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National Commercial Seminar Series

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National Commercial Seminar Series

Commercial CPD Seminars

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National Commercial Seminar Series

Commercial CPD Seminars

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29 August 2017 Chair
Professor Daniel Fitzpatrick , Faculty of Law, Monash University

Presenter
Frank J Garcia, Professor of Law and Dean's Global Fund Scholar
Boston College Law School, USA

National Commercial Seminar Series

Commercial CPD Seminars

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19 April 2016	CLARS & ALLA SEMINAR The anti-bullying jurisdiction two years on: sleeping tiger or Y2K bug of workplace relations - and other recent developments Event Flyer Powerpoint presentation (PDF, 0.29 MB)	Presenter Commissioner Leigh Johns, Fair Work Commission Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash Law Faculty and Vice President of the Australian Labour Law Association In conclusion Ms Emma Goodwin, Senior Lawyer, Fair Work Ombudsman Dr Graham Smith, Partner, Clayton Utz
20 June 2016	CLARS & ALLA SEMINAR The Relational Employment Contract: Australian and UK perspectives Event Flyer	Chair Professor Douglas Brodie, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Strathclyde Presenters Professor Marilyn Pittard, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash Law Faculty and Vice President of the Australian Labour Law Association In conclusion Mark Irving, Barrister, Owen Dixon Chambers West
9 August 2016	Law Research Seminar Genetis Tests and Insurance, The French Anti-Discrimination Act	Presenter Justice Christian Byk, Court of Appeals, Paris Vice President, Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (UNESCO)
24 August 2016	Global Commercial Law: Does it exist? What is it? Why does it matter?	Chair Professor Ann Monotti, Faculty of Law, Monash University Presenter Frank J Garcia, Professor of Law and Dean's Global Fund Scholar, Boston College Law School, USA, Visiting Professor LLM, Faculty of Law, Monash University
4 & 5 November 2016	Australian Labour Law Association Eighth Biennial National Conference Regulation of work and workplaces: reform and innovation	Presenters Mr Peter Harris AO, Chairman of the Productivity Commission Professor Gillian Triggs, President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Ms Natalie James, The Fair Work Ombudsman Ms Janine Webster, Chief Counsel at the Fair Work Ombudsman The Hon Justice Christopher Jessup, Federal Court of Australia The Hon Jennifer Acton, Former President, Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal, Senior Deputy President, Fair Work Commission. CLARS Presenters Professor Marilyn Pittard, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dr Richard Naughton, Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, Monash University

National Commercial Law Seminar Series

Commercial CPD Seminar

Visiting Professor Seminar Series: Public Seminars

National Commercial Law Seminar Series

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National Commercial Law Seminar Series

Commercial CPD Seminar

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6 March 2019	Recent Developments in Schemes of Arrangement Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice Paul Anastassiou, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Greg Ahern, Barrister, Victorian Bar Kim Demarte, Senior Specialist - Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporations, ASIC Bruce Dyer, Counsel, Takeovers Panel
5 June 2019	Financial Services Law and Enforcement after the Banking Royal Commission Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice Mark Moshinsky, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Lucinda Hill, Ashurst Catherine Button QC, Victorian Bar Daniel Crennan QC, Deputy Chair, ASIC

13 February 2019	Technological Innovation and Commercial Law Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice Michael Sifris (Supreme Court of Victoria) Presenters Hannah Glass, King & Wood Mallesons Alex King, King & Collins Adjunct Professor Mark Sneddon, Monash University, Sneddon Legal
25 September 2019	Privacy Law in an Era of Disruption Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice Melinda Richards Presenters Michael Rivette, Victorian Bar Dr Normann Witzleb, Associate Professor at Monash University Sven Bluemmel, Victorian Information Commissioner

