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Speaker papers and presentations from past Australian Lawyers Alliance events are available to purchase here.

A full listing of the papers available from 2020, categorised by event, can be accessed below:


Queensland Conference 2020

6–8 February 2020

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Topic

Speaker

(Keynote address) Mediation: How did we get here and where are we going? (P)

 Campbell Bridge SC, 7 Wentworth Selborne

Righting inhuman wrongs – How the new Human Rights Act can assist clients with disability and mental illness (PPT)

 Emma Phillips, Chair, Human Rights Act Sub-Committee, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

Storytelling – Prior inconsistent statements (PPT)

 Gerard Mullins, Darrow Chambers

‘Unreasonable’ management action (P & PPT)

Julian Brown, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Public liability case review (P)

 Travis Schultz, Principal, Travis Schultz Law

Legislative responses to Royal Commission recommendations (P & PPT)

 Michelle James, Principal, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

The psychiatric IME – Secrets revealed (PPT)

Dr Nicole Phillips, Consultant Psychiatrist

Building defects (P & PPT)

 Katie Caldow, Senior Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Litigation – How to embrace it, not fear it (PPT)

 Laura Neil, Bree Smith, Legal Practice Manager, Shine Lawyers

Representative proceedings – An update (P)

Charles Wilson, Inns of Court

Professional negligence claims against financial advisers (P & PPT)

 Philip Nolan, Darrow Chambers

The wicked dimensions of ethical conversations (PPT)

 Keith Howe, Inns of Court and Prof. Melinda Edwards, QUTeX

How to turbo charge you damages claims (PPT)

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Chris McManus, Principal, Murphy’s Law Accident Lawyers

Workers’ compensation case law update (P & PPT)

 Damian Hinkley, Senior Associate, Cooper Grace Ward

Motor vehicle case law update (P & PPT)

 Beth Rolton, Associate, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Medico‐legal exams – Unreasonable or unnecessarily repetitious (P & PPT)

 Laura Neil, Endeavour Chambers

Establishing liability for strain injuries – An expert’s opinion

Ted Dohrmann, Managing Director and Bill Contoyannis, Forensic Ergonomist, Dohrmann Consulting

Age related vs work related rotator cuff injury (PPT)

 Dr Bernard Tamba‐Lebbie, Orthopedic Surgeon, Lex Medicus

Legislative amendments update (PPT)

 Peter Gibson, General Manager, Shine Lawyers

Illegal acts – The impact of the Criminal Code Act (P & PPT)

 Jeffrey Rolls, Level 31 West Chambers

The degenerate lumbar spine (PPT)

 Dr Neil Cochrane, Medico‐legal Assessment Group

New South Wales Conference 2020

13 March 2020

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Topic

Speaker

Annual case review (P)

 Dr Andrew Morrison RFD SC, Wardell Chambers

Judicial review of CARS, MAS and DRS determinations: Recent decisions in NSW (P)

 Jnana Gumbert, Jack Shand Chambers and Mark Robinson SC, Maurice Byers Chambers

Workers' compensation — An update (P)

 Steve Groves, Director, Lamrocks

Western Australia Conference 2020

4 September 2020

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Topic

Speaker

Assessing a Whole Person Impairment – what the appointment looks like (PPT)

 Dr Sandra Gongora, Consultant Occupational and Environmental Physician, MEDOCCS and ASSESS Medical Group

Annual case review (P)

 Robert McCabe, Albert Wolff Chambers

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