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Upcoming

Please check back for upcoming seminars presented by members of Chambers.

Recent

4-8 September 2023, BAQ 11th Commercial Litigation Workshop to be conducted at the Legal Training Institute, Port Moresby

Andrew Crowe KC led a team including Max Walker and Jane Menzies from Northbank Chambers to the LTI to train the students.

5 September 2023, PNG Continuing Legal Education: Mediation & Commercial Law, Grand Papua Hotel, Port Moresby

Andrew Crowe KC presented a paper on Advocacy in Mediations to PNG practitioners.

25 July 2023, Criminal Sentencing - a Practitioner’s Guide (Virtual)

This workshop was organised by the South Pacific Region CLE Committee (Chair: Andrew Crowe KC – Mark Steele, Member).

Approximately 50 people participated in the workshop from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

5-9 June 2023, Intensive Advocacy Course, Nauru

Max Walker co-presented the Nauru Advocacy Intensive Workshop in Nauru as a guest of the Department of Justice. The course delivered foundational advocacy training to new legal practitioners and was delivered on behalf of the Queensland Bar Association.

March 2023, SMALL BUSINESS RESTRUCTURING: A review of the Corporations Act’s provisions to adjourn winding-up applications following entry into the SBR process, ARITA Journal

Philippa Ahern wrote an article: Small Business Restructuring: A review of the Corporations Act’s provisions to adjoun winding-up applications following entry into the SBR process, published in the ARITA Journal (Volume 34 #04)

5-7 December 2022, Commercial Litigation Workshop, Cook Islands

Justice Melanie Hindman (formerly of Northbank Chambers), Andrew Crowe KC and Mark Steele KC (Northbank Chambers) and Holly Blattman KC travelled to the Cook Islands to present a 2 day workshop to local practititioners and then a 1 day workshop to Crown Law officers. These workshops were funded by the Law Council of Australia.

These workshops were made possible because of the generous support of the Law Council of Australia (meeting the costs of economy airfares and accommodation).

14 October - 15 October 2022, BAQ Annual ADR Conference, Sheraton Gold Coast

Andrew Crowe KC presented a paper on negotiation techniques in commercial mediations. Philip Tucker presented a paper on mediations in class actions.

6 October 2022, BAQ Pacific Region Education Committee, - The advocate’s treatment of vulnerable witnesses – a practical perspective

On 6 October 2022 the Bar Association of Queensland conducted (by zoom) a two-hour workshop on advocates dealing with vulnerable witnesses in criminal proceedings.

This workshop was organised by the South Pacific Region CLE Committee (Chair: Andrew Crowe KC – Mark Steele, Member).

Approximately 250 participated in the workshop from the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu.

Earlier seminar topics

  • Negotiation Techniques in Commercial Disputes: "How to" Guide

  • Appeals - A Practical Approach to instituting, preparing for and appearing in an Appeal

  • Lay Witness Evidence

  • 7th Annual Intellectual Property Law Review Seminar

  • Trustees’ applications for judicial advice

  • BAQ Annual ADR Conference 

  • The Rules in Jones v Dunkel and Browne v Dunn in Civil Trials 

  • Taking back the contract works – termination and step in rights

  • Issues regarding liquidated damages – penalty v. genuine pre-estimate of loss; LDs v. general damages

  • Expert Evidence

  • Security for Costs (with focus on FCA)