AML workshop: Department of Internal Affairs & Financial Intelligence Unit - Dave Bealing (New Zealand Police)
4-6pm
Risk and trauma (vicarious and real): The conversations we need to have - Brintyn Smith (Family Law Barrister) & Dr Phil Watts (Forensic Psychologist - Australia)
6pm
Welcome drinks and canapes
Friday 14 March 2025
8:00am
Registration Opens
9:00am
Conference opening and welcome: Dale Lloyd (Otago Branch President)
9:15am
Law Society Update: Katie Rusbatch (Law Society CEO)
9.35am
Keynote: High-Tech Stalking: Navigating legal challenges in the digital age. Steven Bradley (USA)
11:00am
Closing comments: Richard Smith (Southland Branch President)
11.10am Morning Tea
11:40am
Session 1:
Cooper v Pinney: Clayton revisited. Rhonda Powell (Barrister)
Session 2:
The interface between private property rights and interests and resource management decision making: Rosie Hill and Ben Gresson (Todd & Walker Law)
Session 3:
Balancing Workplace Safety, Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace, the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act and Tikanga Māori. Judge Kathryn Beck (MoJ) & Janet Copeland (Copeland Ashcroft Law)
12:40pm
Session 4:
Memory in the Law. Judge Michael Crosbie (MoJ)
Session 5:
Understanding kindness as a tool to enhance the performance of individuals, teams, and organisations. Nicki Macklin (BMJ Leader)
Session 6:
Trust law update and discussion on managing common but tricky issues in Estate and Trust litigation. Matthew Prendergast (Barrister)
1:30pm Lunch
2.15pm
Session 7:
Employment Law: Where is it all heading: What’s “working” in 2025? Maria Dew KC (Barrister)
Session 8:
Commercial Law session. Tony Sycamore & John Powell (Russell McVeagh)
Session 9:
Sentencing reforms: the return of three strikes and further restrictions on discretion in sentencing. Henry Benson-Pope (Barrister & Otago University) & Yasmin Olsen (Otago University)
3.15pm
Keynote: Overcoming clinical depression and burnout: Breaking the silence on mental health in professional services. Susan Rowe (Buddle Findlay) & Steve Colligan (FrontTier/College of Law)
4.15pm
Conference Closing
Conference Dinner
6:30pm
Meet at the Steamer Wharf
6:45pm
Board TSS Earnslaw
7:00pm
TSS Earnslaw departs Queenstown
7:45pm
Arrive at Walter Peak for Dinner at Colonels Homestead
