Presenters

Chris Molnar, Partner, Kennedys
Chris is a Partner in Kennedys Melbourne office who has been assisting clients to solve workplace relations problems for nearly 30 years. He has extensive experience across all Australian jurisdictions. He has litigated in State courts and tribunals, and deals regularly with matters in the Federal Court and the Federal Circuit Court. His clients include large ASX-listed companies and SME's, State, Federal and Territory governments, local councils and public-owned entities. He also acts for individuals, typically senior management. His practice, both litigious and non-litigious, includes employment law, discrimination law, sexual harassment, bullying, industrial relations, work, health and safety, directors’ liability and protection of confidential information.Chris has post-graduate qualifications in law (LLM) and management (MBA) and regularly presents at industry and legal seminars. He is accredited by the Law Institute of Victoria as a specialist in workplace relations and is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Chris is a member of the Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies (CLARS) Advisory Board, Faculty of Law, Monash University. He is a regular contributor to the Employment Law Bulletin and Law Institute Journal and was a speaker at Monash University’s Conference in Prato, Italy, in 2012 on Business Innovation and the Law.

Kim Boettcher, Barrister, Frederick Jordan Chambers
Kim is a Barrister at Frederick Jordan Chambers in Sydney.  Kim practises in Equity, Property Law, Protective and Guardianship Law, and in the Probate and Succession List.  Prior to coming to the Bar, she practised as a Solicitor in commercial and civil litigation law in London, Sydney and Brisbane.  Kim was appointed to the NSW Minister of Fair Trading's Retirement Villages Advisory Council in 2013 and also to the Minister's Expert Committee on Retirement Villages Standard Contract Terms and Disclosure Documents in 2011.   Kim was a Member of the inaugural Legal Services Council in 2014 and reappointed from 2017-2020.   She was Treasurer of the International Commission of Jurists Australia and the NSW Bar Association’s Succession and Elder Law Committee from 2021-2024.  She is now a member of the Human Rights Committee and NSW Regional Women Lawyers even though she usually has to work in Sydney.