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Commins Hendriks has again arranged for Tony Cahill to present a seminar for property lawyers, real estate agents, conveyancers, paralegals and other persons involved in property transactions. Details are as follows:

SPEAKER - TONY CAHILL - well-known author and presenter

MORNING SESSION:

Conveyancing Update

·2009 Amendments to the Conveyancing Act and the Real Property Act

·Changes to the content of section 149 certificates

·Deposit top-up clauses

·Home Warranty Insurance changes

Using the 2005 edition of the Contract for Sale in 2010

·Using the electronic version of the contract

·Deposit bonds

Other current topics of interest

·Issues in acting for developers using strata or community title

·Cases raising issues about the drafting of easements

AFTERNOON SESSION

Mandatory CLE - New Rule 42

Ethical Issues for Property Practitioners (Ethics and Professional Responsibility Module)

·Use of rebates

·Relationship with estate agents

·Stigmatised properties

Risk Management for Property Lawyers (Practice Management and Business Skills Module)

·Key concepts - hazards, risks and consultation

·A risk management strategy

·Communication and retainer issues

Plain Language Drafting in Property Transactions (Professional Skills Module)

·What is plain language?

·Particular drafting problems - reckoning of time, conditions or warranties, conditional contracts

Specific transactions - leases, mortgages, options

There will be time allocated for questions and answers
A light lunch, morning and afternoon tea are included

Cost: ............................................$220.00 inc GST

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BY 19TH MARCH 2010 BY CONTACTING LEANNE KEITH ON 02 69 336 900

Details

Date: Friday, 26 March 2010

Time: 9.30 am to 3.00 pm

Venue: Commercial Club, 77 Gurwood St, Wagga Wagga

Fee: $220 Legal Practitioners; $110 Half Day Only, Paralegals Half Price