One day. Ten CPD units. Practical updates for your legal practice. Join us online for a full day covering key topics for your practice, including property law, SMSF reforms, wills and business sales. Examine the ethical considerations of AI, sharpen your negotiation skills and tackle privacy and cyber risks, while you complete all your compulsory units. Get across key developments and practical issues before the 31 March deadline - all without leaving your desk.

Presenters

Kieran Hoare, ILP Director, Merthyr Law
Kieran Hoare is the Director of Merthyr Law Pty Ltd and an accredited SMSF Specialist Advisor with the SMSF Association. Kieran has been practicing law since 2002 and specialises in navigating investment structures and regulatory framework for SMSFs and is often called upon to assist clients’ existing advisors and independently represent and advise SMSF trustees. Kieran keeps his professional network up to date through prolific posting on Linkedin and other social media.


Peta Willoughby, Barrister, Level 16 Inns of Court
Peta Willoughby is an experienced practitioner, predominantly in the areas of employment, industrial relations and safety law. She was called to the Queensland Bar in 2021 and represents both employees and employers across all industries and government. Peta is recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a recommended practitioner in the area of employment and safety in Queensland. She has a particular interest in dispute resolution, regulatory and civil litigation.

Carla Parsons, Director, Parsons Law
Carla Parsons is the founder and Legal Practitioner Director of Parsons Law Pty Ltd and is one of only 37 Accredited Specialists in Succession Law in Queensland. She has extensive experience in all areas of Estate Planning, deceased estate and trust administration and Estate Litigation. Carla has been recognised since 2017 in Doyles Guide as a Leading Lawyer in respect to her practice in Wills, Estate & Succession Planning and in Estate Litigation in Queensland. Carla has been recognised since 2020 in Best Lawyers and has further been named in Best Lawyers as the “2021 Lawyer of the Year” for her work in respect to Trusts and Estates, Brisbane and “2022 Lawyer of the Year” in respect to her Wealth Management / Succession Planning Practice, Brisbane. She is a regular speaker and presenter and a current member of Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (Queensland).

William Hall, Barrister, 11 Inns of Court
William was called to the Bar in 2024, and accepts briefs in commercial and public law, with a particular interest in property law. William’s experience includes appearances in courts and tribunals in both state and federal jurisdictions, acting both led and unled. Prior to being called to the Bar, William graduated from the Master of Law at the University of Cambridge, which was awarded with First Class Honours, where William studied a diverse range of subjects including restitution, law and economics, and labour law. While in England, William spent time in London completing mini-pupillages at leading commercial and public law chambers. In 2021, William was the Associate to the Honourable Justice D A Mullins AO of the Queensland Court of Appeal. William has also worked as an associate at a leading international law firm and as a sessional academic in property law and jurisprudence. William holds a Bachelor of Laws (with First Class Honours, and the University Medal), and a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Economics (with Distinction).

Dino Travaglini, Director, Travaglini Corporate Advisory
Dino is a director of Travaglini Corporate Advisory, a boutique corporate advisory and chartered accounting firm. The firm specialises in advising on business restructure, business turnaround, bank debt restructure, insolvency advice, independent expert reports and Safe Harbour advice. Mainly working with businesses which are experiencing financial distress. Prior to establishing Travaglini Corporate Advisory, he was a partner and principal for over 30 years with national chartered accounting and restructure firms, undertaking formal corporate and insolvency administrations and restructuring assignments. Relevant to today’s presentation, is that as part of providing restructuring advice, Dino needs to understand not only the financial position of the companies, but also the personal exposure and liability of its directors.


Matthew McDermott, Barrister, Quay 11 Chambers
Matthew was called to the bar in 2018. Between late 2010 and 2018, Matthew was a solicitor at two national law firms in Brisbane and before that practised as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand. Since coming to the bar, he has acted in disputes in the Queensland Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, District Court, Magistrates Court and other disputes tribunals in a broad range of practice areas but particularly in relation to property law (including body corporate and community management issues), planning and environmental law, regulatory enforcement and prosecutions, defamation and general commercial disputes.


