Modules:

• Employment

Biography:

Georgina has represented clients in employment litigation, including dismissals, discrimination claims and workplace health and safety complaints and incidents and advised clients in respect of issues concerning: terminations, including redundancies and conduct-related terminations; employee entitlements, including remuneration and leave entitlements; workplace health and safety, including employee drug testing, remote workers, and bullying and harassment; superannuation; compliance with Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth), National Employment Standards, modern awards and enterprise agreements; and post employment restraints, including non-competition and non-solicitation.

Georgina is experienced in drafting employment-related documents including: codes of conduct; employment terms and conditions; grievance procedures; employment and independent contractor agreements; organisational charts; HR policies; handbooks and regulations; training materials; consents; severance agreements; and releases. Georgina has conducted HR-related due diligence and other transactional activities relating to mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, including preparing reports and drafting correspondence to workers regarding post-transaction workforce integration.

Modules:

• Dispute Resolution

Biography:

Dr Dominic Katter is a barrister-at-law, mediator, adjudicator, and arbitrator with extensive experience in commercial litigation and administrative law. He has particular expertise in resource, construction, and revenue litigation, as well as arbitration.

Called to the Bar in 2001 after admission as a solicitor in 1998, Dr Katter has since built a distinguished career in dispute resolution. He has been a sessional member of the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal since 2014.

Dr Katter is a Fellow and a member of the Panel of Arbitrators (Secondary) of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. His professional practice extends internationally, with rights of audience in the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts and registration as a Foreign Lawyer with the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Before commencing as a barrister, Dr Katter undertook his articles at Corrs Chambers Westgarth Lawyers, served as the Research Officer to the Court of Appeal of Queensland, and was the Associate to the Honourable Justice I. D. F. Callinan AC of the High Court of Australia.

Dr Katter is a graduate of Cambridge University, where he was a Wakefield Scholar. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School, having been awarded the Clive Gard Scholarship by the Harvard Club of Australia, and holds a doctorate in law.

Professional Admissions & Recognition

• Barrister (Queensland and the High Court of Australia)
• Registered Foreign Lawyer (Singapore International Commercial Court)
• Individual with right of audience (Part II) – The Dubai International Financial Centre Courts

Publications

• Katter and Gordon, QCAT Practice and Procedure
• Katter, Gordon and Andersen, Civil Procedure in Papua New Guinea
• Griffin and Katter, Criminal Procedure in Papua New Guinea

Awards & Recognition

• Wakefield Scholarship, University of Cambridge
• Clive Gard Scholarship, Harvard Club of Australia
• Fellow, Cambridge Commonwealth Society
• Honorary Fellow of the Australian Catholic University
• Bursary, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust

Professional Contact

35 West Chambers, Level 35 Santos Place, 32 Turbot Street Brisbane Queensland 4000
32 Turbot Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000

Modules:

• Family

Biography:

Kate Kensell has over 20 years of family law experience, having worked in the jurisdiction since 2004. Kate has a strong interest in complex property and parenting matters, having appeared as an Independent Children’s Lawyer for over 10 years.

Awards & Recognition

• Doyle’s Guide Recommended Parenting Lawyers 2024

Modules:

• Insolvency & Restructuring

Biography:

David has practised as a commercial barrister at 5 Wentworth Chambers since 2015. Prior to being called to the Bar, David was a Senior Associate at leading international law firm, Allens, specialising in corporate insolvency and restructuring.

David has a wide-ranging commercial litigation practice, specialising in high-profile and complex commercial disputes. These include regulatory matters and cases involving novel issues in corporate insolvency, equity and trusts. David appears regularly in the Federal Court, the NSW Supreme Court and the NSW District Court, both unled and as junior counsel. David’s advice is regularly sought in relation to issues arising in corporate insolvency.

Modules:

• Competition

Biography:

Tamara specialises in regulatory investigations, litigation, and commercial advice in relation to Part IV of the Competition and Consumer Act and the Australian Consumer Law. She regularly helps clients navigate major litigation, advises on commercial strategy, and supports clients through complex regulatory investigations by the ACCC and other regulators in the Asia Pacific region. Tamara has acted in cartel and consumer law matters involving regulators and class action litigants, balancing clients’ commercial objectives against the technical legal landscape and risk matrix.

Modules:

• Commercial

Modules:

• Succession

Biography:

Richard Neal is an Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates Law with over 50 years of experience advising clients on complex estate and succession matters. A partner at Teece Hodgson & Ward in Sydney, he has extensive expertise in equity litigation, contested estates, will construction, family provision claims, and trust administration. He also provides estate planning guidance, particularly in matters involving foreign assets and cross-border succession issues.

Richard is named in the Doyle’s Guide from 2015 to 2024 as a Preeminent Wills & Estates Litigation Lawyer – New South Wales and Preeminent Wills, Estates Planning and Succession Planning Lawyer – New South Wales.

Beyond his legal practice, Richard is a respected educator and thought leader in succession law. Since 1986, he has conducted workshops and seminars for solicitors’ continuing legal education and frequently acts as an expert witness in estate litigation.

