Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Immigration Law Foundations and Intersections
- The ‘good to know’ bits for all lawyers
- Immigration compliance for employers
- Immigration and criminal law
- Immigration and family law
- How to know when to panic and call a migration lawyer
Presented by Catherine Follett, Director, MSM Legal
Chair
Michelle Hamlyn, Barrister, Murray Chambers
Presenters
Michelle Hamlyn, Barrister Murray ChambersMichelle has a broad civil and commercial practice and accepts briefs to advise and appear in all Australian jurisdictions, including as counsel in alternative dispute resolution processes. She has particular specialist experience practising in the areas of defamation and media law. Other significant areas of practice include contract, property, consumer law, corporations law, intellectual property, administrative law, common law negligence, estates and equity. Prior to joining the independent bar, Michelle enjoyed a broad and varied commercial practice within the Commercial Dispute Resolution team at a top tier national firm for over a decade. During that time, she also gained experience on secondment in-house with ABC Legal.
Catherine Follett, Director, MSM Legal
Catherine began her career as a Judge’s Associate in 1996 following which she worked for the Attorney General’s Department for 4 years. In 2001, Catherine moved to private practice focusing on criminal defence. Catherine moved to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic in 2005, spending two years as the Immigration Manager for the Australian Embassy in Vientiane. From 2009, Catherine was Country Manager of the Lao office of McDonald Steed McGrath Lawyers, where she remained working in the Mining & Energy sector before returning to Australia in 2013. Catherine continued to work for McDonald Steed McGrath out of its Adelaide office covering commercial, resources and immigration law. In 2017, Catherine became owner and Director of MSM Legal. Catherine now focusses on the on the full range of immigration law issues for both corporate and individual clients at primary application stage and at appeal. Catherine was named a leading immigration lawyer in Doyle’s Guide 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
