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Legal laughs

Blog: Young Lawyer Catherine Dorian, winner of the LIV Golden Gavel for 2016, reflects on the not-so-strange bedfellows of comedy and the law. My earliest memory of performing comedy was at the back of Ms Schneider’s grade two classroom, when an adoring throng of fans...

GST withholding at settlement

LIJ: Following on from a March 2018 LIJ article, the authors explain how GST withholding works in practice with the new contract condition. In the March 2018 LIJ the authors’ article explained how the new GST withholding regime is intended to operate. In summary, the applicable...

Sky not the limit

LIJ: Air rights transactions are an emerging area of property law in Victoria, and overlap and interact with other well-established property law concepts commonly used by practitioners. With Melbourne’s rapidly growing population and the density of developments increasing...

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Succession Law Conference

Join us at this year’s LIV Succession Law Conference, and receive valuable insights from respected practitioners and keynote speaker Her Honour Justice McMillan of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Fri 12 Oct - 09:00 AM
RACV City Club
501 Bourke St, Melbourne
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Property Law Conference

Ever a dynamic field, property law continues its technological and procedural evolution. This informative conference focuses on the latest developments in the changing landscape of property practice.

Fri 24 Aug - 09:00 AM
RACV City Club
501 Bourke St, Melbourne
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Workplace Relations Conference

Join us at the 2018 Workplace Relations Conference. Our keynote panellists include esteemed presenters, Fair work commission President Justice Ross AO, Barrister Ingmar Taylor SC, and moderator K&L Gates Partner Steven Amendola.

Fri 26 Oct - 09:00 AM
RACV City Club
501 Bourke St, Melbourne
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eConveyancing Workshop

Be ready for the 1 October deadline as eConveyancing moves to mandatory online platforms in August 2019.

Wed 26 Sep - 09:00 AM
LIV Lecture Theatre
470 Bourke Street, Melbourne
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LIV Practice Management Course

This course provides the essential business and financial knowledge and skills to help lawyers transition to principal of their own practice or move into partnership.
Upcoming course dates in September, November and February.

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