Date:

Tuesday, 27 August 2013

Time:

1:30pm - 6:00pm

CLE units:

4 (practitioners are able to claim up to one CLE point for each hour of attendance at the Conference excluding afternoon tea and drinks and canapés).

Venue:

Banco Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Level 13, Queens Square, Sydney

Cost:

$250 per person (incl GST)

To register:

Please complete the online booking form.

Program

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Registration

1:30pm - 1:50pm

Welcome / Introduction
The Honourable T F Bathurst, Chief Justice of New South Wales
John Dobson, President, Law Society of New South Wales
Jennifer G. Hill, Professor of Corporate Law and Director, Ross Parsons Centre of Commercial, Corporate and Taxation Law, University of Sydney

2:00pm - 2:45pm

The Honourable JD Heydon, AC, QC
The duty to act in good faith in the best interests of the company, in light of Bell Group

2:45pm - 3:30pm

Professor Richard Nolan, Faculty of Law, The University of York
The duty of care and diligence: an Australia/UK comparison after James Harbies and Centro

3:30pm - 3:50pm

Afternoon Tea

3:50pm - 4:35pm

Professor Matthew Conaglen, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
The statutory and general law duties surrounding conflicts of interest and conflicts of duty

4:35pm - 5:20pm

The Honourable Justice Ashley Black, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Directors' statutory and general law accessory liability for corporate wrongdoing

5:30pm - 6:00pm

Alan Cameron AO (Moderator)
A Hypothetical Question - Panel discussion amongst the speakers focused on hypothetical facts

6:00pm - 6:45pm

Refreshments and Canapés with the speakers