The Piddington Society’s 2026 Bali Conference
Join us in Bali for The Piddington Society’s 11th annual Bali Conference for a weekend of quality CPD, collegiality, and all the best that Bali has to offer.
Over the WA Day Long Weekend, Friday 29 May 2026 – Sunday 31 May 2026, the Conference will be held at the Bali Beach Hotel in Sanur. The Conference will begin at 6pm on Friday with Welcome Drinks at the Hotel.
We are delighted that this year’s Conference will feature the following speakers:
- The Hon Chief Justice Peter Quinlan (Supreme Court of Western Australia)
- The Hon Chief Justice Helen Bowskill (Supreme Court of Queensland)
- The Hon Justice Darren Jackson (Federal Court of Australia)
- Principal Registrar Dr Brenda McGivern (District Court of Western Australia)
- Julie Taylor SC (Shoreline Chambers and President of the WA Bar Association)
- David Bayly SC (Central Law Chambers)
- Tim Hammond SC (Central Law Chambers)
- Colin Mandy SC (Stawell Chambers)
with more to be announced soon.
CPD sessions will cover a wide range of practice areas and contemporary issues in the law including criminal law, civil litigation, commercial law, family law, ethics, practice management and more.
Attendees will be eligible for up to 6 CPD points.
As always, we are grateful to our sponsors whose support makes the Conference possible: Blackwall Legal, Practice People, Pragma Lawyers, Stork Davies Legal Advisors, Klimek & Wijay, Kennedy Vinciullo, Stephen Browne Lawyers, and Tehan Legal.
Accommodation
An accommodation discount is available for Conference attendees at the Bali Beach Complex. The Bali Beach complex includes two hotels: the Bali Beach Hotel and The Meru Hotel.
At checkout, the discount code PIDDINGTON26 can be applied to booking a standard room for each hotel, particularly, the Deluxe Room Ocean View (Bali Beach Hotel) and the Tropical Suite (the Meru Hotel).
If you would like to book a different type of room with a discount or have any accommodation queries, please contact: assa.topan@meruhotels.com.
Side Sessions
We are delighted to announce that in addition to the Conference, 2 pre-conference sessions will be held on Friday 29 May 2026 at the Bali Beach Hotel before the Conference Welcome Drinks at 6pm.
Please note that separate tickets are required for these events.
Focus on Family Law
Friday 29 May 2026 – 1:30pm – 4:30pm
With a focus on family law, this 3-hour session will cover the following topics:
1) practical mediation skills;
2) how family violence intersects with criminal law, restraining orders and family
law; and
3) pleading third party claim in family law financial matters.
Speakers for this session include:
- Magistrate Belinda Coleman (Magistrates Court of Western Australia)
- Magistrate Rebecca Hall (Family Court of Western Australia
- Fiona Hugo (Tehan Legal)
with more to be announced soon.
For those who practice in family law or are just interested, join our engaging line up of speakers for a lively afternoon before the Conference Welcome Drinks.
Attendees of this session will be eligible to claim 3 CPD points, in addition to CPD points claimed from Conference attendance.
We extend our thanks to John Toohey Chambers for sponsoring this event.
Trial Skills in the Tropics
Friday 29 May 2026 - 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Before PidBali gets under way, the Barristers of Francis Burt Chambers invite solicitors who are keen to develop their skills and understanding of effective trial advocacy to a 2 hour practical session about case analysis, advocacy, and trial skills.
This session is aimed at solicitors of all levels and attendees will be able to include their year of admission and/or litigation experience on booking so that Francis Burt Chambers can make sure you get the most out of the experience.
Attendees of this session will be eligible to claim 2 CPD points, in addition to CPD points claimed from Conference attendance.
We also extend our thanks to Francis Burt Chambers for hosting this event.
Access to Justice
Like all Piddington events, your attendance at the Conference goes toward our access to justice projects. These include the Piddington Justice Fund for community legal centres; the Piddington PLT Fund for the CLCs that host Piddington PLT graduates to complete their hours required for admission; and, a First Nations legal education fund. We also fund the Christine Wheeler Scholarship and John Chaney Award for new law graduates and law students.
Refunds:
- 75 percent refund is available for cancellations made before 15 December 2025.
- 50 percent refund is available for cancellations made before 2 February 2026.
- 25 percent refund is available for cancellations made before 2 March 2026.
- No refunds will be issued after 2 March 2026, as conference and catering costs will have been committed to the vendor.
Note:
Practitioner ID numbers are issued by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. Information from the Board is available here. We require these to issue CPD certificates. If you do not want a CPD certificate, please put '00000' in the box on the booking form.
This program is delivered by The Piddington Society, an accredited CPD Provider approved by the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia. CPD schemes in other Australian jurisdictions do not accredit or pre-approve providers or courses. As a result, practitioners outside Western Australia must self-assess this activity against the CPD rules in their home jurisdiction and determine whether it meets their professional development obligations. Certificates of completion are issued to assist with record-keeping, but the final decision as to compliance rests with the individual practitioner and their local regulator. Participants should also note that some jurisdictions impose caps on certain delivery modes (e.g. South Australia limits 5 units per CPD year for web-based/recorded programs).
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