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RETREAT PROGRAM

11-12 MAY 2018 PEPPERS NOOSA RESORT & VILLAS


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FRIDAY 11 MAY 20188:00am - 5:00pm

Registration desk open Terrace, Peppers Noosa Resort

8:30am - 9:20amArrival coffee Coffee cart proudly sponsored by Jenny Letts Valuations and Forensics

All plenary sessions in Macquarie Conference Centre

9:20am - 10:30am

Official Retreat Welcome

Opening Plenary Session: The changing face of Family Law

Facilitator: Clarissa Rayward (Director, Brisbane Family Law Centre, Speaker and Podcaster, Happy Lawyer Happy Life Podcast)

Panellists: The Honourable Michelle May AM QC The Honourable Justice Colin Forrest (Family Court of Australia) Professor Patrick Parkinson AM (Professor of Law, University of Sydney; Special Counsel, Watts McCray Lawyers, Sydney and Canberra) Ann-Maree David (CEO and Program Director, QLD, College of Law) Tony Phillips (Managing Director, Phillips Family Law)

Proudly sponsored by French Quarter Chambers

10:30am - 11:00am Morning tea and exhibition

Sessions in Rainforest Room Sessions in Ocean Room

CONCURRENT SESSION 1A - FINANCIAL CONCURRENT SESSION 1B - PARENTING

11:00am - 12:00pm

When equity shows up at the Family CourtThe Hon Justice Paul Le Gay Brereton (Equity Division, Supreme Court of New South Wales)

Proudly sponsored by Phillips Family Law

International relocation Professor Patrick Parkinson AM (Professor of Law, University of Sydney; Special Counsel, Watts McCray Lawyers, Sydney and Canberra)

Proudly sponsored by Barry.Nilsson Lawyers


12:00pm - 1:00pm

Smarter settlementsBrian McDonald (Director - Business Advisory & Forensic, Pilot Partners) and Murray Howlett (Director - Taxation Services, Pilot Partners


Drug addiction and parental capacity impairment Dr Adrian Morris (Forensic Psychiatrist, Morris Family Psychiatric Services)


1:00pm - 1:45pm Lunch and exhibition

1:45pm - 2:45pm PLENARY SESSION 1: Commencing appeals Stephen Keim SC (Barrister-at-Law, Higgins Chambers) and Registrar Teresa Kane (Appeals, Family Court of Australia)

2:45pm - 3:00pm Afternoon tea and exhibition

3:00pm - 4:00pm PLENARY SESION 2: Unseating the experts Michael Kearney SC (Waratah Chambers), Alexandra Moles (Partner, HopgoodGanim Lawyers) and Rachael Murray (Partner, HopgoodGanim Lawyers)

6:30pm - 11.00pm

Retreat Cocktail Party Location: Locale, 62 Hastings St, Noosa Heads Theme: La Dolce Vita – the Good Life Dress: Evening resort wear with an Italian twist


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SATURDAY 12 MAY 20187:00am - 8:00am

Yoga on the beach Location: Main Beach, Noosa Heads Dress: Casual and comfortable – bring a beach towel

8:00am - 5.30pmRegistration desk open Terrace, Peppers Noosa Resort

8:30am - 9:15amArrival coffee Coffee cart proudly sponsored by Jenny Letts Valuations and Forensics

All plenary sessions in Macquarie Conference Centre

9:15am - 10:15am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Courage under fire Rabia Siddique (International Humanitarian, Keynote Speaker, Author, Facilitator, Advocate)

Proudly sponsored by BGM Family Lawyers

10:15am - 10:45am Morning tea and exhibition

Sessions in Rainforest Room Sessions in Ocean Room


10:45am - 11:45am

Under pressure Sheridan Emerson (Partner, Pearson Emerson Meyer)


Facilitative gatekeeping Sue Waterman (Social Worker) and Sean Moriarty (Family Consultant)



11:45am - 12:45pm

‘Stanford – is it the blockbuster that everyone thinks?’ The Hon Justice Colin Forrest (Family Court of Australia)


Moral injury: the wicked problem approach to post separation work as a complex moral enterprise Ian Connop (Director and Social Worker, Family Relationships Centre)


12:45pm - 1:30pm Lunch and exhibition

1:30pm - 2:30pm

PLENARY SESSION 3: Working with parents who hate their former partners: insights, strategies and impacts Associate Professor Bruce Smyth (Associate Professor of Family Studies, Centre for Social Research & Methods, Australian National University)

With commentary by Judge Leanne Spelleken, Federal Circuit Court, Brisbane

2:30pm - 3:30pmPLENARY SESSION 4: Case update – the ‘must read’ cases in Family Law The Hon Justice Catherine Carew (Family Court of Australia) and The Hon Justice Jenny Hogan (Family Court of Australia)

3:30pm - 5:30pmClosing remarks and Post-Retreat Rendezvous Location: Terrace, Peppers Noosa Resort Dress: Smart casual

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