Tuesday, 31 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Lucy Line, Barrister, Foley’s List; Member, Victorian Bar's Ethics Committee
Professional Skills
Ending Proceedings Early - An Exploration of the Tools Available
In today's economic landscape, litigation appear to be more heavily contested and take longer to resolve, frustrating resolution and increasing costs.
- Discuss the tools at your disposal to expedite litigation, by bringing litigious matters to a conclusion prior, and in some cases well prior, to trial
Presented by David Grant, Partner, Collins Biggers and Paisley
Presenters
Lucy Line, Barrister, Foley’s ListLucy M.E. Line has practised as a barrister at the Victorian Bar and Tasmanian Bar for 12 years. She specialises in employment law, public law and regulatory and disciplinary matters, particularly in the anti-corruption, legal, education, medical and financial sectors. Lucy often acts for and against regulators. She has acted in proceedings where parties have included the Fair Work Ombudsman, WorkCover, Comcare, ASIC, AHPRA, Integrity Oversight Victoria, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator, Consumer Affairs Victoria, the Victorian Institute of Teaching, the Architects Registration Board, the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner and the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board. Lucy has particular strength in law relating to legal ethics; she has taught ethics to Juris Doctor students at Monash University, where she is a Senior Fellow, has served on the Victorian Bar’s Ethics Committee, and is regularly briefed by the Law Institute of Victoria to provide ethical advice to solicitors. Prior to coming to the Bar, Lucy was a Judge’s Associate at the Supreme Court of Victoria, a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth, and a legal officer at the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.
David Grant, Partner, Collins Biggers and Paisley
David Grant is head of the commercial litigation department at Logie-Smith Lanyon Lawyers. David is a commercial litigator of over 25 years' experience. He has spent much of this time advising and representing insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders including directors and creditors, in many high profile insolvency administrations. He was recently involved in representing a creditor in the matter of Re Mossgreen Pty Ltd (In liquidation), in a proceeding that was ultimately heard by the Full Federal Court. His extensive experience affords him a unique insight into matters involving creditors rights in insolvency administrations, and the impact the new regime is and will have on insolvency administrations moving forward.
