The Australian Bar Association has praised�Attorney-General�Robert McClelland�for his consultative approach to�making judicial appointments. Meanwhile, in the United...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Read more >At a meeting of Bar Council on 6 August, the persons listed below�were accepted as members of the New South Wales Bar Association.
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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...
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__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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland has opened the 9th National Mediation Conference in Perth. In his address, the attorney discussed, among other things,�the development and implementation of...
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Expressions of interest are sought from members of the Bar wishing to become an accredited mediator as well as those who may wish for their names to be provided to the District Court for...
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A ceremonial sitting will be held on** Monday, 13 October 2008** to mark the retirement, from 14 October, of the Hon Justice Catherine Branson as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.
The...
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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...
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The Executive Council of New South Wales has approved the latest allocation of the administration of Acts among the ministry. The allocation�was included in a special supplement to the NSW...
Read more >Greg Beauchamp, of Second Floor Wentworth Chambers,�has been appointed as�the Bar Association's representative on the Workers Compensation Commission Users' Group.�Should any member...
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The following four cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of FCR:
Australian Medic-Care Company Ltd v Hamilton Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd (No 4) [2008] FCA 1038 Finn J
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The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)�has invited�all�members�to an address by�Mark Leeming SC on "What is a trust?", to be held�at Banco Court, Queen's...
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On 8 September, In Brief published the High Court calendar of sittings for 2009. Since then, the court has made some amendments to its schedule. View the amended calendar�>
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