18 March 2019	Seminar: Modern Slavery Laws and the Workplace Event flyer	Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard, Monash University Presenters Mr Rob Jackson, Rigby Cooke Lawyers Ms Victoria Comino, Rigby Cooke Lawyers
12 April 2019	Workshop - Law and Climate Migration in the Pacific: Towards Evidence-Based Outcomes Event flyer	Event organiser Professor Daniel Fitzpatrick Presenters See event program
27 May 2019	Research Seminar: Underdogs, Boosters and Regulators: Organised Labour and the Drafting of ISO 26000 Event flyer	Presenter Professor Stepan Wood, Canada Research Chair in Law, Society and Sustainability at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia
25 September 2019	Mediating and Managing High Conflict Personalities in the Contemporary Workplace Event flyer	Presenter Billy Eddy, Senior Family Mediator at the National Conflict Resolution Center in San Diego
27 November 2019	Culture as Key - The Hayne Banking Royal Commission and the Future of Enforcement for Australian Regulatory Agencies Event flyer	Presenter Dr Vicky Comino, School of Law, University of Queensland

7 February 2018	Land Acquisitions	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Jim Delany QC, Victorian Bar Marita Foley, Victorian Bar Sandro Goubran, Victorian Bar
11 April 2018	Security of Payments	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia Michael Heaton QC, Victorian Bar Associate Professor Katy Barnett, University of Melbourne
13 June 2018	Corporate Law Update	Chair The Honourable Justice Michael Sifris, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Dr Oren Bigos Victorian Bar Dr Elizabeth Boros Victorian Bar Leon Zwier Arnold Bloch Leibler
12 September 2018	Corporate Structures and the Role of the Courts	Chair The Honourable Justice Maree Kennedy, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Professor the Honourable Marilyn Warren AC QC, Monash University Dr Andrew Hanak, Victorian Bar Matthew Critchley ,Corrs Chambers Westgarth

24 April 2018	Current issues in US Foreign policy; trade, defence, economic sanctions.	Mr Eric L Hirschhorn, Former US Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security under President Obama
9-10 August 2018	Property Rights and Human Rights: New Possibilities in an Age of Inequality Conference Program	Key Note Speakers Robin Paul Malloy E.I White Chair and Distinguished Professor of Law, Syracuse University Gregory S. Alexander A. Robert Noll Professor of Law, Cornell University
14 August 2018	CLARS & ALLA SEMINAR Personal liability of managers under workplace laws	Speaker Dr Graham Smith, Clayton Utz
12 November 2018	Monash Law Symposium - Technological Innovation in Corporate Financing: Regulatory Challenges for the Fintech Era Conference Program	Speakers Prof. the Hon. Marilyn Warren AC QC, Monash University Luca Enriques, Oxford University Scott Farrell, King & Wood Mallesons John Price, ASIC Stan Roche, Austrade Steve Kourabas, Monash University Law School Andrew Godwin, Melbourne Law School Alex Sims, University of Auckland Dr Eliza Mik, Singapore Management University

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8 March 2017	The Flight Centre case and its implications: Competition Law	Chair The Honourable Justice John Middleton Judge, Federal Court of Australia Presenter Wendy Peter, General Counsel ACCC Michael O’Bryan QC, Victorian Bar Alice Muhlebach, Victorian Bar Readers’ Course, former competition partner at Ashurst.
7 June 2017	Developments in Corporate Insolvency Law Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice O’Callaghan Judge, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Adrian Brown, ASIC Ian Walker, Brian Ward & Partners Jonathan Evans QC, Victorian Bar
18 October 2017	Quarter century of class actions in the Federal Court Event flyer	Chair The Honourable Bernard Michael Murphy Judge, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Ruth Overington, Herbert Smith Freehills Brooke Dellavedova, Maurice Blackburn Professor Vince Morabito, Monash University

8 February 2017	Overarching Obligations	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice Michael McDonald, Supreme Court of Victoria Professor Peter Cashman, The University of Sydney, New South Wales Bar Ms Roisin Annesley QC, Victorian Bar
14 June 2017	Privilege against self recrimination: Section 128 of the Evidence Act 2008	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice Terry Forrest, Supreme Court of Victoria Daniel Crennan QC, Victorian Bar Tony Hargreaves, Tony Hargreaves & Partners
13 September 2017	Undertakings to the Court	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice Maree Kennedy, Supreme Court of Victoria James Peters QC, Victorian Bar Robert Heath, Victorian Bar
15 November 2017	Abuse of Process	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Andrew McClelland QC, Victorian Bar Lisa Nichols, Victorian Bar Catherine Dermody, Victorian Bar

