The “momentous” UK Supreme Court Decision on Directors’ Duties in Respect of Creditors’ Interests You Need to Know About
12-12-22 @ 5:30 pm / Paul McQuade KC, David Chesterman KC, Matthew Jones KC — Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations
What will the seminar cover? According to Lord Reed, the issues on appeal in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA [2022] UKSC 25 “go to the heart of our understanding of company law, and a considerable importance to the management of companies”. The decision concerns the fiduciary duty of directors to…
Queensland Young Lawyers x Level Twenty Seven Chambers CPD: Disclosure & Discovery in Australian Courts
10-11-22 @ 5:30 pm / Sarah Spottiswood, Oliver Cook — Banking, Building & Construction, Class Actions, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Land Law & Property
What will the seminar cover? Queensland Young Lawyers (QYL) and the barristers at Level Twenty Seven Chambers curated a series of four CPDs spanning 2022 to provide young lawyers with knowledge essential to their role. The final installment ‘Disclosure’ was facilitated by Sarah Spottiswood and Oliver Cook. Sarah and Oliver…
What will the seminar cover? Appearing on an Application was event three in a four part series co-hosted by Queensland Young Lawyers (QYL) and Level Twenty Seven Chambers which aimed to provide informative and practical sessions on skills barristers and solicitors are often expected to know but not always formally…
Persuasive Legal Writing: The Importance of Document Design and Typography
29-08-22 @ 5:30 pm / Matthew Hickey OAM KC, Mohammud Jaamae Hafeez-Baig, Christopher Doyle — Appellate, Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Resources & Energy
What will the seminar cover? Lawyers are in the business of producing persuasive writing, but they often neglect a key dimension: document design and typography. Legal documents are professionally published materials and their readers—clients, judges, or the public—expect them to be of the same standard as other professionally published materials.…
18-11-21 @ 5:30 pm / Nicholas Andreatidis KC, Florence Chen, Oliver Cook — Banking, Building & Construction, Commercial Equity, Competition & Consumer, Contract, Corporate Insolvency & Bankruptcy, Corporations, Intellectual Property, Media & Defamation, Native Title & Cultural Heritage, Professional Discipline & Regulatory, Professional Negligence, Resources & Energy, Sport, Succession, Tax, Insurance, Employment & Industrial
This presentation was the final installment in a series of four co-hosted by Queensland Young Lawyers and Level Twenty Seven Chambers. Links to the previous three events are available in the 'Materials' section at the bottom of this page. The series aimed to address practical and everyday topics for junior…
