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• Special Purpose Liquidators: Appointment Scope

  A special purpose liquidator has a defined task. Assess the proposed mandate, funding, independence, evidence and handover with the existing officeholder.

• Wasted Costs Orders: The Solicitor’s Response

  A wasted costs application can expose a lawyer personally. Identify the court’s power, preserve the conduct record and test the claimed additional work.

• Will Construction: Meaning, Evidence and Orders

  Resolve a will construction question by identifying the disputed words, competing meanings, admissible evidence and order needed for estate administration.

• Marshalling in Equity and Competing Securities

  Could marshalling in equity preserve your client’s recovery? Map securities, trace sale proceeds and check the available fund before distribution.

• How to Terminate a Liquidation

  To terminate a liquidation, prepare the court application and evidence of the company’s financial position, then verify the order and return of control.

• Privacy Act Duties When Handling Financial Records

  Does the Privacy Act cover your financial records? Check entity coverage, lawful handling, access and correction, and duties when using an outside analyst.

• Procedural Fairness in Financial Decision-Making

  Procedural fairness gives an affected person a meaningful response to adverse material and an impartial decision, tested against the financial evidence.

• PGPA Act: Duties and Public Financial Records

  Advising on a Commonwealth financial decision? Apply the PGPA Act to entity duties, controls, resource use and the records supporting your advice.

• APES 110: Ethics for Forensic Accountants

  Apply APES 110’s fundamental principles to a forensic engagement, from conflicts and independence to confidentiality, evidence and disputed instructions.

• Freedom of Information: The Government Legal File

  Handling a freedom of information or NSW GIPA request? Map financial records, assess access routes, and record consultation, reasons and review rights.

• Commonwealth Procurement Rules: The Legal File

  Check a Commonwealth purchase before commitment. Apply procurement rules to value for money, the buying method, evaluation and a defensible legal file.

• Judicial Review: The Government Decision Record

  Challenging or defending an administrative decision? Separate judicial review from a merits rehearing and organise the reasons, powers and evidence.

• Practice Management Courses for Solicitors 2026

  Moving into principal practice? Check solicitor practice management course rules, accepted alternatives and the evidence needed for regulator approval.

• Whistleblower Policy: The In-House Legal Checklist

  Building a whistleblower policy? Identify the company’s legal duties, reporting channels, protections and investigation controls before approving the text.

• Public Interest Immunity: Government Records

  Can you withhold sensitive public records? Assess public interest immunity, the harm claimed, competing disclosure interests and the court process.

• Public Records Acts: Custody and Disposal Duties

  Which public records law governs your matter? Identify the jurisdiction, custody duties, disposal authority and treatment of financial analysis records.

• How to Become a Barrister in Australia 2026

  Already admitted as a lawyer? Check how to become a barrister in Australia, from the state entry route and reading to authority to accept briefs.

• Pecuniary Interest: Disclosure and Decision Duties

  Assess a pecuniary interest before a public decision. Check disclosure and participation rules, and record relevant benefits in a gifts register.

• Solicitors Conduct Rules: Jurisdiction and Conflicts

  Which solicitors conduct rules apply to your matter? Find the local instrument, distinguish client and own-interest conflicts, and record the action.

• Legal Operations: Roles and Evidence Handoffs

  Who owns intake, evidence handovers and exceptions in your legal team? Set legal operations roles and a repeatable workflow with clear review checks.

• APES 315: Compilation Engagements and Reports

  Compiling accounts does not make them audited. Use APES 315 to assess the engagement, client responsibilities, misstatements and compilation report.

• APES 320: Quality Management for Non-Assurance Work

  Still using an old quality-control manual? Apply APES 320 to non-assurance work, engagement review, monitoring and correction of practice weaknesses.

• APES 225: Valuation Engagements and Reports

  Which valuation engagement are you accepting? Apply APES 225 to scope, instructions, supporting records and the report your work can support.

• APES 325: Risk Management for Accounting Firms

  Build your accounting firm’s APES 325 risk framework around real practice risks, responsible people, control checks and a usable governance record.