13 February 2017	CLARS & ALLA SEMINAR Brexit and Beyond: Developments in the UK affecting Human Rights in the Fields of Labour and Employment Event Flyer	Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash Law Faculty and Vice President of the AustralianLabour Law Association Presenter Professor Conor Gearty, London School of Economics

22 August 2017	CLARS & ALLA SEMINAR Adverse action protections under the Fair Work Act: Fashioning the fashionable	Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard, Deputy Director, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash Law Faculty and Vice President of the Australian Labour Law Association Presenter The Hon Christopher Neil Jessup Former Justice of the Federal Court of Australia and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University
7 September 2017	ACJI & CLARS SEMINAR Class actions, litigation funding and access to justice. Event Flyer	Presenter A/Prof Michael Legg, UNSW Law Commentary Dr Tania Penovic, Faculty of Law, Monash University Mr David Burstyner, Adley Burstyner

8 March 2016	Intellectual property update: D'Arcy v Myriad and its implications for patent law Event Flyer	Chair The Honourable Justice John Middleton, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Richard Hamer, Partner, Allens Professor Ann Monotti, Faculty of Law, Monash University David Shavin, Victorian Bar
1 June 2016	Pitfalls in Sale of Business Event Flyer Adrian Ryan QC, notes Mark Robins QC, notes Rob Jackson, presentation	Chair The Honourable Justice Mark Moshinsky, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Adrian Ryan, QC Barrister, Victorian Bar Mark Robins, QC Barrister, Victorian Bar Rob Jackson, Partner, Rigby Cooke Lawyers
14 September 2016	An International Commercial Court for Australia Event Flyer Chief Justice Warren & Justice Croft presentation	Chair The Honourable Justice Michael Sifris, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Commentator Paul Anastassiou QC, President, Victorian Bar Council
5 October 2016	Consumer and Small Business Protection Philip Field presentation Justin Malbon presentation	Chair The Honourable Justice Susan Kenny, Federal Court of Australia Presenters Noelia Boscana, Special Counsel – Competition Group, Minter Ellison Philip Field, Lead Ombudsman – Banking and Finance, Financial Ombudsman Service Australia Professor Justin Malbon, Faculty of Law, Monash University

10 February 2016	Commercial Trust Disputes	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice Michael Sifris, Supreme Court of Victoria Carolyn Sparke QC, Victorian Bar Michael Flynn SC, Victorian Bar
13 April 2016	An International Commercial Court for Australia	Chair The Honourable Justice Michael Sifris, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Commentator Paul Anastassiou QC, President, Victorian Bar Council
8 June 2016	Statutory Interpretation	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Kenneth Hayne AC QC, Victorian Bar Ms Kristen Walker QC, Victorian Bar Professor Jeff Goldsworthy, Monash University
14 September 2016	ADDUCING EVIDENCE AT A TRIAL IN 2016 — what to do; and what are the pitfalls for barristers and for solicitors?	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Justice John Dixon Supreme Court of Victoria Mr Philip Solomon QC, Victorian Bar Ms Alison Legge, Herbert Smith Freehills
9 November 2016	Good Faith Obligations in Commercial Contracts	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria Dr Michelle Sharpe, Victorian Bar Professor Bryan Horrigan Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University

