Inbrief

Court sittings during World Youth Day celebrations on 17 July 2008

The Supreme Court has announced that due to CBD road closures on Thursday, 17 July 2008�it will not be conducting criminal trials, except where a jury is deliberating; CCA hearings where...

Practising certificate renewals 2008-09 renewals update no.1

All New South Wales barristers' practising certificates expire on 30 June 2008.� Therefore, a new practising certificate has to have been�issued before a barrister may practise from 1 July...

NSW Government to tighten restrictions on vexatious litigants

Courts will be asked to consider protocols to refer vexatious litigants to mental health treatment, under a proposal announced by Attorney General John Hatzistergos on Sunday, 11 May 2008. The NSW...

Reminder: swearing-in ceremony for Levy SC and Elkaim SC

On Thursday, 15 May 2008 there will be a ceremonial sitting for the�swearing-in of�Leonard Levy SC and�Michael Elkaim SC as judges of the District Court of New South Wales. It will...

New amendments to the Supreme Court Rules

At its meeting on Monday, 5 May 2008, the Supreme Court Rule Committee approved the�Supreme Court (Corporations) Amendment (No 8) Rules 2008. The object of the amendments, as provided in the...

St Thomas More Society fundraiser

Philanthropy

The St Thomas More Society invite members of the Bar to attend a fundraising evening at New South Wales Parliament House to raise money for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds...

Humanitarian Law Perspectives seminar - 29 May

“In July 1995… [D]espite a UN Security Council resolution declaring that the [UN ‘safe area’ of Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina], was to be ‘free from armed attack or...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

The following 15�cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of FCR:

Harrington v Rich�[2008] FCAFC 61 Sackville, Emmett, Jacobson��� Repatriation Commission v Warren...

Law Management Journal looks at the role of barristers' clerks

The Autumn 2008 issue of Australasian Law Management Journal features an article by Lynette MacDonald, clerk�at Blackstone Chambers,�on the evolving role of barristers' clerks in New South...

Cases selected for reporting in NSWLR by the editor, Bret Walker SC

The following�five cases will be headnoted, verified and published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR.

Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union v Noack [2004]...

Local Court Practice Note 4 of 2008: committal hearings in the Local Court

On 29 April, Chief Magistrate Graeme Henson issued Practice Note 4 of 2008: Procedures to be adopted for committal hearings in the Local Court for proceedings commenced on or after 1 May 2008. View...

Counsel's Chambers re-launch the National Dispute Centre hearing rooms

You are invited to attend Counsel Counsel’s Chambers Limited's re re-launch of their newly refurbished hearing rooms, located at level 1, 174 Phillip St, Sydney.

When: **Tuesday,20thMay...

15 Bobber - The Hon Justice Lucy McCallum and His Hon Judge Paul Lakatos SC

To celebrate the appointment of the Hon Justice Lucy McCallum to the Supreme Court of NSW and his Hon Judge Paul Lakatos SC to the District Court of NSW a** 15 Bobber will be held on Friday, 23 May...

Appointment of new Chief Executive Officer of the NSW Legal Aid Commission

Attorney General John Hatzistergos MLC has�announced the appointment of Mr Alan Kirkland as the new Chief Executive Officer of Legal Aid NSW. Mr Kirkland is currently the Executive Director of...

Federal Criminal Law Conference 5 September 2008

The Law Council of Australia and The New South Wales Bar Association are planning to host a Federal Criminal Law Conference on 5 September 2008 in Sydney. The primary purpose of the Conference is to...

Reminder: ceremonial sitting of the Licensing Court of NSW

The Licensing Court of New South Wales will be abolished�at midnight on 30�June 2008.

A ceremonial sitting� will be held on at 9.00am on Monday, 30 June 2008 in Court 5.2 at the...

Amended Local Court Practice Note - Procedures to be Adopted for Domestic Violence Court Intervention Model

The Chief Magistrate has reissued Practice 3 of 17 March 2008 concerning Procedures to be Adopted for Domestic Violence Court Intervention Model.

View the reissued Practice Note.

7 May 2008

Funeral service for His Honour Judge Brian Donovan QC

A funeral service for His Honour Judge Brian Donovan QC, who passed away on 5 May 2008, will be held at�St Marys Cathedral at 2pm, next Monday 12 May 2008.

7 May 2008

Barristers Health Survey

The New South Wales Bar Association is committed to improving the mental and physical health of its members. The Association believes ongoing evaluation of, and research into, mental health and...