LA Fires retrospective through a research lens

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, the new Board Chair of Natural Hazards Research Australia, will moderate the closing plenary session examining the research lessons of the 2025 Californian fires and their implications for Australia, featuring:

•    Dr Faraz Hedayati — Lead Research Engineer, Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety, Richburg, South Carolina

•    Brett Loughlin AFSM GAICD — Chief Officer & Chief Executive, South Australia Country Fire Service

•    Kylie Macfarlane — Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer (Climate, Operations & Strategy), Insurance Council of Australia

•    Melissa Pexton — Deputy Commissioner Strategy and Emergency Management, WA Department of Fire and Emergency Services

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During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP30 in Belem, Brazil.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will co-chair the Legal Roundtable: Assessing the Implications of the ICJ and Other Climate Advisory Opinions for the Private Sector

Hosted by Brazilian Bar Association Rio Grande do Sul Chapter OAB/RS Enviro Law Comm; Tauil & Chequer / Mayer Brown; Univ de Caxias do Sul UCS Brazil; International Bar Association IBA; American Bar Association ABA; British Institute of International and Comparative Law BIICL.

Chairs: Prof Alessandra Lehmen (President, Enviro Law Commission, Brazilian Bar Association Rio Grande do Sul / Prof, Univ Caxias do Sul / Fellow, CISDL) & Adv Dominique Hogan-Doran SC (Expert, IBA Bar Issues Comm Regulation Committee Chair, & Co-Convenor IBA Climate Change Working Group)

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-law-and-governance-day-2025-14-nov-2025-tickets-1784763278009

Climate change, human rights & corporate responsibility: implications of the ICJ and IACTHR advisory opinions for corporations across different jurisdictions

This International Bar Association webinar provides an initial reading and commentary on recent opinions from the International Court of Justice and Inter-American Court of Human Rights regarding the responsibilities of states in respect of climate change and human rights. It explores what these opinions mean for corporations across the globe, with insights from experts from the EU, Latin America, North America, Africa, Australia and beyond.

Join legal practitioners from across the world to explore the corporate implications of recent landmark advisory opinions regarding the responsibilities of states in respect of the climate crisis and human rights. Moderated by Marco Sella (Founding Partner, Sella Torlaschi Società tra Avvocati, Italy), this webinar will feature insights from:

1. Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, Barrister, Australian Bar, Australia
2. Lisa (Elisabeth) DeMarco, Senior Partner and CEO, Resilient LLP, Canada
3. Clara Serva, Partner, TozziniFreire Advogados, Brazil
4. Elsa Chen, Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Singapore
5. Wangui Kaniaru, Partner, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna, Kenya
6. John Vellone, Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), Canada

Book Online: https://lnkd.in/ec6zqS2f

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will deliver a Keynote Address on “Leadership Journeys and Reflections”, in conversation with Tony Pearce, former Inspector General of Emergency Management of Victoria as part of the Barrington Centre’s Executive Consequence Management Program for cross sectors leaders from emergency management, health, government and infrastructure.

The program is designed to build capability, strengthen strategic thinking, and enhance collaboration across Australia’s emergency management agencies and communities. Participants work through real-world, scenario-based learning, powerful peer engagement, and insights from respected leaders.

Tuesday 16th to Thursday 18th September 2025
Program: https://lnkd.in/gRh_haPm

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will be speaking at the 2025 Sydney Women in Law and Business Lunch.

Friday 30th May 2025
12 noon –  3.30 pm

Alpha Dining

238 Castlereagh St, Sydney

$250 (GST inc.) + booking fee.

Your ticket includes entree & main, sparkling wine, wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages.

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The Australian ADR Conference 2025
Pier One, Walsh Bay, Sydney

Oceans Nine: Powering the Surge in Global Dispute Resolution

Designed to harness interdisciplinary expertise and make a real-world difference, the conference themes focus on innovation and collaboration; equipping delegates with strategies to navigate the evolving tides in global dispute resolution and expand their impact on the national and international stage.

Engage with an exceptional line-up of over 30 leading Jurists, Dispute Resolution Specialists, Global Experts, and Traditional Owners and Leaders. The Australian ADR International Conference leverages inter-disciplinary and global know-how to present a dynamic programme of keynote presentations, panels, conversations, debates, and workshops to make a real-world difference.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will be a speaker in the Great Debate:
That the Murray and Darling Rivers be granted legal personhood

Conference Registration details:

https://disputescentre.com.au/australian-adr-conference-2025/

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC and Dr Allison Silink will address the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s 2025 Legal Conference on the Best Financial Interests Duty owed by trustees of APRA regulated superannuation funds under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth).

This year's Climate Law and Governance Day will be held during the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku, Azerbaijan.

This full-day global symposium will feature distinguished plenaries, celebratory launching events, and more than 8 world-class specialist panels and workshops.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will join a panel session hosted by the International Bar Association in collaboration with other bar associations and law societies on “Climate competent lawyering: how can lawyers and law associations advance climate ambition?”.

