15-17 NOVEMBER • SYDNEY thursday 15 november 5.30-8.00pm WELCOME RECEPTION • PIER ONE SYDNEY HARBOUR day 1 : friday 16 november PLENARY STREAM 1: COMMERCIAL STREAM 2: TAX 7.15am-8.30am CELEBRATING WOMEN IN LAW BREAKFAST • PLANAR RESTAURANT DARLING HARBOUR Welcome 9.00am-9.10am Noel Hutley SC, President ABA & Arthur Moses SC, President NSWBA 9.10am-9.20am Welcome to Country Change and the Legal Profession 9.20am-9.45am The Hon Susan Kiefel AC, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia Keynote 9.45am-10.30am The Hon Tom Bathurst AC, Chief Justice of NSW 10.30am-11.00am MORNING TEA Keynote Address 70th Anniversary of the UN Keynote Address Keynote Address 11.00am-11.45am Declaration of Human Rights The Hon Robert French AC Allan Myers AC QC Professor Hilary Charlesworth AM Chair: Jennifer Batrouney QC Commentator: Kate Eastman SC Multilateral Instrument/Treaties International Commercial Australia the case for treaties David Bloom QC Arbitration 11.45am-12.45pm Tony McAvoy SC Roderick Cordara QC Justin Gleeson SC (panel session) Angela Wood Chair: Patrick O’Sullivan QC Chair: The Hon Justice J Davies 12.45pm-1.30pm LUNCH Judges in Conversation Managing Civil Litigation in the The Hon Justice Nye Perram Courts of the 21st Century Class Actions The Hon Justice Jayne Jagot 1.30pm-2.15pm The Hon Justice Julie Ward Chair: Clive Bowman The Hon Susan Glazebrook DNZM The Hon Justice (panel session) The Hon Thomas Thawley Jacqueline Gleeson Chair: Madeline Brennan QC The Fate of Old Time The Taxation of Proceeds of Advocacy Skills in Modern Litigation Settlements Commercial Litigation Directors’ Duties Helen Symon QC 2.15pm-3.00pm The Hon Justice David (panel session) Daniel McInerney Hammerschlag Chair: Raschelle Seiden SC The Hon Justice John Middleton Wendy Harris QC 3.00pm-3.30pm AFTERNOON TEA Role of Counsel in The Regulators Tax Administration Daniel Crennan SC, Debbie Hastings Hypothetical Mr Mark Bielecki 3.30pm-4.15pm James Fazzino Chair: Matthew Collins QC Ms Sarah Court Kristen Deards Moderator: Chair: Ms Dominique Hogan-Doran SC The Hon Justice Simon Steward Closing Remarks Closing Remarks Closing Remarks 4.15pm-4.20 Christopher Hughes QC Andrew Bell SC Jennifer Batrouney QC 6.00pm-10.30pm FORMAL DINNER • The Cutaway Barangaroo day 2 : saturday 17 november STREAM 3: STREAM 4: PLENARY CRIMINAL LAW FUTURE PRACTICE 9.00am-9.15am Welcome Opening Remarks 9.15am-9.45am The Hon Christian Porter MP, Commonwealth Attorney-General The Future of the Independent Bar in Australia 9.45am-10.30am The Hon James Allsop AO, Chief Justice, Federal Court of Australia 10.30am-11.00am MORNING TEA Welcome 11.00am-11.30am Welcome The Hon Justice Virginia Bell AC Welcome Chair: Lisa-Claire Hutchinson Effective Triage of Major A day in the life Multi-faceted Disputes – of an Attorney General Retrials after Acquittal: positioning clients to survive the The Hon Mark Speakman SC MP Abolishing Double Jeopardy feeding frenzy 11.30am-12.30pm The Hon John Quigley MLA Mark Ierace SC Caroline Cox The Hon Vickie Chapman MP Julia Roy Neil Young QC Chair: Arthur Moses SC Reay McGuiness Moderator: Elizabeth Cheeseman SC 12.30pm-1.15pm LUNCH National Tragedy: Royal 15-17 NOVEMBERNational • SYDNEYSecurity Running Appeals in the 21st Century Commission Child Sexual Abuse Dr James Renwick SC The Hon Justice Pamela Tate 1.15pm-2.00pm Louise Milligan Sarah McNaughton SC Bret Walker SC Moderator: David Marr (panel session) Noel Hutley SC (panel session) The Value of Oral Advocacy Processes of Federal Reform The Hon Michael McHugh QC Indigenous Incarceration 2.00pm-2.45pm Professor George Williams AO The Hon Justice Walter Sofronoff (panel session) (panel session) The Hon Carmel McLure AC QC Moderator: Ian Robertson SC Corporations Liability for Court Reporting: Business and Human Rights: Individuals and Individuals Past, Present, Future 2.45pm-3.30pm Modern Slavery Act Liability for Corporate Conduct Jamelle Wells Chair: Fiona McLeod SC Tim Game SC Professor David Rolph Ruth Higgins SC 3.30pm-4.00pm AFTERNOON TEA 4.00pm-5.00pm Q & A – Tony Jones, ABC (panel session) 5.00pm-5.20pm Closing Remarks RELEVANT / RESILIENT / RESPECTED..