Inbrief

Final reminder: fourth annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture

The Fourth Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture will be held **tomorrow, 24 September 2009 **at 6.30pm at Freehills, Level 32, MLC Centre, Martin Place. The guest speaker for the evening will be...

AIJA Conference on adversarial justice

The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law are calling for papers to present at the conference on Non‐Adversarial Justice: Implications for the...

Supreme Court announces delays in probate grants

The Supreme Court has warned to expect extended delays on receipt of a grant of probate. "Unfortunately, a large number of unexpected staff absences through illness over the last month has reduced...

New president of the American Bar Association

The American Bar Association has a new president, one with strong credentials in international and trade law. Carolyn Lamm is an international arbitration, litigation and trade lawyer and partner at...

Early Bird Extended for 36th Australian Legal Convention

Early Bird registration for the up-coming 36th Australian Legal Convention has been extended, giving delegates extra time to secure their place at the conference at a reduced rate. Delegates now have...

Reminder: conference on rehabilitation and corrective services

The International Commission of Jurists Australia and the Community Justice Coalition invite members to a seminar on "Our Prisons – Human Rights, Mental Health & Privatisation", which will take...

MERIT gets a tick from the NSW auditor

New South Wales Auditor General Peter Achterstraat today called for an expansion of services for Aboriginal defendants in the NSW justice system. The MERIT (Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment)...

NSW Government departmental amalgamations

The New South Wales Government completed its departmental amalgamation with the gazettal of the Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009, which provides details...

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

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

_McManus RE Pty Ltd v Ward _[2009] NSWSC 440 R v Davidson [2009] NSWCCA 150 Turagadamudamu v PMP Ltd [2009] NSWCA 120

For...

Government gazettes bikie Regulation

The New South Wales Government has gazetted the_ Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Amendment (Criminal Organisations) Regulation 2009_. The object of this Regulation, as provided by the...

The World Bar Conference April 2010

The 5th World Bar Conference will be held in Sydney, between **Thursday, 1 April and Sunday, 4 April 2010. **The conference theme will be "The New Legal Challenges". It will commence with a reception...

Final reminder: 2009 Advanced Mediation Workshop

Following on from the sold out workshop last year, the 2009 Advanced Mediation workshop, to be held on Saturday 5 September 2009 from 9:00am – 4:45pm in the Bar Association Common **Room, will...

SBS Insight - Consent: Is it as simple as yes or no?

Ian McClintock SC, from the Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee, was a studio guest on SBS Insight's discussion last night on consent in sexual assault cases. Insight can be viewed online...

Minister invites submissions on reform of Indigenous heritage protection laws

The minister for the environment, heritage and the arts has invited written submissions on proposed reforms to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act 1984. The Australian...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

The following are cases selected by V Kline for reporting in the FCR:_

Ngo v United States of America� [2009] FCAFC 87 SZLSM v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship� [2009] FCA 537 _...

Compensation when governments get things wrong

The Commonwealth ombudsman, Professor John McMillan, today called for improvements to the delivery of an Australian Government scheme for compensating victims of deficient government advice,...