Bronwyn Clarkson, Partner, Carter Newell Lawyers
Bronwyn Clarkson is a Partner at Carter Newell and leads the Commercial Property team. With over 30 years post-admission experience, Bronwyn acts for a wide variety of participants in the property and development industry, including both public sector and private sector clients. Bronwyn regularly advises clients on a range of property transactions, including property joint ventures, commercial and residential developments, commercial and rental leases and pastoral and crown leases, as well as town planning and environmental matters. Her experience also includes advising on all aspects of property sales, acquisitions, title schemes, easements and compulsory acquisitions/resumptions of land, including preparing associated documents such as option agreements, construction and civil works contracts, and preparing and reviewing high-value leases of commercial, retail, industrial and rural property.

Sally Armitage, Barrister and Mediator, Hemmants List
Sally’s career at the private bar has spanned various diverse practice areas with a focus on construction, mining and infrastructure matters. She has appeared in a variety of jurisdictions and dispute resolution processes including courts, tribunals, arbitrations, expert determination and mediation. Since 2012, Sally has regularly been named in junior counsel category of the Doyle’s Construction & Infrastructure Queensland Barristers List. She is an accredited AMDRAS Mediator.

Dr Adrian McCullagh, Principal, ODMOB Lawyers
Adrian has degrees in Computer Science and Law as well as a Ph.D. in IT Security. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Information Security Research Centre at the Queensland University of Technology. He has been practicing in IT law for more than 30 years being one of the pioneer IT lawyers within Australia. He is a member of the Queensland Law Society and a member of the American Bar Association and participate in the Information Security Forum. In 1999 he was the QUT Faculty of Information Technology Alumnus of the year. Even though in private practice he continues to undertake research matters with academics at the Griffith University and the University of Queensland and has published in a wide variety of academic journals in the USA, UK and Australia. He is a member of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Committee for the Queensland Law Society. Adrian’s current research interests include Telecoms security, IT security, IT governance, cryptocurrencies, Blockchain and its uses in supply chain management, Decentralised Autonomous Organisations and Identity Management. He is also investigating the impact of autonomous vehicles and machine learning and their policy considerations.

Jennifer Sheean, Barrister and Nationally Accredited Mediator, Level 12 Inns of Court
Jennifer was admitted in 1992 as a solicitor in the New South Wales Supreme Court and the High Court of Australia. In 1991 and 1992, she was Associate to the late Mr Justice R.P. Meagher of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. After moving back to Brisbane in 1997, she was in general practice as a solicitor before joining the College of Law as a Lecturer in 2006. Jennifer was called to the Queensland Bar in 2011. Jennifer is a member of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), current chair of the STEP Australia Policy and Advocacy Committee, a past member of the QLD STEP Committee, a past Board Member of STEP Australia and is the Chair of the Appeals Panel of Virginia Golf Club, Brisbane. In 2017, she undertook the Advanced Certificate in Cross Border Estates course through STEP and received a distinction. Jennifer is also a sessional member at the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) sitting primarily in the Human Rights Division. She is a NMAS accredited mediator. She is able to provide advice, draft documents, and appear in Courts and Tribunals (excluding QCAT) and at mediations and conferences as well as conduct mediations.


Mark Martin KC, Level 10 Inns of Court
Mark practices in the following areas: commercial, property, insolvency, intellectual property and defamation. He was admitted as barrister in 1987 and Queen's Counsel in 2013. He is Honorary Counsel for the Queensland Reds and Wallabies. Mark is married with 4 children; boys aged 32, 31 and 27 and a girl aged 24. His interests include mountain bike riding and snow skiing.

Gavin McInnes, Founding Partner, GRM LAW
Gavin has spent his career acting for private and listed companies, private credit funds, real estate fund managers, developers and high net worth families. His work spans banking & finance, corporate and property transactions, often where those areas intersect. He is an Accredited Specialist in Business Law (Queensland Law Society) and has been recognised in Doyle’s Guide, Lawyers Weekly and Global 100 for his private equity, funds management and corporate expertise. A significant part of Gavin’s practice involves acting for private lenders and sponsors in private credit and real estate finance transactions, as well as advising developers across the full lifecycle of projects, from early structuring and site acquisition through to off‑the‑plan sales and exits. In addition to his transactional practice, Gavin is the author of Protect Your Assets, a practical guide to structuring and asset protection for Australian business owners and investors. He also sits on a number of boards and investment vehicles, giving him a commercial, operator‑level perspective on the legal issues his clients face. Clients value Gavin’s responsiveness, straight‑talking advice and focus on delivering commercially clean outcomes under tight timeframes.