Inbrief

Since 2015 Arthur has raised more than $120,000 to feed the homeless and fund emergency accommodation for families in crisis.

There is still time to make your tax-deductible donation before 30 June.

• The online form will be pre-filled with your personal and practice details. Please ensure this information is up to date prior to starting your renewal.

• Please be advised that payment by cheque is no longer possible.

• All payments will be required by one of the following methods:

o Credit Card

o BPay; or

o Direct Deposit.

Further information regarding the 2021-22 practising certificate renewals process is available here.

If you have visited any of these venues you should get tested and self isolate.

The training, hosted in conjunction with the Australian Advocacy Institute, will provide training in the sensitivities involved in questioning vulnerable witnesses, dealing with vulnerable witnesses in court, and obtaining the best evidence from a vulnerable person. Participants will leave the course with a greater understanding of the fundamental principles behind approaching, questioning, and dealing with vulnerable people.

The Vulnerable Witness Advocacy Training Program combines traditional teaching methods with a more practical and skills-based approach to advocacy training. The goal is to inspire barristers to continually examine how they practice and pursue excellence in their advocacy in a supportive, engaging and challenging environment. The full-day program will be lead by Australian judges and senior practitioners.

To demonstrate the NSW Bar Associations commitment to and recognition of the importance of this training, the workshop is provided at a subsidised rate to all NSW Practicing Certificate holders.

There are places available for only 24 barristers. Please register early to avoid disappointment.

Details

When - Saturday 17 July 2021, 9 am – 5pm

Where - In-person, location to be advised.

Cost - $995 inc GST

The workshop is run by registration only and places are strictly limited. To REGISTER please click HERE.

Applications close on Tuesday, 29 June 2021 (11.59pm).

Please do not hesitate to contact the action officer, Isabel Vaughan (Isabel.Vaughan@ag.gov.au) if you have any questions.

All enquiries will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

Full details of the chambers and its members can be found on its website at www.5selborne.com.au. All enquiries and applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.

Class actions have been the subject of recent attention by Parliaments, the executive, law reform commissions and the courts, including two recent decisions of the High Court. Much of this attention has focused on the way class actions are funded, and the consequences of funding being available. Significant differences of view may be emerging as to how the public interest is best advanced when it comes to regulating class actions themselves, and the means by which the capital necessary to conduct them is made available. This seminar aims to take a deeper look at these issues.

Further details and registration to attend in person (Court 1, Level 21, Law Courts Building) or remotely via Zoom are available here.

Members and chambers staff have guaranteed access to dedicated permanent or casual childcare places at Bligh Street and Phillip Street, 7.00 am to 6.00pm from Monday to Friday.

For further information or to book your child into care please contact Guardian Early Learning Group on ph: 13 82 30 or via email: corp.enrolments@guardian.edu.au. Please advise Guardian that you are a member of the New South Wales Bar Association in order to take advantage of the Family Care scheme.

More information on the scheme is available on the Bar Association's website or by contacting Chris Winslow at the New South Wales Bar Association: cwinslow@nswbar.asn.au

Any questions should be directed to Troy Anderson, Public Defenders Chambers E: troy.anderson@justice.nsw.gov.au

This webinar is open to New South Wales Bar Association members and will be run by registration only. Numbers are limited. For further information, or to register for this event, please click here.

This seminar has been organised by the NSW Bar Association’s Education Committee.

The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (“ICC”), of which Australia is a party, provides victims of serious international crimes with broad rights to participation in proceedings before, during and after a trial. These rights include the right to communicate with the Court before an investigation is initiated by the Office of the Prosecutor, to make submissions on the parameters of the investigation and standing to participate through a legal representative during trials. As a result, victim participation has become an increasingly accepted component of tribunals for serious international crimes and human rights violations and has the ability to influence the outcome of proceedings.

Speakers Megan Hirst, Eva Buzo and Kate Gibson will explore the framework through which victims are afforded participatory rights in international tribunals and how they are utilised by often highly marginalised and vulnerable individuals. Drawing on their expertise working at international tribunals, the speakers will address the challenges of bridging the gap between complex and lengthy criminal proceedings and meaningfully including victims in these proceedings.

Numbers are limited. For further information, or to register for this event, please click here.

The NSW Bar Runners Team is an initiative of the Wellbeing Committee. For more information about living a balanced and healthy lifestyle and various sporting and recreational activities sponsored by the committee, visit the Wellbeing pages on the Bar Association's website.

A copy of this notice, the agenda, nomination forms for positions of the executive and proxy forms has also been emailed to all women barristers.

Please contact Emily Graham, Co-Secretary, for the Zoom link and other documents: egraham@chambers.net.au

You may recall an AGM was held earlier this year (on 24 February 2021) which was the postponed 2019 AGM that could not proceed last year because of COVID-19. This is the AGM for the 2020 year which will bring us up to date with COVID-affected AGMs!

The Webinar registration link is available here.