Friday, 13 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair
Danielle De Paoli, Special Counsel & State Team Leader, Maurice Blackburn; Leading Institutional Abuse Compensation Lawyers (Plaintiff) NSW 2025
Case Review: AA v Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
A case study on AA, considering the important legal development this case represents, discussing the application, scope and basis for breach of non-delegable duties in the context of personal injury caused by abuse
Presented by Greg Choat, Special Counsel, Koffels Solicitors & Barristers
Presenters
Danielle De Paoli, Special Counsel & State Team Leader, Maurice BlackburnDanielle De Paoli is Special Counsel of Maurice Blackburn's Parramatta office. She is a Law Society of NSW Personal Injury Accredited Specialist who has been helping people in Sydney and throughout NSW with motor vehicle compensation claims for 11 years. Danielle is also a senior member of the firm's national sexual and institutional abuse compensation team and has a particular interest in bringing claims for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse. She is specially trained in trauma informed practice which ensures she works with clients to access justice in a way that recognises the complex trauma they have suffered., Danielle is approachable and provides her clients with advice in plain English to help understand the legal process. She also speaks Italian. Danielle was born and raised in Griffith and is a proud mother of three.
Greg Choat, Special Counsel, Koffels Solicitors & Barristers
Greg has practiced as a family, personal injury and general litigation lawyer over the course of nearly 20 years in the law. He currently works almost exclusively bringing historical sexual abuse litigation on behalf of plaintiffs.
