Inbrief

2008 Bar Library Academy Awards Competition

The Bar Library has announced the winners of the 2008 Academy Awards Competition. It was a four-way tie:

• Darren Jenkins, Queens Square Chambers
• Natalie Adams, Crown Prosecutors' Chambers
• Tess...

A new guide for students wanting to practise as a barrister

The Bar Council�of England and Wales has published a new edition of�It's Your Call, an informtion booklet for those who are thinking of coming to the Bar. View the brochure>

28 February...

Web watch: Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

The Legacy Tobacco Documents Library (LTDL) is maintained by the University of California, San Francisco. It contains more than eight million documents (43+ million pages) created by major tobacco...

Legal profession calls for closure of Guantanamo Bay

The Australian Bar Association is among 34 legal professional bodies that have signed a letter to the president of the United States and the prime minister of Canada, calling upon them to close the...

Bar Council business for November 2007 - February 2008

Life membership

The Bar Council resolved by acclamation that Michael Slattery QC, the association’s immediate past-president, be appointed a life member of the Bar Association for his...

Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008

The Protection of the Environment Operations (Noise Control) Regulation 2008 (NSW) was gazetted on Friday, 22 February 2008. The principal object of the regulation is to repeal and remake, with minor...

Legislation to note: Consumer Claims Amendment Act to commence on 1 March 2008

The Consumer Claims Amendment Act 2007 has been proclaimed and will commence on�1 March 2008, as will the Consumer Claims Amendment Regulation 2008.�The object of the Act, as stated in the...

$100 deposit on Supreme Court transcripts

The Supreme Court has instituted a $100 deposit on transcript fees. The deposit is payable at the time a transcript order is submitted. Learn more>

22 February 2008

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

__The following cases (16) will be headnoted, verified and published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR.

Commonwealth of Australia v Griffiths and Another [2007] NSWCA 370 (CA) (14.12.07) (40260/2006)... Read more >

Expressions of interest or nominations sought for appointment as federal magistrates

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has written to the Bar Association, inviting expressions of interest, or nominations of suitable persons, for appointment as federal magistrates in Adelaide,...

Changes to military justice: Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008

The Australian Government has introduced the Defence Legislation Amendment Bill 2008. The principal object of the Bill, as stated in the explanatory memorandum, is�"to give effect to certain...

Recent House of Lords decisions

The following opinions of the lords of appeal�are available on the House of Lords web site:

Scottish & Newcastle International Limited (Respondents) v Othon Ghalanos Limited (a company...

Tonight: beyondblue workplace programme

The NSW Bar Association has formed a partnership with beyondblue, the national depression initiative. This seminar, designed for heads of chambers and clerks, will be presented by beyondblue to...

Don't ring the judge: Young J

In the recent edition of Australian Law Journal, (2008) 82 ALJ 71, the Hon Justice Peter Young AO has issued a short missive�aimed at�practitioners who make unnecessary phone calls to...

Federal Court Practice Note No.27

On 18 February 2008 the chief justice of the Federal Court�issued a new Practice Note No 27; Gross sum costs under Order 62 paragraph 4(2)(c) Federal Court Rules. The Practice Note provides that...

Invitiation to the unveiling of Bob Bellear portrait

On Wednesday,�12 March 2008 at 5.15 pm in the Bar Association Common Room, the association will be honoured to unveil a portrait of Bob Bellear at his swearing in to the District Court.�...

Indigenous Barristers Strategy Working Party invite you to The 7 Stages of Grieving

The Indigenous Barristers' Strategy Working Party is proud to support The 7 Stages of Grieving, one of Australia’s most popular and celebrated Indigenous plays. Join members of the Working Party...

Legislation to note: Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008

The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Bill 2008 has been introduced in the House of Representatives. The object of the Bill, as outlined in the explanatory memorandum, is to...

Federal judicial appointments raised in House of Representatives question time

During yesterday's question time in the House of Representatives, Attorney General Robert McClelland responded to a Dorothy Dixer about changes to the federal judicial appointments process.�

Mr...

Australian solicitors give an average of one week per year to pro bono work

The National Pro Bono Resource Centre has released the results of its national survey on pro bono leagal work done by Australian solicitors. According to the centre's media release,�roughly $250...

2008 Bar Library Academy Awards Competition

The Bar Library Academy Awards Competition has become a valued tradition of the NSW Bar. Download your entry form>

22�February 2008

Positions vacant: judges in the High Court of England and Wales

Whilst Attorney-General Robert McClelland has been taking the initial steps to review federal judicial appointments in this country, the United Kingdom is several steps in front. The Judicial...

Australian Bar Association condemns Government of Fiji

The president of the Australian Bar Association, Mr Tom Bathurst QC joined the International Bar Association in condemning the decision of the Fiji Government to ban a visit of senior jurists from...

Papers to note: Comparative Performance Monitoring report on workers

The minister for employment and workplace relations yesterday�released the Comparative Performance Monitoring report on Australia’s occupational health and safety (OHS) and workers’...

Appointments to the Drug Court and Dust Diseases Tribunal

His Honour Judge Taylor AM RFD has been appointed as a judge of the Drug Court of New South Wales, effective 14 February 2008.

His Honour Acting Judge Johns has been appointed as an acting judge of...