Monday, 2 March 2026
Employment Law Update
- Federal Update: Key Recent Issues, and What to Expect in 2026
- ACT Update: Legislative Round Up
- General Protections Claims: Where Are We up to?
Presented by Gabrielle Sullivan, Principal, Sullivans Legal Co; Accredited Specialist in Employment & Industrial Law; Leading ACT Employment Lawyer, Doyle’s List 2025
Chair
John Larkings, Barrister, Blackburn Chambers; Leading Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution ACT Barrister, Doyle’s Guide 2025
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law and Procedural Law
This program is based on ACT legislation
Presenters

Gabrielle Sullivan, Principal, Sullivans Legal Co
Gabrielle Sullivan (B Ec, LLB) is the Principal at Sullivans Legal Co, Canberra. She is an accredited specialist in employment and industrial law and has been practising in this field for over 20 years. Gabrielle is Chair of the ACT Law Society’s Employment Law Committee. She has been a Doyles listed ‘Best Lawyer’ consecutively since 2021 and is a GAICD qualified company director.
John Larkings, Barrister, Blackburn Chambers
John Larkings was admitted in 2003 and recently joined the ACT Bar having been a solicitor in a prominent legal firm in Canberra for over 11 years. As a solicitor, he was a NSW Law Society Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation Law, and was listed in Doyle's Guide as a recommended Canberra Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution Lawyer in 2016 and 2017. His background is predominantly in the conduct of commercial litigation, including contract disputes, Corporations Act matters, and equity. His practice in property-related litigation has included matters involving title disputes, enforcement of securities and judgments against real property, the removal of caveats, lessee make-good obligations (including environmental issues), and the duties of mortgagees in effecting seizure and sale orders.