28 April 2015	Securities class actions, corporate governance and liability: current issues Event Flyer (PDF, 0.11 MB)	Chair: The Hon. Justice Beach Judge, Federal Court of Australia Presenters: Wendy Harris QC, Barrister, Victorian Bar Jonathan Clough, Professor, Faculty of Law, Monash University Priscilla Bryans, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
29 July 2015	Regulating competition – contrasting perspectives Event Flyer	Chair: The Honourable Justice Jennifer Davies, Judge, Federal Court of Australia Presenters: Michael O'Bryan QC Barrister (member of the Competition Review Panel which recently published the Harper Report) Associate Professor John Duns, Faculty of Law, Monash University Wendy Peter, General Counsel, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission


15 April 2015	Expert Evidence - Conclaves, Joint Report and Concurrent Evidence	Chair: The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters: The Honourable Justice Jack Forrest, Supreme Court of Victoria Jim Peters QC, President, Victorian Bar Ruth Overington, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
10 June 2015	Procedural, Logistical and Policy Reflections on Class Action Trials in Victoria	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Michael Galvin QC, Barrister Belinda Thompson, Partner, Allens
21 September 2015	Civil Appeals in Victoria	Chair The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters: The Honourable Justice David Beach, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria Philip Solomon QC, Victorian Bar
11 November 2015	The role of the courts in Commercial Arbitration	Chair The Honourable Chief Justice Marilyn Warren AC, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters The Honourable Chief Justice James Allsop AO, Federal Court of Australia The Honourable Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Commentator Bronwyn Lincoln, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills

7 July 2015	Global Liability: Litigating the overseas activities of corporations Event Flyer Litigating the overseas activities of corporations (PDF, 0.99 MB)	Visiting Professor: Professor Geert van Calster, University of Leuven, Brussels Bar Commentators: Stephen Creese, Chair, National Employment Services Association Fiona Hudgson, Partner, Ashurst Chair: Bruce Dyer, Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Advisory Board, Senior Consultant, Ashurst
5 August 2015	Athlete privacy and publicity rights Event Flyer Privacy, Culture and Law in the United presentation (PDF, 3.75 MB)	Visiting Professor: Professor Geoffrey Scott, Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Art, Sports and Entertainment Law Clinic Commentator: Paul Czarnota, Barrister, Victorian Bar and Attorney, New York, USA Chair: Gordon Hughes, Professional in Residence, Faculty of Law, Monash University and Senior Consultant, Ashurst.
19 August 2015	Visiting Professor Seminar: Faculty Research Seminar Series Reforming International Investment Law: Choosing Commercial or Global Governance Paradigms	Chair Professor Justin Malbon, Faculty of Law, Monash University Presenter Frank J Garcia, Professor of Law and Dean's Global Fund Scholar, Boston College Law School, USA, Visiting Professor LLM, Faculty of Law, Monash University.
2 December 2015	Legal Solutions to the Global Health Crisis Event Flyer	Visiting Professor: Professor William Fisher, Harvard Law School Chair: Associate Professor David Lindsay, Faculty of Law, Monash University

19 February 2014	Remedies - the assessment of damages	Chair Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Mr David Collins SC, Barrister Dr Sirko Harder, Faculty of Law, Monash University
2 April 2014	Process and Procedure - Court books and preparation for trial	Chair Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Justice Kim Hargrave, Supreme Court of Victoria Paul Santamaria SC, Victorian Bar Alison Legge, Herbert Smith Freehills
4 June 2014	Good faith from a drafting and pleadings point of view	Chair Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Professor Bryan Horrigan, Dean, Faculty of Law, Monash University Caroline Kirton QC, Victorian Bar
13 August 2014	Large Class Actions / Litigation Funding	Chair Justice Michael Sifris, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Justice David Beach, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Victoria Andrew Keogh SC, Victorian Bar Ruth Overington, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
15 October 2014	Civil Procedure Act 2010	Chair Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Justice John Digby, Supreme Court of Victoria Ted Woodward SC, Victorian Bar Penelope Pengilley, Director, Brian Ward Partners
16 December 2014	Arbitration Rules	Chair Justice Clyde Croft, Supreme Court of Victoria Presenters Martin Scott QC, Victorian Bar Bronwyn Lincoln, Herbert Smith Freehills

