The ALA's annual New South Wales Conference and National Abuse Stream provides a great opportunity to end the CPD year by covering a range of practice areas and earning up to 6 CPD points.

We warmly invite personal injury lawyers from around Australia, along with anyone dedicated to Abuse Law and those of you who fight for the rights of the individual, to join us in Sydney on Friday, 28 March. The 2025 Conference program is packed with sessions spanning a broad spectrum of topics and presentation styles, catering for numerous interest areas with a dedicated abuse law stream. 

Causation in historical abuse claims - what does science tell us?
Michael Robertson, Chief Psychiatrist, Mindsense  
Dr Tanya Ahmed, Adult Psychiatrist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

NSW PI Stream program highlights 

Threshold injury claims
Jnana Gumbert, Barrister, Jack Shand Chambers 

Overcoming the “Failure to keep a reasonable lookout” defence in falls matters: the expert engineer/ergonomist perspective on why vision matters
Ted Dohrmann, Engineer & Certified Professional Ergonomist Dohrmann Consulting
Dr Lisa James, Biomechanist Dohrmann Consulting

National Abuse Law Stream program highlights 

Restorative justice and how it can sit alongside redress or compensation schemes
Stan Winford, Senior Legal Advisor, RMIT University
Thea Deakin Greenwood, Director - Practice and Advocacy, Transforming Justice Australia

Dissociation, Capacity & Taking Instructions
Dr Alida Connell, Psychiatrist, Integrity Medicolegal 

Further sessions to be announced.