Inbrief

President

The New South Wales Bar Association is honoured to present a guest lecture by Justice Myron T Steele, the chief justice of the Delaware Supreme Court.

Since 2000, Justice Steele has served on the...

Welcome to Jury Service: A Guide For Jurors

The Attorney General's Department has published a new guide to jury service in New South Wales. A copy may be downloaded in PDF.

P A Selth

14 March 2007

Vale Daniel Edmund Horton QC

Daniel Edmund Horton QC, formerly of Blackstone Chambers, died on Monday, 12 March 2007. A requiem mass will be held at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, cnr. Willoughby and Carabella Streets,...

Upcoming 15 Bobbers

Collegiality

The following 15 Bobbers are to be held in the New South Wales Bar Association Common Room.

To celebrate the appointment of His Hon Judge Richard Cogswell SC to the District...

The Bar Association

This morning the New South Wales Bar released its Criminal Justice Policy for the attention of all parties in the present election campaign. This non-partisan policy has been developed by the New...

Fair compensation forums in key marginal electorates

The president of the Bar Association, Michael Slattery QC, will address an election forum at** 7:00pm on Thursday, 15 March 2007 at the Balmain Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 370 Darling...

Fee recovery services

Bar Brief No. 138 (Feb-March 2007) featured an article on fee recovery services. Further to that article, the Bar Association has prepared a schedule of firms prepared to undertake fee recovery work... Read more >

The Australian Legal Convention, Intercontinental Hotel, Sydney, 23-25 March 2007

I invite all members of the Association to consider registering for the whole or part of the Australian Legal Convention which will be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney commencing on...

New Barristers Committee: Invitation to drinks on Wednesday, 7 March 2007

The New Barristers Committee will be hosting informal drinks at Bar Europa, 82-88 Elizabeth Street, Sydney on Wednesday 7 March 2007 from 5.30pm. All barristers are welcome. Drinks will be standard...

Notice on behalf of Chief Justice Spigelman AC,Thursday, 1st March 2007

The following announcement has been posted on behalf of the chief justice of New South Wales, the Hon J J Spigelman AC.

On 1 March 2007 the _Sydney Morning Herald _published a front page story:...

Tonight: Bar Association president to address public meeting in Lane Cove

Tonight, the president of the NSW Bar Association, Michael Slattery QC, will address a public meeting of parliamentarians, candidates, representatives from the legal profession and local residents in...

15 Bobber for the Hon Justice D J Hammerschlag

A 15 Bobber will be held in the Bar Common Room on Thursday, 1 March 2007 to celebrate the appointment of David Hammerschlag as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

VENUE: Bar Common...

Part-time employment opportunities wanted for Indigenous law students

As part of the Bar Association's Indigenous Barristers Strategy, all barristers, clerks and chambers are encouraged to identify part-time employment opportunities for Indigenous law students....

Appointments to the District Court of New South Wales

Mr Robert Stephen Toner SC and Ms Leonie Flannery SC have been appointed as judges of the District Court of New South Wales.

Ms Leonie Flannery SC has been appointed as a judge of the District Court...

Swearing out ceremony for the Hon Justice Bignold

The Hon Justice N R Bignold will be sworn out as a judge of the Land and Environment Court at 9.30am on Tuesday, 13 March 2007 in the Banco Court, Queens Square. Members of the legal profession and...

Funeral service for Russell Francis Wilkins

A funeral service will be held for the late Russell Francis Wilkins at St James Anglican Church, King Street, Sydney on Thursday, 15 February 2007 at 3.30pm.

In lieu of flowers, all donations should...

Retirement of the Hon Justice Bryson

The Hon Justice Bryson is to retire as a judge of appeal of the Supreme Court. A formal ceremony will be held in the Banco Court at 9.30am on Wednesday, 28 February 2007.

P A Selth

9 February 2007

Bar Cricket

The NSW Bar cricket team will play the Qld Bar in Brisbane on the weekend of 24/25 March 2007 for the Callinan Trophy. Any interested players should contact Lachlan Gyles ( gyles@tenthfloor.org or...

Vale Russell Francis Wilkins

Russell Francis Wilkins of Henry Parkes Chambers died today, Thursday, 8 February 2007.

Funeral arrangements will be announced when available.

P A Selth

8 February 2007

'A Fair Go For Injured People' TV campaign is underway

In September last year the New South Wales Bar Association, the Law Society of New South Wales, the Law Council of Australia and Australian Lawyers Alliance launched a joint public information...

Maurice Byers Address 2007

At the lectern

The 2007 Sir Maurice Byers Address will be delivered by the Hon Justice J D Heydon AC on Thursday, 3 May 2007 in the Bar Association Common Room.

Bench & Bar Dinner 2007

The Bench & Bar Dinner will be held on Friday, 11 May 2007 at the Hilton Hotel. The guest of honour will be the Hon Michael McHugh AC QC. Invitation and registration brochures will be distributed...

Appointments to the Local Court of New South Wales

Mark Richardson and Robert William will be sworn in as magistrates of the New South Wales Local Court at a full bench ceremony on Monday, 5 March 2007 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing...

Invitation to the unveiling of a portrait of the Hon Mary Gaudron

On Wednesday, 21 February 2007 at 5.15 pm in the Bar Association Common Room, the association will be honoured to unveil the portrait of the Hon Mary Gaudron which the Bar Association has...

Federal Magistrates Court Practice Direction 1 of 2007

Practice Direction No 1 of 2007 has been issued by the chief federal magistrate. As noted in the Practice Direction, the new divorce forms are available for use in divorce proceedings from 5 February...