The ALA's annual National Conference provides a great opportunity to earn CPD focusing on personal injury law issues across all jurisdictions. 

The full program will be released in the coming weeks.

Program highlights  

Keynote address 
Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission 

Session tbc
Commissioner Megan Mahon, Legal Services Commission, Queensland 

The interaction between civil PI claims and coronial inquests
Stephanie Williams, Northern Coroner, Coroners Court of Queensland

Counting the uncertainties: A statistical approach to vicissitudes discounts in Australia
Andrew Stone SC, Barrister, Sir Anthony Mason Chambers 
Michael Lee, Director, Forensic & Litigation, Vincents 

A comparative analysis of catastrophic motor vehicle injury schemes across Australian jurisdictions 
Julian Brown, Special Counsel, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers

Case review 
Gerard Mullins KC, Barrister, Darrow Chambers 


Key Dates

Monday, 8 June 2026
Registration opens

Thursday, 3 September 2026
Member early-bird registrations close

Friday, 4 September 2026
Member standard registrations open

Friday, 3 September 2026
Registration cancellation cut-off

Wednesday, 14 October 2026
Registrations close 



Details

Event
ALA National Conference 2026

Date and time 
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Welcome Reception 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Thursday, 22 October  2026
Conference 8:15 am  - 4:30 pm
Dinner 6:30 - 10:30 pm

Friday, 23 October 2026
Conference 9:00 am - 1:30 pm



ALA

Conference organiser
Emmerson Toshack, Australian Lawyers Alliance

Email
Events@lawyersalliance.com.au

Phone
02 9258 7700