Construction and Infrastructure
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Law Society’s Construction and Infrastructure Committee was established in August 2015. The Committee’s meetings are held …
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Professional Standards Scheme
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Law Society’s Professional Standards Scheme commenced on 1 July 2014. The Scheme caps occupational liability of …
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Young Lawyers
Committee
2019/20 Annual Report The Young Lawyers Committee (YLC) provides support and is a voice for junior members of the profession. …
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Joint Law Society/Women Lawyers of WA
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Joint Law Society/Women Lawyers Committee is a committee with representation from the Law Society and the …
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Taxation
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Taxation Committee meets as a joint Committee of the Law Society of Western Australia and the …
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Quality Practice Standard
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The QPS committee continued to administer this scheme for the Society. In the last year the QPS …
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Property Law
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report As with the previous year, much of the focus of the Property Law Committee during 2018/19 has …
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Professional Indemnity Insurance Management
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Professional Indemnity Insurance Committee (PIIMC) has, as required by the Legal Profession Act, put in place the …
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Personal Injuries and Workers’ Compensation
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Committee continued to progress a number of ongoing initiatives from the previous year as well as …
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Mental Health and Wellbeing
Committee
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Committee was formed in 2011 having been an ad hoc committee on Psychological Distress and …
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Intellectual Property and Technology
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Intellectual Property and Technology Committee provides a forum for promoting and reviewing the practice and development …
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Insolvency and Reconstruction
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Insolvency and Reconstruction Law Committee is a Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law …
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In-house/Government Lawyers
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The In-house/Government Lawyers Committee aims to promote and support the specific needs of in-house and government lawyers …
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Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Committee met jointly with the Administrative, Constitutional and Migration Law Committee …
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General Conditions for the Sale of Land
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The main focus of the General Conditions for the Sale of Land Committee’s work in 2018/19 was …
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Francis Burt Law Education Programme and Old Court House Museum Advisory
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Committee has continued to oversee the activities of the Francis Burt Law Education Programme (the Programme), …
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Ethics
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The year saw a change in the Committee’s Convenor with the retirement of Julian Sher and the appointment …
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Environment, Town Planning and Local Government
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Environment, Town Planning & Local Government Committee had a number of key areas of priority in …
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Employee Relations
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Employee Relations Committee is represented by practitioners who practice in the fields of employment, industrial relations …
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Elder Law and Succession
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Elder Law and Succession Committee’s particular areas of interest are power of attorney reform (including interstate …
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Criminal Law
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The 2018/2019 financial year was once again a very busy year for the members of the Criminal …
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Education
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Law Society’s Education Committee oversees the Law Society’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, curated and developed …
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Courts
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Courts Committee continues to play an important role as a conduit for two-way feedback and the …
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Country Practitioners
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Committee’s strategic focus continues to be developed with a view to ensuring that it is representing, …
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Costs Committee
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Costs Committee’s primary function is to make recommendations to the Law Society Council in relation to …
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Commercial Law
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Commercial Law Committee’s role is to report and make recommendations to the Law Society Council on commercial …
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Brief Editorial
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report Brief is the official journal of the Law Society and has been published since 1974. Brief keeps members …
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Committee continues to seek to promote alternative dispute resolution and the involvement of lawyers in alternative …
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Administrative and Migration Law Committee
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Administrative, Constitutional and Migration Law Committee met jointly with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Committee …
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Accreditation
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Accreditation Committee advises the Law Society’s Council on the rules and regulations that govern the granting …
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Access to Justice
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report The Access to Justice Committee has broad representation from members of the legal profession and key stakeholders …
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Indigenous Legal Issues
Committee
2018/19 Annual Report This year, the Indigenous Legal Issues Committee has seen a change of Convenor, with some new appointments …
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