Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA)  Queensland Conference program will be released in the coming weeks. Below we have displayed the program highlights. The program will outline all conference sessions across the two days - including the plenary, three concurrent sessions and Trial School. Some of the key topics to be examined during the conference include: 


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PLENARY

  • Keynote Address: The Youth Justice Crisis
    Greg Barns SC, Barrister, Higgins Chambers
  • Vicarious Liability - Schokman and beyond
    Geoffrey Diehm KC, Barrister, Jeddart Chambers
  • Scope of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act
    Scott Keft, Special Counsel, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
  • AI and the Law
    Ben Jullienne, Barrister, Key Chambers
CONCURRENT STREAMS 

  • Trial School 
    Gerard Mullins KC, Barrister, Darrow Chambers
  • Workers' compensation case review
    Damian Hinkley, Special Counsel, Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers
  • Getting down and dirty: Litigating coal mining injury claims
    Matthew Holmes, Barrister, Clashfern Chambers
  • WHAT THE “F” – FRAUD, FURPHIES & FACEBOOK
    Katrina Pederson, Senior Legal Counsel, Slater + Gordon
  • Advanced NIISQ Practice
    Julian Brown, Special Counsel, Maurice Blackburn Lawyers
  • The Rehab Journey - a road map to recovery
    Michelle Tomley and George Hain, Special Counsel, Shine Lawyers
  • Transforming the practice of injury law from a SCIENCE into an ART
    Anna Morgan, Director, Take Control Legal
  • Solicitors as advocates - Know and Claim your place
    Kara Thomson, Consultant, Hughes + Lewis Legal
  • Advocacy in Peacekeeping
    Laura Neil, Barrister, Endeavour Chambers
  • Manual Handling workplace injuries - what should have been done differently
    Ted Dohrmann, Ergonomist and Mechanical Engineer, Dohrmann Consulting
  • The Role of Work Health and Safety in personal injury claims
    Stephen Hughes, Special Counsel, Travis Schultz and Partners
  • What you need to know about impairment assessments
    Nadia Byrne, General Manager and Lawyer, Integrity Medico-Legal & Dr Mark Shaw, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Integrity Medico-Legal.
  • City v Country - personal injuries in the post-Covid era
    Paul Zapata, Legal Practice Manager, Shine Lawyers
    Justin Turner, Legal Practice Manager, Shine Lawyers
  • The Prevalence and Impact of Child Maltreatment in Australia
    Leanne McDonald, Special Counsel, Kennedy Spanner
  • Public Liability Case Reviews
    Travis Schultz, Partner, Travis Schultz and Partners
  • Intoxication - more than just contributory negligence
    Kylie Carson, Special Counsel, Shine Lawyers

    Plus much more including early career sessions, public liability, medical law plus the lawyers and barristers practice management sessions.