Online registration is available here.

CLGD 2024 aims to inspire and optimise legal and institutional reform for achieving current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement, responding to 2024 Global Stocktake outcomes and increasing the ambition of the next round of NDCs.

The objectives of the symposium include identifying and sharing innovative international, national, and local law and governance challenges, mechanisms and good practices relating to global efforts to address climate change. By convening esteemed legal and public policy experts, judges, negotiators, professors and practitioners from around the world that are committed to implementing the Paris Agreement, CLGD 2024 seeks to catalyse knowledge exchange and co-generate new climate law and governance scholarship, insights and approaches, facilitating new dialogue and partnerships. The symposium further aims to strengthen capacity and collaboration among the climate law and governance community of practice to implement the Doha Amendment, Paris Agreement and COP outcomes, supporting achievement of the world’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, Chair of the International Bar Association’s Bar Regulation Committee, has been invited to speak on the topic of the ethical use of artificial intelligence, both by lawyers and those who regulate them as part of the International Conference of Legal Regulators and Conference of Regulatory Officers in Melbourne on 16 October 2024.

https://iclrcoro2024.com

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will be guest lecturing in the University of Sydney LLM Course Compliance: Theory & Practice in the Financial Services Industry on Saturday 7 September 2024 on Specialist Compliance Issues in Superannuation.

Reading List (2024)

Slide Deck

Dominique will join the Hon. Ron Sackville at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of New South Wales in an online seminar to be held on 22 August 2024 at 5.30pm.

The event will be co-hosted by the Australian Institute of Administrative Law (NSW Branch).

Trustee Tactics: In conversation with Dominique Hogan-Doran SC: Key regulatory and enforcement issues for super trustees

Dominique will speak with Piper Alderman’s Superannuation team in a lunchtime webinar on 7 August 2024 to discuss topics of interest for retail and industry superannuation fund trustees.

As the new financial year commences, superannuation trustees are facing an unprecedented legal and regulatory environment.

Greenwashing continues to be a key focus of ASIC, with a number of civil penalties and enforcement outcomes being finalised. The Financial Accountability Regime and the new APRA Prudential Standard CPS 230 on operational resilience will soon come into force, as ASIC and APRA signal a new level of regulatory and enforcement activity. In addition, successor fund transfers along with other types of trustee challenges continue to arise, leading to trustees needing to decide whether or not to obtain judicial advice.

Time: ACT/NSW/VIC/TAS/QLD: 12.00pm start - NT/SA: 11.30pm start - WA: 10.00am start

Cost: Complimentary

Duration: Up to 60 minutes

CPD: 1 Substantive Law Point 

The workshop is open to all organisations, excluding other legal service providers.

For registration details contact events@piperalderman.com.au.

Dominique will speak at the Australian Institute of Administrative Law 2024 National Administrative Law Conference to be held in Canberra at the Realm Hotel on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 July, 2024.

Dominique will speak at the closing plenary session at 2.45 pm to 4.00 pm on Friday 19 July, 2024. 

The theme for the session is 'The future' and will look at issues which are likely to be of particular significance in the future of administrative law in Australia.  

Dominique will focus on 'Implementing royal commission recommendations'.   

Dominique will be joined by Professor Lisa Burton Crawford from UNSW on automated information and Jake Blight the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor on national security issues. 

For details see: https://aial.org.au

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Dominique will speak at Ashurst’s Quarterly Super Review on the evening of Thursday, 6 June 2024.

The Quarterly Super Review is designed to be a workshop, as to encourage openness of discussion.

With the superannuation industry currently experiencing heightened media coverage and regulatory supervision and investigation, this Quarterly Super Review will focus on regulators and regulatory investigations. The workshop will explore how superannuation funds can embrace a new mindset when dealing with the contemporary regulator.

Enquiries to Ashurst partners Nick Mavrakis and Scott Charaneka.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC has been invited to deliver a keynote address on Reputation Risk and Governance at the 2024 Governance Symposium of the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales on Monday 18 April 2024 at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre in Sydney.

Attendance at the Symposium provides board members with six hours of NESA Accredited Governance Professional Learning.

https://www.aisnsw.edu.au/featured-events/governance-symposium

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will present the David McLean Plenary Session at the 2023 Law Council of Australia Superannuation Law Conference on 15 March 2024 in Adelaide.

Presentation slides now available. Written paper to follow for conference attendees.

In the spotlight: the challenges for Counsel Assisting Royal Commissions involving high stakes policy and political issues.

Royal Commissions are a unique feature of Australian public life. In that context, the role of Counsel Assisting a Commission can be one of singular responsibility, pressure, and opportunity.

When politically charged or policy focussed, the work of assisting a Royal Commission or public inquiry requires a range of interdisciplinary skills and insights, beyond those within a traditional legal arsenal.

