Inbrief

LCA Update: A weekly glance at the key activities of the Law Council of Australia

The latest�summary of�LCA submissions and�other initiatives is�now available online. View LCA Update No.139 (18 July 2007)

20 July 2007

Cloak and dagger process puts our fundamental rights at risk: Law Council of Australia

The president of the Law Council of Australia, Mr Tim Bugg,�has criticised the Australian Government�for undermining the judicial system in its dealings with Dr Mohamed Haneef and called...

Reminder: Seminar Five in the Bar Association Rhetoric Series

Seminar�Five in the Bar Association Rhetoric Series, "Changing Rhetoric of Barristers over the Last Century", will be held on Monday, 23 July 2007.�**Seminars start at 5.15pm in the Bar...

APEC security update: a message from the president

The APEC Task Force has released details of security arrangements for the Sydney CBD during the APEC Conference period in late August /early September 2007. The area from King Street�north to...

Reminder: Federal Court seminar on litigation funding

The Corporations and Insolvency Panel of judges in the Sydney Registry of the Federal Court will hold a seminar on litigation funding from 5.00pm to 7.00pm on Monday, 13 August 2007 in the Federal...

Reminder - funeral for John Coombs QC

John Coombs QC,�life member and former president�of the Bar Association, died�on Sunday, 15 July 2007. His funeral will be held at 10.00am on Friday, 20 July 2007 at Macquarie Park...

Life membership: the Hon Justice Ian Callinan AC

� Justice Callinan, who is to retire from the High Court on 31 August 2007, has been a member of the Bar Association since February 1985. At its meeting on 12 July 2007 �Bar Council...

Costs agreement and disclosure precedents

The Bar Association's web site now�includes�precedents for barristers' costs agreements and disclosures. They�are offered in response to requests for precedent costs disclosure...

Diarise for next week: ceremonial sitting for the Hon Justice Richard Conti

A ceremonial sitting will be held in Sydney on Friday, 17 August 2007 to mark the retirment, from 19 August 2007, of the Hon Justice Richard Conti as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia. The...

Bar Association Rhetoric Seminar Series: fourth seminar

Seminar Four in the Bar’s Rhetoric Series will be held this evening,�Tuesday, 10 July 2007. The topic is 'Between Virtu and Fortuna: Rhetoric in Machiavelli's The Prince and Cicero's On...

Reminder: Nominations for Law and Justice Foundation awards close on Monday, 13 August

The Law and Justice Foundation seeks nominations of people who have worked to improve access to justice for socially and economically disadvantaged people in NSW.

The following categories of award...

@theLCA

Download and view the Law Council's periodic e-bulletin, @theLCA. This bulletin provides timely information to lawyers about issues of national importance. Volume�17 is now available online.

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Nationwide News publishes apology to referees for Dr Power

Nationwide News, publisher of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, has published an apology to those who provided character evidence for Dr Power. The apology was published in the Saturday...

Increase in Filing and Other Fees in the Federal Court

The Federal Court has advised that the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has increased the fee payable under sub-sections 644(2) and (3) of the Workplace Relations Act...

Final Sitting Day of the Honourable Justice Studdert - Friday July 6 2007

Tomorrow marks the final sitting day of the Honourable Justice Studdert as a Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

In order to mark this occasion, the President of the Bar Association...

New judge appointed to the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island

Attorney-General Philip Ruddock�has announced the appointment of Justice Peter Jacobson as a judge of the Supreme Court of Norfolk Island. Justice Jacobson will undertake his role on the Supreme...

Federal Magistrates Court Amendment Rules 2007 No 1

The�Federal Magistrates Court Amendment Rules 2007 (No.1) include a number of miscellaneous amendments to the _Federal Magistrates Court Rules 2001. _

The most significant of which include:

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Final reminder: appointment of senior counsel 2007

Applications for appointment as senior counsel for 2007 close at 5.00pm today, 31 July 2007. The principles governing selection and appointment of senior counsel are set out in the Senior Counsel...

Family Court of Australia: compulsory family dispute resolution

The attention of practitioners is drawn to the provisions of ss60I and 60J, which were inserted into the Family Law Act 1975 by the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Act 2006....

Federal Court of Australia: sittings of the full court in 2008

The chief justice has approved the dates for the sittings of a full court of the Federal Court of Australia during 2008.�

View the list of sittings in capital cities >>

28 June 2007

Federal Magistrates Court Practice Direction 2 of 2007

Applicants wishing to apply for an order under Part VII of the Family�Law Act 1975, will be required to provide a certificate from a�registered family dispute resolution practitioner,...

Expert Evidence List

Uniform Court Rules as to expert evidence were introduced in December 2006. Part 31.19 of the rules provides that any litigant seeking to adduce expert evidence must seek directions from the court.

Julius Stone Centenary Conference

The Julius Stone Institute of Jurisprudence based in the Faculty of Law of the University of Sydney is holding a conference from Thursday,�5 July to Saturday, 7 July to mark the centenary of the...

ChamberLinks: a listing of chambers' web sites

The Bar Association's web�site now has a page called ChamberLinks, which lists those chambers with their own web site.�If your chambers has a web site, but does not appear on the list,...

Donations to AustLII: a message from the president of the Law Council

The free services that have been provided for many years by AustLII (the Australian Legal Information Institute) are in danger of being seriously degraded because of a significant shortfall in...