Publications

• Co-author, Mason and Handler's Succession Law and Practice NSW (LexisNexis)
• Co-author, Hutley's Australian Wills Precedents, 9th Edition
• Advisor, Practical Guidance Succession (LexisNexis)
• Regular contributor of seminar papers and case reviews on wills, family provision, estate disputes, and elder law

Awards & Recognition

• Fellow, Australian Academy of Law
• Member, STEP NSW Committee (since 2012)
• STEP Australia Education Officer (since 2013)
• Member, Advisory Committee on Succession Law Reform, NSW Attorney General’s Office
• Former Chair, Advisory Committee for Specialist Accreditation in Wills and Estates Law, NSW (1999–2007)

Speaking Engagements
Richard has been a keynote speaker at numerous legal education events, focusing on estate planning, succession law reform, and probate litigation.

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• Member, International Academy of Estate and Trust Law
• Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Affiliate Member, The Taxation Institute
• Member, Supreme Court of NSW Probate Users’ Committee
• Member, Elder Law, Capacity & Succession Committee, Law Society of NSW

Professional Contact
Teece Hodgson & Ward
Level 10, 1 Chifley Square, Sydney NSW 2000
Tel: +61 2 9232 3733

Modules:

• Family

Biography:

Lois Clifford is a director of Dobinson Davey Clifford Simpson and has over 25 years experience practising as a lawyer with the last 20 years focusing on family law. She has been an Accredited Family Law Specialist with the NSW Law Society since 1994.

Currently Lois serves on the Family Law and Professional Complaints Committees of the ACT Law Society. She is also member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council, and the Women Lawyers Association of the ACT, as well as a panel lawyer with the Women's Legal Centre. Lois has alspresented papers at specialist family law conferences.

Modules:

• Personal Injury VIC

Biography:

Hayriye was admitted to practice in 2010 and runs a complex financial services and insurance litigation practice, predominantly comprising Life, TPD and income protection insurance disputes, as well as general insurance, financial advice and bank scams. Through her tenacious advocacy, Hayriye holds insurers and financial firms accountable for illustrating poor conduct and operating in a manner contrary to the interests of her clients.

In 2017, Hayriye ran a leading Supreme Court case where the successful judgment (at first instance and on appeal) benefitted her client and 8,000 other members of the super fund who received vastly more generous retirement and disability benefits as a result.

Hayriye actively contributes to consumer advocacy and media commentary on various issues including non-disclosure reforms to the Insurance Contracts Act, the pitfalls of general insurance in the wake of natural disasters, and how operating a business from home might void a home a contents insurance policy. Hayriye has seen the devastating impact of unpaid super and is determined to heighten awareness of this issue.

Hayriye is sensitive to the overwhelming financial and emotional impact that rejected and drawn-out claims have on her clients and understands that insurance and financial services are a difficult area to navigate, especially for those who are from a culturally and racially marginalised background, in addition to any other socio-economic barriers they face. Hayriye is determined to empathetically listen to the challenges her clients face so she can improve the consumer landscape and extend access to justice.

Speaking Engagements

Some of my presentations to LegalWise & ALA:

1. Presented to Legal Wise CLE/CPD ACCREDITATION: Total and Permanent Disability and Superannuation Law Fundamentals on 23 February 2023
2. Presented a Legal Wise webinar, Life After the Hayne Royal Commission, 27 March 2020
3. Presented at Legalwise seminar, Super & Insurance 2020 Update, 30 October 2020
4. Presented at Legalwise Seminar, The Effect of Income Protection Recovery and Subrogation on Common Law Claims, 19 November 2019
5. Presented a Paper at ALA Victorian Conference 5 May 2019, “Insurance within Super – What has been happening and where are we headed with it?”

Below are some links to some media and other community work I have done:

The Project -

https://www.facebook.com/TheProjectTV/videos/1142506089944066/v

Break the Bias video for IWD -

https://twitter.com/YouCanCountOnMB/status/1501026145328066567

Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/23-tpd-income-protection-with-hayriye-uluca-state/id1528238284?i=1000530572344

ATBC – MC of Ramadan Iftar Dinner

http://www.atbc.org.au/events/atbc-ramadan-iftar-dinner-2022

MHFA webinar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO6NTLO3sP0

Modules:

• Commercial

Biography:

Eric practises in the areas of banking and finance, commercial property, general commercial, corporate, franchising and licensing law. Eric holds Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Western Australia.

Eric maintains a strong emphasis on endeavoring to resolve commercial disputes by means of alternative dispute resolution. He is an Associate Member of and an accredited Mediator with The Institute of Arbitrators and Mediators Australia.

His clients include prominent financial institutions, property developers, national and international corporations, charitable institutions and medium to small businesses.

Eric also devotes time and energy to the Anglican Diocese of Perth as a Trustee and Deputy Chancellor.

Modules:

• Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy

Biography:

Alec has over 30 years’ experience helping clients with practical solutions and focussed advice in Digital Law, Privacy, Critical Infrastructure, AI/Innovation and Financial Services Information Regulation, often in relation to multi-country transactions. Alec has been recognised as one of the leading privacy and information technology lawyers in Australia by Who’s Who Legal, the Asia Pacific Legal 500 and BestLawyers Australia and described as a ‘distinguished practitioner… lauded by clients for his excellent advisory work in… privacy’. Alec is also a Senior Member of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal focusing on the privacy and freedom of information jurisdiction of the Tribunal.

