CALC Conference 2017
RACV Club, Melbourne, Australia
Day 1 – Wednesday 29 March 2017Registration 8:30-9:30am
9:30-9:35 / Welcoming remarks / Marina Farnan, Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Victorian Office of the Chief Parliamentary Counsel
9:35-9:45 / Opening remarks / Peter Quiggin PSM, CALC President
9:45-10:15 / Keynote address / Hon Justice Hilary Penfold PSM QC, Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory
10:15-10:45 / Special presentation / Chair: Adrian Hogarth
Segametsi Mothisbatsela, Legislative drafting and the Commonwealth Secretariat
10:45-11:30 / Morning tea
11:30-1:00 / Session 1
Drafting with the end in mind / Chair: Dr Katy Le Roy
Louise Finucane, Beginning with the end in mind – the importance of legislative design
Doug Bellis, How to work with political people
Maria Mousmouti, Drafting with the end in mind
1:00-2:00 / Lunch
2:00-3:00 / Session 2
Mathematics and patterns in legislation / Chair: Don Colagiuri
Nicky Armstrong, Mathematics in legislation
Luke Norbury, Pattern languages in legislation – creating tools to assist drafters and policy officials
3:00-3:30 / Afternoon tea
3:30-4:30 / Session 3
Human rights and statutory interpretation / Chair: Therese Perera (TBC)
Nalini Persad-Salick, Interpreting Freedom of Religion – A Commonwealth Caribbean Perspective
Jessica de Mounteney and Lydia Clapinska, Towards Equality: A Legislative Journey
5:30-7:00 / Welcome drinks /
Day 2 – Thursday 30 March 2017
9:00-10:30 / Session 4
Legislative and institutional approaches to human rights / Chair: Theresa Johnson
Duane Allen, The Future of British Human Rights Jurisprudence post-Brexit
Ross Carter, You are always on my mind: law drafting for human-rights (in)consistency
Bilika Simamba, Introducing constitutionally-based judicial review: issues for the drafter
10:30-11:00 / Morning tea
11:00-12:30 / Session 5
Drafting for diversity / Chair: Philippe Hallée
Dr Briar Gordon, Legislating for diversity: still a challenge in the 21st century
Thomas Ahlfors, Challenges related to the incorporation of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit into legislation
Dr Felix Uhlmann and Dr Stefan Hoefler, Multilingual legislative drafting in Swiss cantons: burden or blessing?
12:30-2:00 / Lunch
2:00-3:30 / CALC General Meeting
3:30-4:00 / Afternoon tea
4:00-5:00 / CALC General Meeting
Free evening
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CALC Conference 2017
RACV Club, Melbourne, Australia
Day 3, Friday 31 March 20179:30-11:00 / Session 6
Legislative approaches to corruption / Chair: Lawrence Peng
Mohsinn Abbas, Legislation may prevent corruption
Estelle Appiah, Corruption the antithesis of the Rule of Law
Paul Salembier, Institutionalising corruption
11:00-11:30 / Morning tea
11:30-1:00 / Session 7
Approaches to the role of legislative counsel now and in the future / Chair: Brenda King
Roy Lee, Democratic Governance and Legislative Drafting
Andy Beattie, Drafting for an open, capable and responsive government
Daniel Lovric, The future role(s) of legislative counsel
1:00-2:00 / Lunch
2:00-2:30 / Session 8
Corruption: a legislative case study / Chair: Bethea Christian
Deana Silverstone, Drafting Legislative Provisions to Combat Corruption in Petroleum Activities
2:30-3:30 / Session 9
Complexity and interconnection in legislation / Chair: John Mark Keyes
Toni Walsh, The relationship between complexity in legislation and the processes by which legislation is created
Jeannine Bednar-Giyose, Complexity and interconnection in financial sector legislation in South Africa
3:30-4:00 / Afternoon tea
7:00-12:00 / Closing dinner at the Melbourne Museum /
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