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• Seminar: litigating complaints without complainants

  • When
    21 Aug 2025
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    5:15 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Jackson McDonald, L 17, 225 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000
  • Spaces left
    32

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  Litigating complaints without complainants: The difficulties and dilemmas when complainants refuse to participate in workplace litigation

  A seminar from Sam Pack (Barrister, Francis Burt Chambers):

  A complaint against an employee can spark all kinds of workplace litigation between the employee and their employer, including unfair dismissal or adverse action. However, complainants are often reluctant to participate in that litigation, particularly in the context of sexual harassment. This seminar discusses the issues that reluctance can create for the parties and the decision-maker, including the dilemma of compelling the complainant’s attendance, and the difficulties in relying on investigation records and other hearsay evidence.

  5.15 pm registration for a 5.30 pm start time, with networking afterwards.

  This event offers 1 CPD point.

  About the presenter: Sam has a broad practice which includes public law, criminal law, and industrial and employment law. From 2016 to 2022, Sam was employed at the State Solicitor’s Office where he acted as counsel in a wide range of civil and criminal matters at both the trial and appellate level, including complex regulatory prosecutions, criminal appeals, judicial review applications, merits review applications, civil disputes, and coronial inquests. In 2022, he appeared twice as junior counsel in the High Court in constitutional matters. Immediately before joining the Bar, Sam practiced extensively in public sector industrial relations and employment law. He has also previously undertaken a secondment at the Corruption and Crime Commission. Sam holds a Master of Law with First Class Honours from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from the University of Western Australia, where he has tutored in public law, torts, equity, and trusts.

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• ALERA National Conference, Brisbane

  • Start
    9 Oct 2025
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  • End
    11 Oct 2025
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  • Location
    The Star, Brisbane

  

  ALERA is excited to announce registrations are open for the 2025 National Conference. Join your IR colleagues in Brisbane for a standout line-up of leading voices in industrial relations, ready to share
  their expertise, fresh perspectives, and the latest developments shaping the field. Expect engaging discussions, interactive sessions, and plenty of opportunities to connect with professionals and
  leaders from across the sector.
  

  View the list of speakers here and program here
  
  When: Thursday 9th to Saturday 11th October
  Where: The Star, Brisbane

  Register now, here!

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