26 February 2014	Nudging for better Health Conference	Presenters Associate Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, Faculty of Law, Monash University Dr Rory Gallagher and Mr Simon Raadsma, Behavioural Insights Team, NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Associate Professor Duncan Mortimer, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University Dr Muireann Quigley, Bristol University, UK Dr Ellen Stokes, Cardiff University, UK Ms Jane Martin, Cancer Council, Victoria Professor Christine Parker, Faculty of Law, Monash University Ms Paula O'Brien, Melbourne Law School Dr John Kennelly, University of Aucklandm NZ Ms Sondra Davoren, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer Professor Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainibility Institute Professor Micahel Selgelid, Director Center for Human Bioethics , Monash University
26 February 2014	Closed workshop Health, Technoscience and the Human Body: Mapping Current and Future Research	Presenter Associate Professor Ann-Maree Farrell, Faculty of Law, Monash University
24 September 2014	Developing Capacity to Cope with Ethical Dilemmas in Legal Practice Through Teaching 'Giving Voice to Values' Techniques	Presenter Professor Christing Parker, Facutly of Law, Monash University
7-9 October 2014	International Workshop in Public Private Partnership: The Challenge of Governance	Presenter Professor Graeme Hodge, Faculty of Law, Monash University
6 November 2014	Better Regulatory Frameworks for Water Sensitive Cities - Stake Holder Workshop	Presenter Professor Graeme Hodge, Faculty of Law, Monash University
5 December 2014	Fair food law workshop	Presenter Professor Christine Parker, Faculty of Law, Monash University

2 July 2014	Is there a case for fair use? Lessons from the US Event Flyer, 149kb Is there a case for fair use? Lessons from the US	Chair Associate Professor David Lindsay, Faculty of Law, Monash University Presenters Professor Geoffrey Scott, Professor of Law, Penn State University School of Law Mr Paul Noonan, Partner, Thomson Geer. Associate Professor David Lindsay, Faculty of Law, Monash University
22 September 2014	Post-Employment Restraints of Trade: What Employment Lawyers Should Know Event Flyer 341kb Post employment restraint of trade 624KB	Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard Presenter Mr Rob Jackson
25 September 2014	Developing Capacity to Cope with Ethical Dilemmas in Legal Practice Through Teaching 'Giving Voice to Values' Techniques Event Flyer 62KB Giving Voice to Values video	Chair Professor Christine Parker, Monash Law Faculty Presenters Vivien Holmes, ANU Legal Workshop Anneka Ferguson, ANU Legal Workshop Justine Rogers, UNSW School of Law
13 October 2014	Civil Procedure Act 2010	Justice John Digby, Supreme Court of Victoria Ted Woodward SC, Victorian Bar Penelope Pengilley, Director, Brian Ward Partners
5 November 2014	To Exclude or Not to Exclude the CISG: Benefits and Risks for Australian Parties seminar flyer (pdf 233kb)
20 October 2014	Commonwealth Bank v Barker: Where to next? Event flyer (82kb)	Chair Professor Marilyn Pittard Presenter Mr Mark Irving Vote of thanks Ms Clare Ozich
17 February 2014	Nudging for better Health Conference Event Flyer (PDF, 0.29 MB) Applying behavioural insights to public policy Economics, behavioural economics and nudge A nudge in the right direction? The ethics of shaping health (choices) through public policy Nudging for better health:Is there a role for regulation? Nudging and evidence-based policy in Europe Obesity prevention policy: Can we nudge from the bottom up and the top down? To nudge and be nudged: The politics of reflexive consumerism and the architecture of choice in the supermarket aisle: The cases of free range eggs and pesticide free strawberries The epidemic of non-adherence: nudging the nudgers to nudge Nudging tobacco control	Presenters: Associate Professor Anne-Maree Farrell Dr Rory Gallagher and Mr Simon Raadsma Associate Professor Duncan Mortimer Dr Muireann Quigley Dr Elen Stokes Ms Jane Martin Professor Christine Parker Ms Paula O'Brien Dr John Kennelly Ms Sondra Davoren