One of the best conferences I have been to in a while - thank you. The well-being sessions really stood out. Great work LIV I’ll be adding this conference as an essential CPD program moving forward.
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2024 LIV CPD Intensive
The conference was an impressive day and was expertly coordinated. The speakers were exceptional and it was a well thought out plan to disperse wellbeing topics throughout. There was an amazing buzz in the air and an appreciation of the effort it took to put this together. I enjoyed it very much. Congratulations to all involved at the LIV and to all from the LIV that attended the day to make it comfortable and effortless
Great venue, interesting and informative speakers (and so much variety). Lovely to have options throughout the day, including some inspiring well-being speakers. The food/drink options were fabulous. I felt very spoilt!
Thank-you so much to the LIV for organising such a wonderful program. I enjoyed every aspect of the program from AI, to climate change, to substantive law and wellbeing before finally wrapping the show up with ethics and a very powerful and soulful speech from Nyadol Nyuon. All in all, I think the day was amazing and packed with wonderful information and presentation. I will no doubt recommend this program to all my colleagues. Good stuff team!
Very broad, innovative and inspiring topics for the profession to be showcasing and endorsing!
The sessions that I attended (particularly succession and family law) were well-presented and informative, with an emphasis on current and likely developments in legislation and in the approaches used by Courts and Tribunals.
Head of Commercial Division, County Court of Victoria
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
Supreme Court of Victoria
Jim Delany is the Principal Judge of the Commercial Court, having been appointed to the Commercial Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria in June 2020. As a member of the Commercial Court, Jim manages approximately 50 cases at any given time, hearing trials and interlocutory applications across a wide variety of commercial disputes. Before joining the Court, Jim was a member of the Victorian Bar. He signed the bar roll in 1985, following his practice as a solicitor in Melbourne and regional Victoria. He took silk in 2003. As a silk, Jim had a broad commercial practice. His areas of expertise included arbitrations, building and construction, land acquisition and compensation, class actions, corporate and trust disputes, and participation in Royal Commissions.
National Judicial Registrar, Federal Court of Australia
Partner, Forte Family Lawyers
Jacky Campbell is a founding partner of Forte Family Lawyers in Melbourne, Australia.
Jacky is the consultant editor of Australian Family Law and Practice and contributing author to the Property, Superannuaion, Spousal Maintenance, Financial Agreements (including pre-nuptial agreements), Procedure and Precedents tabs. She also writes for the Australian Master Family Law Guide and the Australian Master Superannuation Guide.
In 2024 Jacky was recognised by Doyle’s Guide as a leading family and divorce lawyer, a leading family lawyer (high-value and complex property matters) and a leading parenting and children’s matters lawyer. She has been recognised by Best Lawyers in 2025.
Jacky is a Fellow of the international Acdemy of Family Lawyers.
Principal, Doyle’s Family Law & Mediation
Stephanie Doyle is a distinguished authority in family law with over 20 years of dedicated practice. Before founding Doyle’s Family Law & Mediation, she was a partner at Australia's largest family law firm. Her extensive experience and exceptional skills place her at the forefront of the family law profession.
Specialising in complex property and parenting matters, de facto and same-sex couple issues, spousal maintenance, child support, financial agreements and international family law, Stephanie provides expert advice with a comprehensive approach. She is an Accredited Specialist in Family Law, a qualified arbitrator, and an NMAS-accredited mediator.
Beyond her legal career, Stephanie chairs the Law Institute of Victoria’s Family Law Section Education Work Group and serves on its Family Law Section Executive and Courts Practice Committees. She was a finalist for Partner of the Year in the Lawyer’s Weekly Awards 2023. Stephanie's passion for people and relationships drives her personalised and compassionate client care, distinguishing her as a trusted advocate.
Partner, Gadens
Caroline specialises in the areas of financial services and funds management law with experience in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, offering a broad range of global regulatory, corporate and commercial expertise. She principally advises on financial regulatory law, covering Chapter 7 matters, and other regulatory and compliance matters, such as AFSL/ACL requirements, digital assets like stablecoins and NFTs, unfair contract terms, and AML/CTF compliance.
Caroline also advises onwthe establishment of retail and wholesale managed investment schemes across various sectors and the preparation of offer documents for fund managers and public offer superannuation funds. She has significant experience in reviewing and negotiating legal and commercial fund terms for clients wishing to invest in, re-evaluate and exit private equity/venture capital funds in a variety of foreign jurisdictions
Caroline's innovative and outcome-focused approach is highly valued by clients, and she excels in collaborating with clients, regulators and colleagues to achieve successful outcomes.
Barrister, Victorian Bar
Dr Robin Smith has been a barrister at the Victorian Bar since 2009, and practices exclusively in family law. He is the co-author of the leading textbook, Family Law (7th ed). Robin is the Victorian Bar representative on the executive of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Robin specialises in family law matters with complex questions of law, including matters with issues related to trusts, equity, bankruptcy and third party disputes. He regularly provides detailed written advice and appears in court for pre-trial hearings, final hearings, and appeals. He also accepts briefs to draw or settle financial agreements and child support agreements.
Prior to coming to the bar, Robin was an associate at the Federal Magistrates Court and a solicitor in a boutique commercial and construction law firm, practicing in both litigious and non-litigious matters. Robin has been a sessional teaching associate at the Faculty of Law at Monash University teaching administrative law and evidence, and has also worked for the United Nations at a war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Co-Founder & Director, Lotsearch
Howard Waldron is the co-founder of Lotsearch, a company that has pioneered the development of environmental information and insights, with a particular focus on potential contamination. Since the company was founded in 2014, they have become the leading provider of environmental and planning reports in Australia, helping a range of sectors identify potential contamination issues. The Environment Protection Act 2017 (Vic) came into force in July 2021. Three years since it commenced, much has changed in contamination law. There are new registers that provide information about contamination matters and a large amount of data available about contamination in the state. In his session, Howard will look at some practical options that lawyers can take to ensure they have access to the latest information.
Partner and Executive Director, Pitcher Partners
Managing Director, Weir Legal & Consulting
Bronwyn specialises in advising government regulators and is known for her expertise in building regulation. In 2017 she co-authored the Building Confidence Report with Professor Peter Shergold which remains an influential report in policy development. She continues to advise Australian governments on building regulatory matters including the impacts of combustible cladding, security of payment, regulating developers, apartment defects, product safety and the exercise of enforcement powers. In addition to building regulation, Bronwyn advises regulators in sectors including education, health and water.