Event: Protecting customers, confidential information and your workforce from departing employees Date: Tuesday 31 March 2026 Time: 5:15pm for a 5:30pm start Venue: Level 14, Westralia Square, 141 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA
Following the presentation, we invite you to join us for refreshments and canapés, offering a unique opportunity to engage in further discussion with Robert and Nick.
Please confirm your attendance by Friday, 20th March by emailing events@bennettlaw.com.au to secure your place.
We look forward to welcoming you to this exclusive event.
Note:
You may be eligible for 0.5 CPD unit in Competency area 2: Professional Skills and 0.5 CPD unit in Competency area 4: Substantive Law.
Practitioner ID numbers are issued by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Further information from the Board is available here. We require this information to issue CPD certificates. If your Practitioner ID is not provided, we may follow up with you after the event.
Presenters
Nick Parkinson | Senior Associate Nicholas practises in employment law and commercial litigation. He acts across all State and Federal civil jurisdictions, including the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the Federal Court of Australia, as well as industrial tribunals and anti-discrimination bodies such as the Fair Work Commission and the Western Australian Industrial Relations Commission.
Nicholas also has experience acting in Royal Commissions and inquiries, having previously served as Solicitor Assisting the Inquiry into the City of Perth, where he appeared as Counsel Assisting the Inquiry.
Robert French | Barrister Robert French is a litigator with over 20 years experience in Western Australia, Victoria and Hong Kong. His practice primarily comprises of commercial, administrative and employment law.
Robert joined the Perth Independent Bar in 2013 and has appeared in all courts here since that time. In particular he has appeared as sole or lead counsel in trials in the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the Federal Court of Australia and in appeals from both of these courts.
Relevant to today he has appeared as sole counsel in a number of proceedings in both the Supreme Court of WA and Federal Court of Australia in which employers sought to enforce post employment restraints and common law protections to protect their business.
