Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Practice Management & Business Skills
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
Practice Management
Navigating Regulatory Change: AML/CTF, Privacy and Cyber Risk in Legal Practice
The regulatory environment for legal practice is shifting rapidly, driven by new AML/CTF reforms, privacy amendments and increasing cyber-security obligations. Explore what these changes mean in practice and how to respond effectively.
- Overview of the evolving AML/CTF, privacy and cyber reforms shaping legal compliance
- Practical steps for firm-wide risk assessment and governance integration
- Balancing client confidentiality, compliance and cyber resilience
- Preparing for enforcement trends and building regulatory readiness
Presented by Dr Susan Bennett LLM (Hons), MBA, FGIA, FIP, CIPP/E, CIPT, Principal, Sibenco Legal & Advisory
Chair
Paul Lewis, Senior Legal Counsel, Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers: Accredited Specialist in Family Law and Dispute Resolution
Presenters
Paul Lewis, Senior Legal Counsel, Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers
Paul Lewis is a Senior Legal Counsel at Carroll & O’Dea Lawyers where he leads the Family & Relationships Law team and acts as a Mediator in family law and other disputes. Paul also sits as a part-time General Member of NCAT in the Consumer and Commercial Division. Paul is an accredited mediator through the NSW Law Society’s LMA Scheme and is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law and in Dispute Resolution through the Law Society. He currently serves on the ADR Committee of the Law Society and in the past has sat on the Family Law Committee, regulatory committees, and the Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee.
Dr Susan Bennett LLM (Hons), MBA, FGIA, FIP, CIPP/E, CIPT, Principal, Sibenco Legal & Advisory
Susan is a corporate governance and privacy lawyer who works with Boards, senior executives and cross-functional multi-disciplinary teams on governance and data-driven technology transformation projects to minimise risks, comply with regulatory requirements and deliver on organisational objectives. Recognised for her global thought leadership in information governance, Susan brings deep corporate expertise to enable robust governance to be implemented to safely achieve the benefits derived from new technologies while simultaneously reducing risks through integrated and holistic governance in response to the growing legal and regulatory compliance challenges. These include privacy, cybersecurity, AML and emerging AI and ESG regulations, which require that technology systems be properly integrated and monitored, and that data is accurate and reliable for internal decision-making and external reporting, and that it is adequately protected and disposed of when no longer needed. Susan’s PhD thesis is on Privacy and Data Protection: the interaction of meta-regulation and information governance. Susan’s articles and publications are available on the Sibenco and InfoGovANZ websites – www.sibenco.com and www.infogovanz.com.
