Barrister and Solicitor, employed lawyer, partner and managing partner, sole practitioner, and in both private practice and Government. He has served on various State and Regional Law Society councils and committees, and Government committees, lectured and written widely on legal practice management, and is a skilled trainer and facilitator. Rob`s day to day contact with all manner of firms, especially those where he is retained on an annual basis as a practice coach, gives him a constantly updated flow of information about the changing practical problems the Legal Profession is facing. He has had significant consulting input into over 1385 legal firms, and greatly assisted his many thousands of seminar and workshop attendees. A significant part of every business day is spent advising lawyers by e-mail, by telephone, Zoom/Teams, or in person. Rob knows what`s needed, what`s possible, and exactly how to achieve it. His ground-breaking systems for planning and ensuring full utilisation of law firm human resources, developed originally in the late Eighties, have stood the test of time, being used to huge advantage in a multitude of firms to this day. Rob adheres fully to the Code of Ethics of the Institute of Management Consultants in Australia.

Hayley Tarr, Director, Tarr Law
Hayley has a Bachelor of Science majoring in genetics, a Bachelor of laws with first class honours, and a Masters of Industrial Property Law. She is admitted as a patent and trade marks attorney, a solicitor in the state of Queensland, an attorney in the state of New York, USA, and a nationally accredited mediator. Having worked for top tier firms such as Allens and Minter Ellison, and taught at Bond University, Hayley founded Tarr Law in January 2020. Tarr Law is a boutique intellectual property law firm, able to assist clients in all intellectual property matters including: trade marks, copyright, designs, domain names, patents, and IP disputes. In addition to running Tarr Law, Hayley is on the Women’s Leadership Committee for the International Trademark Association (INTA), is the Queensland Law Society representative on the Attorney General’s Appeal Costs Board, is a mediator for the Queensland Supreme Court Pro Bono Mediation Scheme for Self-represented Litigants; and is on the IPTA small firm practitioner committee. Hayley is a Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2023 Finalist. Everything Hayley does is for the sake of her two beautiful daughters. When she is not in the office, you’ll find her seeking out new and adventurous experiences with her girls.

Dr Henry Netscher, Director and Nationally Accredited Mediator, Opt-In Mediation
Henry has a calm, supportive, and inclusive manner, and treats people with respect and dignity. This, together with Henry’s knowledge of, and respect for interest-based facilitative mediation processes, creates an environment which enables open and respectful communication. In addition to his role as a Mediator, Henry is an experienced educator (teacher, University lecturer, Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider, workplace trainer, consultant), and health professional (primarily in children’s health and development, and, chronic musculo-skeletal pain management in adults). Henry’s long experience in working with adults and children from diverse backgrounds assists him to help people focus on the issues for discussion, ensuring that each person has a voice, and that their needs, interests and concerns are heard. Henry’s process assists people to reach workable agreements that enable them to move forward.

Yolanda Battisson, Special Counsel, Murdoch Lawyers
Yolanda was initially admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 2001 after having completed a two-year articles of clerkship with Murdoch Lawyers, and was admitted to the High Court of Australia in 2002. She’s been working as a solicitor for almost 20 years and exclusively as a family relationships lawyer for over 13 years of that time. Given her many years of experience in the family law space, she understands the stresses brought on by separation and committed to assisting people pragmatically and with empathy. She has a particular passion for working with people to help them understand and move through the legal aspects of their separation to set them on a path toward a new start. More specifically, she assists people with complex parenting and financial matters during and after a separation. She frequently assist parents to implement arrangements that enable them to effectively care for their child/children after a separation. She also works with people to finalise their financial separation and this often involves working with high-net worth matrimonial pools and complex company and trust structures.