Inbrief

Tomorrow: Cheap and Quick Bench and Bar Lunch

The next Bench and Bar Lunch for 2008�will be held�tomorrow, 30 September 2008 at the Barracks Cafe, Macquarie Street.�A selection of three main courses is offered with tea or coffee...

Cocktail party to support Afghani women lawyers

Members are encouraged to support the work that the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) is doing�to assist Afghani women lawyers. UNIFEM Australia will bring three more...

Inaugural NSW Bar v Victorian Bar football match

The inaugural NSW Bar v Victorian Bar football match�will kick off at St Andrews Oval, University of Sydney, at 3.00pm on Saturday, 6 September 2008.

The curtain-raiser will be a game between...

Convicted sex offenders to be barred from changing their names

Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced that convicted sex offenders will not be allowed to change their names under a proposal agreed to by the Corrective Services Ministers Conference last...

Diarise for next week: swearing-in for his Honour Judge Michael King SC

On **Tuesday,�17 June�2008 **there will be a ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of Michael King SC as a judge of the District Court of New South Wales. It will take place at 9.30am in...

US Supreme Court decision on the Military Commissions Act

The United States Supreme Court has ruled that�a key provision of the Military Commissions Act 2006�"operates as�an unconstitutional suspension" of habeas corpus. The president of the...

Appointments to note: crown prosecutors

Mr Peter Maxwell Miller has been appointed as a deputy senior crown prosecutor for the period commencing on 12 June 2008 and expiring on 26 September 2012, pursuant to section 4B(1) of the Crown...

Appointments in foreign fields: help In Brief to stay in touch

Many members of the New South Wales Bar accept appointments in foreign fields: perhaps as counsel assisting international war crimes tribunals; in�operational deployment with�the Defence...

Papers to note: Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research quarterly crime update

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published the March 2008 quarterly update of recorded crime in New South Wales. Both the government and the opposition have released their...

Law Council seminar on international commercial law and dispute resolution

The Law Council's International Law Section will host a seminar on "International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution: UNIDROIT's contribution". The seminar will be held at Selborne Chambers, 174...

Recent House of Lords decisions

The following three opinions of the lords of appeal are available on the House of Lords web site: In re Doherty (Original Respondent and Cross-appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2008] UKHL 33 11 June...

Web watch: Centre for Climate Law

The�Australian National University’s Centre for Climate Law was officially opened last week by the minister for environment, heritage and the arts, the Hon Peter Garrett MP. The centre,...

Accredited mediators in the Federal Court

The Federal Court adopted the Australian National Mediator Accreditation System on 28 January 2008 and is now a recognised mediator accreditation body. The court has taken steps to ensure that its...

Family dispute resolution provisions to take effect on 1 July 2008

All people applying to the Family Court for a parenting order must first attend family dispute resolution under changes to family law, except where there is child abuse, family violence or in matters...

New head of the ADT Legal Services Division

The Hon Justice Haylen has been appointed as a part-time deputy president of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal of NSW and as the divisional head of the Legal Services Tribunal, effective 9 June...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of FCR:

SZAJB v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship��[2008] FCAFC 75 French, Allsop and...

Ian Lloyd QC appointed to Fiji Court of Appeal

Ian Lloyd QC of Martin Place Chambers has been appointed�to�the Fiji Court of Appeal and will be sitting on that court from October / November 2008.�The Fiji Court of Appeal...

Information gathering powers of government agencies under the spotlight

The Administrative Review Council's report, The�Coercive Information-gathering Powers of Government Agencies, has been tabled in the Australian Parliament today. According to the council's web...

Appointments to the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council

Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced four new appointments to the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council (NADRAC). NADRAC is an independent non statutory body providing...

Minister releases latest valuation of WorkCover

The NSW WorkCover Scheme has a surplus of $1.2 billion and assets equal to 109 per cent of liabilities, according to results released today by the minister for industrial relations, the Hon John...

Vale Mark Gerard McFadden (1957-2008)

A requiem mass for Dr Mark McFadden of Frederick Jordan Chambers will be celebrated at St Aloysius Catholic Church, Giddings Avenue, Cronulla, on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 1:00pm, followed by a...

Practising certificate renewals: late fee now applies

All practising certificate renewal documentation and payment�was due at�the Bar Association�on 7 June 2008.�A �statutory late fee now�applies.

**Please note: **Do not...

Legislation to note: new Roads Regulation gazetted today

The sun has set on the�Roads Regulation 2000 (NSW), which has been replaced today by the Roads Regulation 2008.

4 June 2008

Victorian Bar's professional standards scheme gazetted

The Trade Practices Amendment Regulations 2008 (No.2) (Cth) have been added to the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The object of the regulations, as provided by the explanatory...

AG announces extension of continuing detention orders

Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced further changes to Continuing Detention Orders (CDOs) and Extended Supervision Orders (ESOs) for high-risk sex offenders. In his media release, the...