Legal lunchtime seminars: Managing challenging litigants, from the fixated to the persistent

Join the Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office for the first seminar in our flagship series - now offered as a hybrid event.

This is an opportunity to hear from senior leaders and experts on the legal issues impacting the Victorian Public Sector and to delve into the legal and practical responses to those issues.

Members of the public can be persistent and fixated, unreasonably litigious and more recently identify as sovereign citizens. Their positions are presenting increasing legal and operational and safety risks across government.

At this session, a panel of experts will discuss how you can respond to this challenging behaviour and the risks it creates. The panel will consist of:

• Marlo Baragwanath, Ombudsman

• Paul Henry, Inspector, Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Victoria Police

• Dr Carolyn Simms, Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, Forensicare

• Tony Sergi, Lead Counsel, Victorian Government Solicitor’s Office

Event details

12 - 1.30pm (lunch and networking from 12 - 12.30pm)

Tuesday 11 August

Online and at Treasury Theatre, Lower Plaza, 1 Macarthur St, Melbourne

Free to attend

Why attend

• Understand the legal and operational risks associated with challenging activities from the public

• Gain practical, experience based guidance for managing these challenges

• Support consistent, defensible approaches across government

• Hear directly from experts and engage in cross-government discussion

• Attendees may be eligible to claim 1 CPD point in the Practice Management and Business Skills (PM + BS) field or the Professional Skills (PS) field. Please check the Victorian Legal Services Board + Commissioner website for eligibility requirements.

What to expect

• Facilitated panel discussion

• Live Q&A

• Catered networking lunch

For more information contact marketing.team@vgso.vic.gov.au