Modules:

• Criminal

Biography:

Julia began her career working as a taxation and management accountant in major accounting firms, investment banks and public companies both in Australia and London. She then spent 7 years working as a Senior Financial Investigator with the WA Police and the Crime and Corruption Commission in Brisbane, primarily focusing on organised crime and confiscation proceedings.

Julia commenced practice as a criminal lawyer in 2007 at a boutique criminal law practice. In 2014 she established a criminal law division within an existing firm. She represents clients in all areas of criminal law with a special focus on financial and white-collar crime.

In 2014 Julia successfully completed the program run by the Queensland Law Society to become an Accredited Specialist in Criminal Law.

Modules:

• Dispute Resolution

Biography:

Kerrie Rosati is regarded as one of the professions leading experts in legal costs law. Kerrie works from both the Sydney and the Brisbane offices. Kerrie is a Court Appointed Costs Assessor in Queensland.

She has acted in and advised on legal costs issues in many high profile and complex cases in New South Wales, Queensland, the ACT and all Federal jurisdictions. Kerrie also lectures regularly to the legal profession (nationally and internationally) on legal costing issues for the Law Societies of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Tasmania, Legalwise, the College of Law and other commercial seminar providers.

Kerrie is a current member of the Costs Committee and Ethics Committee of the Law Society of NSW and the Costs Advisory Service of the QLS.

Kerrie graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Technology in 1988 and was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales on 1 July 1988.

After working in a large commercial law firm and taking some time off to raise her family, Kerrie joined DGT in February 1998 becoming the principal of the practice in 2007.

Kerrie is also a trained mediator and part of the DGT Costs Mediation team.

Speaking Engagements

• Law Society of NSW – Practice Management Course
• LegalWise
• LIV & Other Law Societies
• ACL – Association of Costs Lawyers – UK – spoke at their annual conference in London in 2016

Professional Organisations & Memberships

• DGT Costs Lawyers – Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra
• www.dgt.com.au
• Court Appointed Costs Assessor – Queensland Mediator
• Law Society of NSW – Ethics Committee
• QLS (QLD Law Society) – Costs Advisory Service

Professional Contact

Email: kerrie.rosati@dgt.com.au

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrie-rosati-5165431b/

Modules:

• Commercial

Biography:

Gavin has wide ranging experience in all manner of commercial litigation including debt recovery, banking/finance litigation and securities enforcement, insolvency, contractual disputes, intellectual property and insurance including professional indemnity. Gavin regularly manages cases arising out of secured loans, supply, manufacturing and construction contracts, property acquisitions, sale of business, partnerships and corporate/personal insolvency.

Modules:

• Immigration

Biography:

Charles is Special Counsel in Fragomen’s Asia Pacific Advisory and Compliance, Practice. He is a Solicitor 15 years of experience, as well as an Accredited Specialist in Immigration Law with the NSW Law Society.

Charles partners with corporate clients to assist in reviewing internal policies and processes in order to implement best practices and ensure compliance with obligations under local immigration laws. He also provides strategic immigration advice as part of broader workforce planning, talent attraction, mobilisation and retention and in situations where immigration law may intersect with other areas of law, such as family law, employment law, mergers and acquisitions, or business restructures.

Charles speaks fluent English and Indonesian and conversational Japanese and Chinese.

Modules:

• Cybersecurity, Data Protection & Privacy

Biography:

Joy is a lawyer in Gilbert + Tobin’s Technology + Digital group. Joy has varied experience advising clients on their regulatory obligations and new developments involved with new technology offerings and emerging technologies, particularly in the areas of privacy, data protection, and data portability. Joy also has experience supporting clients on strategic contracting, including outsourcings and procurement transactions. Prior to joining G+T Joy worked at the ACCC in the CDR compliance and enforcement team and was involved in developing the CDR participant portal, guidance for applicants, and enforcement policy.

Professional Organisation

Gilbert + Tobin
https://www.gtlaw.com.au/

Professional Contact

jmkim@gtlaw.com.au

Modules:

• Personal Injury QLD

Biography:

Sarah Vallance is an Associate in Maurice Blackburn’s medical law department in Brisbane. She has worked in personal injuries litigation for ten years and is an accredited specialist in personal injuries in Queensland. Over the last 4 years, Sarah has practised exclusively in claims involving medical negligence.

Modules:

• Criminal

Biography:

Justin graduated from the University of Queensland in 2002 and was admitted as a legal practitioner in Queensland in 2006. Before commencing as Principal Legal Officer with the Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Justin was a solicitor with Legal Aid Queensland’s criminal law practice. Previous to this role, he was an associate to judges of the District Court of Queensland. As a practitioner, he has defended clients in criminal proceedings in the Supreme, District and Magistrates Courts of Queensland. He has also represented clients in the High Court and Queensland Court of Appeal. Justin is presently involved with the development of criminal law legislation and policy with the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General.