At this seminar, Dominique will reflect on her experiences and insights as counsel in various Royal Commissions, including the recent Royal Commissions into the Robodebt Scheme (2022-2023), National Natural Disaster Arrangements (2020), Aged Care Quality and Safety (2018-2020), and Misconduct in the Banking, Financial Services and Superannuation Industry (2018-2019).

About the speaker

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC is a Senior Counsel of the Australian Bar. She was Senior Counsel Assisting the Commonwealth in the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (2022-2023), Senior Counsel Assisting the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements (2020) and Counsel Assisting the Special Commission of Inquiry into the James Hardie Group (2004). She has appeared as Counsel in a diverse range of public inquiries including into corruption, disability, aged care services, financial services misconduct, charitable fundraising, water regulation, greyhound racing, and the collapse of HIH Insurance Ltd.

Tuesday 13 February 2024 12.30-1.30pm (via Zoom)
School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet)
Australian National University

Register here: https://regnet.anu.edu.au/event/spotlight-assisting-royal-commissions-reflections-counsel

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The Robodebt Royal Commission reported in July 2023.

This seminar is the second in a number of seminars which the AIAL will hold to consider the Report.

The Report raises a plethora of issues for Government lawyers, including:

·       Is advice “just advice” or can the provision of advice constrain Government action?

·       When, if ever, should advice be given by reference to legal risk?

·       Is it appropriate to circulate draft advice and, if so, when?

·       Are there lessons to be learned about the structure of government legal services and the oversight role of the Attorney-General?

Panel:
Justice David Mossop, is a judge of the Supreme Court of the ACT and has recently written about the propriety of a risk-based approach to the provision of legal advice to government.

Professor Gabrielle Appleby, is one of Australia’s leading public law academics and has written widely about the role of government lawyers.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC, appeared as counsel for the Commonwealth before the Robodebt Royal Commission and is Vice-Chair of the International Bar Association’s Bar Regulation Committee.

Chair: Mike Wait SC, is the Solicitor-General for South Australia and has served as a Government lawyer for 20 years in a number of capacities including solicitor, Crown Counsel and Crown Solicitor.

Date:               Thursday, 7 December 2023

Time:               5.30pm (AEDT) (Qld 4:30 pm; SA 5:00 pm; WA 2:30pm)

Format:           In person and on-line

In November, leaders will gather at COP28 for the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement. The process for preparing the next cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions will also be launched. 

This event is hosted by the Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law (ACCEL) at Sydney Law School.

Link to Dominique Hogan-Doran’s slides pack

This all day event on 31 October 2023 will bring together leading researchers and professionals ahead of the COP to provide insights on how to conceptualise, develop and implement legal and governance tools to accelerate deep decarbonisation, adaptation and address loss and damage, on a whole of economy basis. Against the backdrop of the UN’s 2023 Acceleration Agenda, experts will discuss the various dimensions of legal acceleration to ensure a more equitable transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient global economy.

The 2023 ACCEL Distinguished Address will be delivered by Dr Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. Dr Fry will discuss important human rights and justice dimensions of the UN’s Acceleration Agenda, including the need to integrate human rights standards and principles into accelerated climate action. 

The Distinguished Address will be supported by a series of panels in which leading experts will discuss the role and potential of legal accelerants in the context of climate finance, climate litigation, law and nature and the law of the sea.

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will join David Barnden (Equity Generation Lawyers) and Zoe Bush (Environmental Defenders Office) to discuss legal accelerators and the role of climate litigation.

Registration details: https://law-events.sydney.edu.au/events/acceldistinguishedspeaker

New Law Building Annex (F10A), Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)

IBA Annual Conference Paris 2023

The issue of climate change is affecting all parts of Society and the delivery of legal services within this ever-changing world is a huge regulatory and ethical issue.
 
The panel will discuss 3 distinct areas in relation to the lawyer competence, lawyer discipline and ethical rules surrounding the delivery of legal services against a backdrop of “greenwashing”. The conflict between the client’s interest and a lawyer’s ethical obligations will be discussed.

Access Dominique’s Slide Deck “Going Green: Lawyer Regulation and Climate Change“ (PDF)

Speakers:

Brian Archer President, Law Society of Northern Ireland
Letícia Campos Mello Conselho Federal da OAB
Nick Emmerson President, The Law Society of England and Wales
Dominique Hogan-Doran SC Australian Bar, Australia; Vice Chair, Bar Issues Commission Regulation Committee
Ellyn Rosen American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, USA; Member, BIC Regulation Committee

https://www.ibanet.org/session-details/se_137076

Dominique Hogan-Doran SC will be guest lecturing in the University of Sydney LLM Course Compliance: Theory & Practice in the Financial Services Industry on Saturday 2 September 2023 on Specialist Compliance Issues in Superannuation.

For details, see: https://www.sydney.edu.au/courses/units-of-study/2022/laws/laws6264.html