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The Legal Practice Section's Charities and Not-for-Profit Committee, the Charity Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (CLAANZ) and the University of Melbourne Law School will host the fifth John Emerson Oration and CLAANZ Annual Lecture in Melbourne on 13 November 2024.
The Oration will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes on the topic of ‘From Frontierland to Tomorrowland: A Magical Journey
Through the Four Enchanted Realms of Unincorporated Associations’.
The John Emerson Oration is in honour of John Emerson AM. John retired from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he was a partner for almost four decades. He remains recognised as an expert in the tax laws applicable to charities in Australia. John was also a member of the Board of Taxation and a number of other legal and public sector committees. He was a key contributor to the reform of laws which led to the establishment of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission. John is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to law and to the community, particularly through the provision of advice to charities and not-for-profit organisations and the development of public administration reform to encourage philanthropy in Australia.
In promoting its objective of charity law education, CLAANZ holds an Annual Public Lecture, which is open to anyone with an interest in charity law and the not-for-profit sector. The Annual Lecture addresses key, contemporary legal issues in the charity and not-for-profit sectors in Australia and New Zealand.
Registration closes 5pm Wednesday, 6 November 2024.
Event Details
When: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Where: Room 920, Level 9,
Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, Carlton VIC 3053 & online
Time: 5.00pm – 7.00pm (AEDT) (drinks and canapes from 5.00pm – 5.30pm)
Cost: $50.00 in person & $25.00 online (free for Melbourne University staff and students)
The Oration will be delivered by Emeritus Professor Myles McGregor-Lowndes.
From Frontierland to Tomorrowland: A Magical Journey Through the Four Enchanted Realms
of Unincorporated Associations
Unincorporated Associations: History, Foreign Jurisdictions, Emerging Forms and Reform
We will wish upon a star and enter the four lands of unincorporated associations. Frontierland with tall tales and true of unincorporated associations from the legendary past. Adventureland is the wonderland of exotic unincorporated association creatures from across the globe. Fantasyland is the happiest kingdom of them all, with SLAPPed Facebook Beagle Warriors and decentralised autonomous organisations fueled by magical digital coins. Tomorrowland is the promise of things to come. What could the legislative scientists in the parliamentary laboratories and the judicial wizards of the high citadel do to benefit future generations?
Speaker
Emeritus Professor
Myles McGregor-Lowndes
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