Inbrief

A new look for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC)�has been 're-branded'�as the Australian Human Rights Commission and given a new mission statement.�The commission's logo has...

Last chance to register for the Federal Criminal Law Conference and Conference Dinner, Friday 5 September 2008

The New South Wales Bar Association and the Law Council of Australia are hosting the Federal Criminal Law Conference this Friday, 5 September 2008 in Sydney. The primary purpose of the one day...

Judicial Commission Civil Trials Bench Book now available online

The Judicial Commission of New South Wales has advised that its Civil Trials Bench Book is now available�online.

The Civil Trials Bench Book is now available free of charge through the...

Official opening of Indigenous Art Exhibition, 5.30pm this afternoon

You are invited to an exceptional exhibition of fine Indigenous art from the Papunya Region and Utopia people of Central Australia. Ars Musica Australia (AMA), together with the Indigenous Barristers...

Request for donation of Supreme Court Rules to Crown Law Office, Tonga

The Association is seeking members who may be able to assist with a request from the Crown Law Office in Tonga.

A large number of books�have been destroyed�when the Office was burnt down...

NSW Attorney General's Department policy on robing rooms

The NSW Attorney General's Department has recently confirmed with the Association that it is Departmental policy to provide robing room facilities for barristers in courthouses.

In response to...

Australian Bar praises Commonwealth Attorney-General's consultation on judicial appointments

The President of the Australian Bar Association, Mr Tom Bathurst QC, has praised the consultative approach taken by the Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland, MP, to recent...

Increase in interest on unpaid legal costs

At its meeting on 2 September 2008, the Reserve Bank Board decided to decrease the cash rate by 25 basis points to 7 per cent, effective 3 September 2008. Accordingly the rate of interest on unpaid...

Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research 2007 NSW Criminal Courts Statistics Annual Report

The Bureau of Crime Staistics and Research ("BOCSAR") today released its 2007 NSW Criminal Courts Statistics Annual Report. The Report�shows further increases in the percentage of New South...

Reissue of Local Court Practice Note 3 of 2008: Procedures to be adopted at DVEK Courts

The Local Court has reissued Practice Note�3 of 2008 entitled "Procedures to be adopted at DVEK Courts". The Practice Note was reissued on 29 August 2008. View the Practice Note

2 September...

Reissue of Local Court Practice Note 1 of 2006 : Domestic Violence Court Intervention Model

The Local Court has reissued Practice Note 1 of 2006 entilted "Procedures to be adopted for Domestic Violence Court Intervention Model at Campbelltown and Wagga Wagga Local Courts". The Practice Note...

Cases selected for reporting

Cases selected for reporting in CLR by J D Merralls QC

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

CGU Insurance v Porthouse [2008] HCA 30

Roach v Electoral Cmmr [2007]...

Papers to note: Legislative Council review of MAA and Motor Accidents Council

The Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice has published the _Review of the Exercises and Functions of the Motor Accidents Authority and the Motor Accidents Council, _its ninth...

Legislation to note: Real Property Regulation 2008

The Real Property�Regulation 2008 has been gazetted. This Regulation replaces the Real Property Regulation 2003, which�was repealed today, 1 September 2008 by�section 10 (2) of the...

Farewell ceremony for Chief Justice Murray Gleeson

On Friday, 29 August 2008, a ceremonial sitting of the High Court was held to farewell Chief Justice A M Gleeson AC. Attorney-General Robert McClelland and the president of the Australian Bar...

15 Bobber: the Hon Justice Nye Perram

To celebrate the appointment of the Hon Justice Nye Perram to the Federal Court of Australia a 15 Bobber will be held on Friday, 12 September 2008. Speaking for the Hon Justice Nye Perram will be...

Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal appeals now heard by the District Court

Appeals against Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal decisions will be heard in the District Court and no longer in the Supreme Court, according to an announcement by Fair Trading Minister Linda...

New appointments to the Federal Magistrates Court

Attorney-General Robert McClelland�has announced the appointment of seven new federal magistrates, two of whom will be based in Sydney.

“It is with great pleasure that I announce the...

15 Bobber: the Hon Justice Lindsay Foster

To celebrate the appointment of the Hon Justice Lindsay Foster to the Federal Court of Australia a 15 Bobber will be held on Friday, 26 September 2008. Speaking for the Hon Justice Lindsay Foster...