- CPD Points: 1 [E] [PM] [PS]
- Price: $89.00
- Area: Professional Negligence (general); Risk Management and Liability; Workplace, Business and Career
- Delivered: April 2025
Digital Content
- Recording
- PDF of slides
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Description
The Society welcomes back the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania (LPBT) team to run its annual, popular LPBT update. Matters discussed in this session are:
- Reminder – the importance of regulation
- Key statistics – who is complained about, what areas of practice and why?
- Recent regulatory cases of interest
- Responding to a complaint and mediation
- Law Week 2025
- Sexual harassment reporting tool and planned expansion
Key takeaways
- The who, what and why of complaints
- An update on recent regulatory decisions
- Helpful ways to respond to a complaint and when mediation may be appropriate
- Law Week 2025 – get involved!
- Sexual harassment – reporting tool Speak Safely expansion to encompass inappropriate personal conduct
- CPD Points: 1 [E] [PM] [PS]
- Price: $89.00
- Area: Professional Negligence (general); Risk Management and Liability; Workplace, Business and Career
- Delivered: April 2025
Digital Content
- Recording
- PDF of slides
To purchase login below
Description
The Society welcomes back the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania (LPBT) team to run its annual, popular LPBT update. Matters discussed in this session are:
- Reminder – the importance of regulation
- Key statistics – who is complained about, what areas of practice and why?
- Recent regulatory cases of interest
- Responding to a complaint and mediation
- Law Week 2025
- Sexual harassment reporting tool and planned expansion
Key takeaways
- The who, what and why of complaints
- An update on recent regulatory decisions
- Helpful ways to respond to a complaint and when mediation may be appropriate
- Law Week 2025 – get involved!
- Sexual harassment – reporting tool Speak Safely expansion to encompass inappropriate personal conduct
Merrilyn Williams, Manager, Operations, LPBT
About the Presenter:
Ms Merrilyn Williams, is the Manager Operations of the Legal Profession Board of Tasmania. Merrilyn is an experienced legal, investigation, mental health and disability specialist working in investigation, mental health and disability areas. Merrilyn has a Masters degree in Rehabilitation Counselling, School of Psychology and a Bachelor of Laws.
Richard Scaife, Senior Investigator, LPBT
About the Presenter:
Mr Richard Scaife was admitted in 2002 and has a diverse background in legal and regulatory roles including private practice, local government, in-house legal consultant, compliance (banking and investment management) and regulatory roles (health, and now legal). Richard has also had exposure to criminal and civil litigation at a State and Federal level as he served terms as Associate to then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Tasmania, the Honourable William Cox and the Honourable Justice Duncan Kerr of the Federal Court of Australia. Richard has also had experience serving on the Board of two not-for-profit organisations and is currently Chair of a school association.
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