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5 September 2022

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NEWS
Join a Law Society Committee
Want to make a difference in the legal profession? Expressions of interest for members wishing to join one of the Law Society’s Regulatory, Liaison or Policy committees are now open. Participating in one of our Committees is a great way to give back to the profession and meet new people. Applications close Friday 30 September. Register your interest.
The latest developments in conveyancing
Join legal author and presenter Tony Cahill on October 11 for this live webinar - Conveyancing update on the new Contract for sale and purchase of land. This session will examine changes introduced by the Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2022 as well as deep dive into the new edition of the Contract for the sale and purchase of land, which will be released in September 2022. Register now.
UNSW Allens Hub Lecture with Genevieve Bell
Join this UNSW Allens Hub Lecture on 15 September from 5pm - 7:30pm for Messages Pass-Through: What the Overland Telegraph Line can Teach us about 21st Century Systems, a live lecture presentation by Genevieve Bell, Distinguished Professor and Director of the School of Cybernetics at the Australian National University and Vice President and Senior Fellow at Intel. Find out more.
AIFLAM Twilight Seminar
Are you interested in offering your clients non-court-based options for resolving financial cases? Join this informative and interactive seminar to understand the factual and legal detail underpinning arbitration under the Family Law Act and enable yourself to commit confidently to the arbitration process.  Find out more.
Soulful Vietnamese twice-cooked pork belly
Savour the flavours of  Vietnam with this week's mouth-watering twice-cooked pork belly with spicy dressing, and end the evening eating rich hummingbird cake with velvety cream cheese icing. Order by 10am tomorrow 6 September for delivery Friday 9 September 2022. Order now. 
WHAT'S ON
Staying Well in the Law and in support of
R U OK? Day: Creating a mental health and wellbeing culture in the workplace
Thursday 8 September 2022
NSW Young Lawyers – Animal Law Conference – face-to-face
Saturday 10 September 2022
Sexual Harassment - Changing Workplace Culture - live online workshop
Thursday 15 September 2022
Practice management course September - live online
Monday 19, Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 September 2022
FLIP Buzzwords: Knowledge Management
Wednesday 19 October 2022
AIJA Indigenous Youth Justice Conference
Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 October 2022
NSW YOUNG LAWYERS
NSW REGIONAL LAW SOCIETIES
EVENTS CALENDAR
LAWINFORM CPD CALENDAR

 

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

Contract for the sale and purchase of land 2022 edition (and 2019 edition)
The Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2022 commenced on 1 September 2022 and made minor changes to several statutory notices. Under the transitional provisions, the revised statutory notices may be contained in contracts exchanged now, but must be contained in contracts exchanged on and from 1 March 2023. Given this transition period, the Contract for the sale and purchase of land 2022 edition will be released in mid-September 2022. The Contract for the sale and purchase of land 2019 edition will be withdrawn from sale at the end of October 2022.  

 

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