Just under 100 delegates across three locations, Auckland, Wellington Christchurch recently attended the LegalSafe 2009 Conference.

This event was well received with 81% of the delegates rating the conference overall as excellent or very good.

Highlights included a double act in which a lawyer, Kensington Swan’s Charlotte Hatlauf, and her client, Roger Pintor, General Manager of Clarke Roofing, spoke of their experience of a serious harm accident and the subsequent investigation and prosecution by the Department of Labour.

Other legal speakers included Garth Gallaway from Duncan Cotterill, Samantha Turner from Simpson Grierson, and three members of Minter Ellison’s employment team: Emma Warden, Greg Cain, and Aaron Lloyd.

Alan Cooper and Craig White from the Department of labour presented an update on working as a Modern Regulator and their “Keeping Work Safe policy”

A strictly non-legal speaker was Paul Reyneke, health and safety manager with Foodstuffs (Auckland) and the 2009 Safeguard health and safety practitioner of the year.  Paul gave a clear insight into a radical new approach he is pioneering at Foodstuffs, with great results.

Here is what some of the delegates said about the conference:

“A very informative day - very good presentations and presenters”

“Very interesting and valuable seminar thanks”

“Great conference as always”                     

Watch this space for the LegalSafe 2010 dates