Inbrief

Presumed guilty? What do jurors really think? A Julie McCrossin hypothetical

Julie McCrossin will moderate a hypothetical on juries at the forthcoming International Criminal Law Congress, on Saturday, 11 October. Julie will engage in a lively and interactive discussion with...

LCA: Federal Police adopted a "better to be safe than sorry" approach to Haneef case

The Law Council, in its�submission to the Clarke Inquiry into the Case of Dr Mohamed Haneef, has�called for an independent review of all Australia's terrorism laws. Speaking at�a...

Commonwealth A-G congratulates Law Council for sterling service to the profession

Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland has congratulated the Law Council of Australia for its contributions to public policy and its representation of the legal profession. Speaking at the...

The Law Council celebrates its 75th anniversary

Judges, politicians and prominent members of the legal profession will gather in Canberra this evening to mark the Law Council of Australia’s 75th anniversary.�Chief Justice Robert French...

Brain and Mind Research Institute survey on depression in the legal profession

Professor Ian Hickey from the Brain and Mind Research Institute spoke this morning�on Radio National's Breakfast programme about the�high incidence�of depression among Australian...

Australian Bureau of Statistics report on corrective services paints a mixed picture

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has published data�on persons in custody and community-based corrections during�the June quarter of 2008.�The average daily number of full-time...

International commercial arbitration: making it work for business

Attorney-General Robert McClelland, the Hon Justice James Allsop, Malcolm Holmes QC and Andrew Bell SC will be among those speaking at a conference on international commercial arbitration. The...

Update on the condition of Chris Branson QC

Chris Branson QC is now in Acute Care at the Royal North Shore Hospital. His progress is slow and unpredictable at this stage and we are dealing with things mainly on an hour by hour basis. He has...

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

The following two cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR.

Council of the New South Wales Bar Association v Archer [2008] NSWCA 164 Ulan Coal Mines v Minister for Mineral Resources...

Taking the heat out of judicial appointments

The Australian Bar Association has praised�Attorney-General�Robert McClelland�for his consultative approach to�making judicial appointments. Meanwhile, in the United...

Webwatch: InternationalProBono.com - the International Bar Association's pro bono site

The International Bar Association has created a web site to promote access to justice and to collate�resources�that may�assist members of the legal profession�who are...

Swearing in ceremony for federal magistrates Walker and Dunkley

A ceremonial sitting of the Federal Magistrates Court will be held on Monday, 13 October 2008 to mark the swearing-in of Judith Walker and David Dunkley as federal magistrates. The ceremony will take...

Free yoga class before Term 4 begins

Take advantage of�a free trial�yoga class�on Tuesday, 30 September at 7:15am�in the Bar Association Common Room.�All are welcome -�so invite friends and colleagues if...

Review of customary law in bail and sentencing decisions

The Criminal Justice Division of the Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department is conducting a review of the impact which the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 has had...

Local Court Practice Note 6 of 2008: Online Court Protocol

The Local Court has issued Practice Note 6 in respect of a pilot programme for defended proceedings commenced under the Civil Procedure Act 2005 in the Downing Centre Local Court, where the defence...

International guest speakers to talk about criminal justice today and tomorrow

The 11th International Criminal Law Congress in Sydney on 8-12 October 2008�will feature three international guests who specialise in relatively new areas of law.

Joel Michael Schwarz works in...

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

The following five cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR. _ McDonald v Ellis_ [2007] NSWSC 1068 Skulander v Willoughby City Council [2007] NSWCA 116 Davis v Nationwide News Pty...

Bar Council business for August 2008

Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this summary of Bar Council business. Bar Council regularly considers requests by the attorney general, the courts and other agencies for...

New members of the Bar Association

At a meeting of Bar Council on 6 August, the persons listed below�were accepted as members of the New South Wales Bar Association.

Final reminder: 2009 Maurice Byers Address is on tonight

The 2009 Maurice Byers Address will be delivered by Stephen Gageler SC, solicitor-general of Australia, tonight, 7 April 2009 at 5.30 pm in the Bar Association Common Room. The title of the lecture...

Cases selected for reporting in the Federal Court Reports by V Kline

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

Rural Export and Trading Pty Ltd (WA) v Hahnheuser [2008] FCAFC 156 French, Rares, Besanko JJ Gudjala People #2 v Native Title...

Senior Counsel Selection Committee 2008

Paul Byrne SC will be spending a substantial amount of time overseas in the next month and is accordingly unable to complete the duties required of a member of the Senior Counsel Selection Committee....

@LCA: Law Council's e-newsletter, Volume 28, September 2008

Download and view the Law Council's periodic e-newsletter, @theLCA. This bulletin provides timely information to lawyers about issues of national importance. Volume 28: September 2008 is now...

Update on the condition of Chris Branson QC

As at Thursday 11 September Chris Branson QC remains in Intensive Care. At this point his wife Annemarie cannot indicate how much�longer he will be there. Annemarie has asked that members of the...

Blog watch: Charterblog - analysis of Victoria's Charter of Human Rights

Jeremy Gans of Melbourne Law School maintains Charterblog: Analysis of Victoria's Charter of Human Rights. He says that the purpose of the blog is to facilitate the teaching of�charter-based...