Registrations are now open for The New South Wales Bar Association Regional CPD Conferences. Full attendance at a conference will attract 10 CPD points, covering the four strands required for the...
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The Great Bar Boat Race will now be held on Monday, 22 December 2008. The deadline for entries is Friday, 5 December. The starting line is in the vicinity of Shark Island, finishing at Store Beach....
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High Court judges should not linger on beyond their 'used by' date, according to the Hon Justice Michael Kirby, who delivered the inaugural Neville Wran Lecture last night.�In speaking about the...
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Since March 2007, the Supreme Court has made a telephone conference service available in the Common Law Division for matters at the directions hearing stage. The court recommends this service to the...
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The Queensland Government has legislated to prevent the misuse of courtroom recordings and transcripts made when cases are not being heard. In a media statement issued today, Attorney-General and...
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The retirement ceremony for the Hon Justice Windeyer of the Supreme Court will be held at 9.15am on 26 November�in the�Banco Court. Barristers should wear robes and wigs - but senior...
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The Australian Lawyers Surfing Association invites members of the bar to dust off their long boards in preparation for the 2008 Surfabout on 22 December at Queenscliff Manly.�ALSA has teamed up...
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The following decisions of the lords of appeal�were handed down on 12 November and are available on the House of Lords web site:
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The lieutenant governor today issued a proclamation for the commencement on 12 November 2008 of�the provisions of the Civil Liability Legislation Amendment Act.�Among other things,...
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The Indigenous Barristers Trust - the Mum Shirl Fund - invites members�to attend a forum for Indigenous law students on Thursday, 27 November 2008 in the Bar Association Common Room.
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The Bar Library has�accessioned the following new titles into its collection. The librarian says�that whilst it is�satisfying to see�the number of new books being�written by...
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As part of today's mini-budget, the�NSW Government has announced that it will increase fees for civil litigants who use the NSW Supreme Court.�Attorney General John Hatzistergos has...
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Attorney-General John Hatzistergos has announced that today's mini-budget provides funding for an extra 14 lawyers for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Learn more>
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Law Council President Ross Ray QC and NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos will open the Access to Justice conference this **Friday,�14 November. **Guests of note will include Commonwealth...
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The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General, meeting today in Brisbane, have agreed to develop a national electronic register of suppression orders. Learn more>
10 November 2008
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Voting for the 2009 Bar Council closes at 1.00pm on this Friday, 14 November 2008.� If you have not voted please return your ballot papers as soon as possible. The Annual General Meeting will be...
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AustLII has organised a training programme for online legal research, which�aims to assist users to obtain the maximum benefits from AustLII, WorldLII, and other Internet legal research tools....
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The Bar Library will be closed from 12 noon Friday, 19 December 2008 to Friday 9 January 2009 inclusive. The�library�will be open from 10.00am to 4.00pm from Monday, 12 January 2009 to...
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Faced with a staggering legal aid bill of more than two billion pounds, and 117,000 legally aided defendants in Crown Court each year,��the Ministry of Justice in the UK has...
Read more >The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General is working on a uniform spent convictions scheme, which provides that certain convictions do not generally need to be disclosed after the offender...
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The WorkCover Guidelines for the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment,�known as the âWorkCover Guidesâ, have been gazetted today, Friday 7 November. These guidelines�are issued...
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The Model Criminal Law Officers' Committee of the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has released a discussion paper, entitled Non-consensual Genetic Testing.�The closing date for comments...
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The date�for the** 2008 Great Bar Boat Race�has been changed** to Monday,�22 December. The registration form will be sent via In Brief later this week.
10�November 2008
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The National Pro Bono Resource Centre has released the findings of a survey,�which looked at the pro bono practice of 355 barristers from all states and territories, covering a range of practice...
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Members are invited to�a keynote address on Thursday, 20 November by visiting Emeritus Professor John McLaren (Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, British Columbia) on the subject "Dewigged,...
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