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Building and Construction Law is a highly sought after area of practice, yet it can be hard to find construction law courses in Australia that adequately cover the kind of legal issues in construction which practitioners face on a regular basis. Leo Cussen's is proud to offer building and construction law short courses, to assist you in earning your CPD units and improving your knowledge of contemporary Australian construction law. If you're interested in building on your knowledge of Australian construction law, and getting an understanding of the current hot topics in construction law, explore our Building and Construction Law CPD courses below.
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March 2021
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Friday, 5 March 20213.05 Mar 2021 9:00am - 5 Mar 2021 12:30pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only$395.00
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Monday, 15 March 20211.015 Mar 2021 1:00pm - 15 Mar 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
In this session, Michael Gavan, MinterEllison research librarian, shares tips about free legal current awareness, alerting services.
$145.00 -
Wednesday, 17 March 20211.017 Mar 2021 1:00pm - 17 Mar 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Are you finding it difficult to communicate effectively with clients? Is the added stress of social isolation making a difficult client even more challenging? Do you need some strategies to communicate and deal with tricky situations?
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Thursday, 18 March 20211.018 Mar 2021 1:00pm - 18 Mar 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Subject to finance clauses have always required caution and even more so during COVID-19. With tighter lending practices and obtaining finance in the current economic climate, advising your client about how subject to finance clauses work is crucial.
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Thursday, 25 March 20211.025 Mar 2021 1:00pm - 25 Mar 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
As a lawyer, it is vital that clients understand the legal documents they are signing and your advice.
$145.00 -
Monday, 29 March 20211.029 Mar 2021 9:00am - 29 Mar 2021 10:00am (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Misbehaviour in any workplace can have devastating consequences. Sexual harassment, bullying, victimisation, discrimination in the workplace are all key risk areas. But with so many changes in how we work in 2020, comes new challenges to traditional thinking about where the workplace begins and ends. Employee and colleague vulnerabilities are more exposed than ever, as colleagues ‘enter each other’s homes’ and private spaces to carry out work and conduct business. Is there a risk of information about how a colleague lives, being used against them?
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Monday, 29 March 20211.029 Mar 2021 10:20am - 29 Mar 2021 11:20am (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Do you know how easy it can be to inadvertently waive your client’s legal professional privilege, breach client confidentiality or misunderstand what is covered by the term ‘without prejudice’ during the Mediation process?
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Monday, 29 March 20211.029 Mar 2021 11:40am - 29 Mar 2021 12:40pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Client relationships are built on trust and mutual respect. It can be simple yet avoidable to unintentionally cause offence to clients through lack of understanding of cultural sensitives. With clients coming from a diverse range of cultural and religious backgrounds it is more important than ever that lawyers are equipped to foresee, and act appropriately in varying situations. While this can be difficult in person, it can be even more difficult meeting a client for the first time online. Although technology may help on some occasions, it can sometimes hinder client relationship development.
$120.00 -
Monday, 29 March 20211.029 Mar 2021 1:00pm - 29 Mar 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
Throughout this present COVID-19 era, practitioners have had to come to terms with virtual client meetings, social distancing and virtual hearings. As the pandemic continues to impact us all, virtual hearings and the use of technology in court proceedings will likely to continue into the future. While there may have been some leniency afforded to practitioners at the beginning of the pandemic when it came to technology, appearance and etiquette, that time has now passed and it is business as usual for virtual hearings.
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Wednesday, 31 March 20211.031 Mar 2021 11:40am - 31 Mar 2021 12:40pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen contracting parties experiencing performance related issues due to unprecedented business closures, travel restrictions, quarantine and isolation restrictions. As a result, many contracts could not be fulfilled in the way they were intended forcing parties to vary their contracts and deal with issues such as frustration and force majeure clauses.
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April 2021
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Monday, 19 April 20211.019 Apr 2021 1:00pm - 19 Apr 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
This one hour CPD seminar is designed to help you identify and guide you through the essential issues to focus on and how to manage your client information and risks. This session will focus on the responsibility to protect client information and how technology can be used to both breach and protect client information. The session will cover:
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Friday, 23 April 20211.023 Apr 2021 1:00pm - 23 Apr 2021 2:00pm (Australia - Melbourne)Live Stream Only
With so many of us working in a blended home/office situation, time management is the key to increasing productivity and reducing stress. As professional and personal spaces merge and restrictions constantly change, confusion and missed deadlines are real, increasing threats.
$145.00
