ALGIM Webinar: How technology can help your council better navigate the tsunami of law changes

This webinar is for ALGIM Council / CCO members only. 

This webinar will cover:

A summary of the unprecedented challenges of the scale of law changes hitting local government, which looks set to continue – key themes include:

• Just how much change (size and number of changes) is happening in a short period of time

• The way so many law changes are being passed under ‘urgency’ – and the challenges this creates

• The increased use of ‘no transition periods’ – meaning councils have very little time to develop an understanding of their new legal requirements

Conceptual overview of innovations that can better equip local authorities to meet the challenges of the tsunami of law changes, while saving money:

• Share the cost and enjoy the benefits of having common challenges solved on a cost-sharing basis rather than getting commodity work done on a bespoke basis

• Get better visibility of changes and how they impact your organisation utilising technology and get away from Word docs and Excel spreadsheets

• Systemise the process for ensuring people across the organisation ‘know what they need to know’ about law changes affecting their work

Examples of how ComplyWith is working with 16 local authorities to better anticipate, understand and implement law changes

• Visibility of what’s coming

• Speed to clarity about the specifics of law changes impacting on your type of council (Territorial authority, Regional council, Unitary authority)

• Examples – Water services reforms – and RMA changes (past and what’s coming)

About the Presenter:

David Woodnorth
Managing Director

ComplyWith

David is a co-founder of ComplyWith, which is now New Zealand's leading online legal compliance platform.

ComplyWith is used by more than 180 organisations, including most of New Zealand's regulators and 14 local authorities.

Before starting ComplyWith, David practised law for 13 years as a private practice litigator and an in-house lawyer.

David has Law and Arts degrees from the University of Otago and a Masters of Law with first-class honours from Victoria University of Wellington.

David is driven by a passion for creating simplicity and clarity from the law’s complexity. “By making the law clear and accessible for people, we empower their organisations to know they are operating lawfully and where their legal risks are.”