Monday 30^th September

Time:
9.00am - 9.30am	Conference Opening: Traditional Welcome to the Land Mr Mort Hansen Metropolitan Nyoongar Council of Elders. Opening Address The Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP Federal Attorney General
9.30am - 10.30am	Plenary Session 1 Speaker: Moira Rayner Acting Commissioner for Equal Opportunity in W.A
10.30am -11.00am	BREAK FOR MORNING TEA, with Exhibition Stands.
11.00am -12.30pm	Concurrent Interest Group Sessions Family Law:  Lisa Young (Convener) ·    John Dewar (Griffith) Is Law Good for Families? ·    Paul Murphy (UWA) Evaluating the Columbus pilot in the Family Court of Western Australia ·    Catherine Doran (Murdoch) Family Law Conferencing at Legal Aid WA Indigenous Peoples and the Law:  Tony Buti (Convener) ·    David Williams (University of Auckland) Honoring the Treaty of Waitangi- Are the parties measuring up? ·    Linda Jurevic (Murdoch) Dirty, Grimy and Grubby: Does Judging have to be Judgemental? Commercial Law and Consumer Protection Law:  Stephen Corones (Convener) ·    Ralph Simmonds (Murdoch) The PPSA Cometh to Australia? An Introduction to the Current State of Play ·    Kate Lewins (Murdoch) Sub-bailment on terms and the Australian Consumer ·    Robert Langton (University of Adelaide) Unconscionable conduct in the provision of financial services Law and Computers: Michael Lambiris (Convener) ·    Robert Chalmers (University of Adelaide) Regulating the Net- the Australian Experience ·    Yee Fen Lim (Macquarie) Electronic Signatures, Certification Authorities and the Law ·    Richard Kunkel (University of St Thomas) License agreements in online contracts
12.30pm -1.30pm	BREAK FOR LUNCH, Amenities Building
1.30pm- 3.00pm	Concurrent Interest Group Sessions (refer to detailed schedule)    Legal Research and Communication (1):  Terry Hutchinson (Convener) ·    Penelope Jones & Jean McKay (UWA) Taming the Teaching and Learning Hydra: does it have to be a labour of Hercules? Teaching Legal Research Skills within the context of University teaching and learning goals, national trends and professional requirements ·    Bruce Bott (University of Notre Dame) From Library skills to Legal Research and Writing: the development of a programme ·    Mary-Rose Russell (University of Auckland) Books on Shelves or Fundamentals to Faculty Teaching and Research: Reprofiling the Serials Collection South Pacific Legal Studies (1): Jennifer Corrin  (Convener) ·    Mohammed Ahmadu (USP) The Role of the State in Public International contracts in the South Pacific   ·    Robert Hughes (1) (USP) The development of the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute ·    Tony Angelo (paper only) Jennifer Corrin  & Kenneth Brown & Robert Hughes (USP, NTU, USP) Marit Long Kastom: Marriage in the Solomon Islands Company Law (1):  Vijaya Nagarajan (Convener) ·    John Maltas (Curtin) Are issues arising from globalisation and economic rationalism encouraging directors to abandon sound corporate governance practices in Australia? ·    Neil Andrews (VU) Business as usual? The ordinariness of financing terrorism and the consequences for corporate law and governance ·    Robert McQueen (VU) Financial transactions, money laundering and terrorism: the implications of regulation for business   Property Law:  John Mugambwa (Convener) ·    Janice Gray Interpreting native title- is it a proprietary interest? ·    Kate Buchanan (University of Auckland) Land Transfer Automation- the New Zealand experience Legal History 1/ Government Law:  Peter McDermott (Convener LH) & Naomi Sidebotham (Convener GL) ·    Alun Preece (T.C Beirne) The development of Bicameral Parliamentary Systems   ·    Noel Cox (University of Auckland) Black v Chrétien and the honors prerogative ·    Sonia Walker (Murdoch) Film censorship in Western Australia: Public Government and Industrial Responses 1898-1928
3:00pm-3:30pm	BREAK FOR AFTERNOON TEA, with Exhibition Stands
3:30pm -4:30pm	Concurrent Interest Group Sessions Legal Research and Communication (2):  Terry Hutchinson (Convener) ·    Terry Hutchinson (QUT) The Australian Context: Legal Research and Writing Training ·    Roundtable: Teaching Legal Research   South Pacific Legal Studies (2):  Jennifer Corrin (Convener) ·    Yoli Tom'tavala (USP) Customs and the criminal justice process in Vanuatu: olsem wanem? ·    Robert Hughes (2) (USP) Problems with the Implementation of Juridical Legal Pluralism in the South Pacific countries Company Law (2): Vijaya Nagarajan (Convener) ·    Josephine Coffey (USYD) Continuous Disclosure Law- What is it good for? ·    Patty Kamvounias & Raymond Da Silva Rosa (USYD & UWA) The share market impact of ACCC activities with respect to mergers and acquisitions   Environmental Law and Policy: Tony Buti (Convener) ·    Kenneth Palmer (University of Auckland) Resource management law in New Zealand- recent issues ·    Zada Lipman (Macquarie) Gene Technology Regulation and the Precautionary Principle Legal History (2): Peter McDermott (Convener) ·    Alun Preece and Robert Gray (UOQ & University of Edinburgh) Lessons from Scotland- A comparison of family provision for spouses and  children in the succession law of Queensland and Scotland
4.30pm	Return Transfer to Hotels
6.15pm - 7.15pm	Pre-Dinner Drinks, University House UWA
7.15pm -10.30pm	Conference Dinner Matilda Bay Restaurant Dinner Speaker: The Hon David K Malcolm AC CitWA
10.30pm	Return transfer to Hotel