To assist individuals or organisations in preparing submissions on a charter of rights, or in simply finding out more about what it would mean, the Law Council has prepared a range of material,...
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The following is the full text of an (unpublished) letter to the editor of the Daily Telegraph from President Anna Katzmann SC concerning Tuesday's story entitled "Sex Trials Warning".
Janet...
Read more >The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released a report into the decline in the clear up rate for sexual assault since the mid-1990s. The report cites a change in the profile of sexual...
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On 7 February 2009 the National Judicial College held its conference: "Judicial Reasoning, Art or Science?" Most of the papers delivered at the conference are now available online. Learn more>
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Read more >The Family Law Amendment Rules 2009 (No.1) amend the Family Law Rules 2004 to incorporate changes to support the new trial and case management pathway and docket system, the de facto relationship...
Read more >The Family Court has published a notice to the profession advising it of changes to forms resulting from the commencement, on 1 March 2009, of the substantive provisions of the Family Law Act 1975...
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The Australian Lawyers Surfing Association Inc is holding its annual continuing legal education conference at the** Novotel Lombok on 18-23 August 2009**. Topics include commercial law, environmental...
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The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) is seeking the pro bono services of a member of the bar with expertise in employment law and contracts to join its Management Committee. IARC is a...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:
Thomas v State of New South Wales [2008] NSWCA 316 Tamerji v Rhee [2008] NSWCA 314 Dome Resources NL v Silver [2008] NSWCA...
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New South Wales Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced three new judicial appointments:
>> The Hon Justice Peter Young has been appointed as a judge of appeal, replacing Justice Virginia...
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The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has released a report recommending that certain fees paid to the Office of the Protective Commissioner (OPC) be capped at significantly lower...
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It was reported in yesterday's In Brief that a ceremonial sitting to mark the retirement of the Hon Justice Brian Tamberlin will be held in courtroom 21A of the Law Courts Building. This was...
Read more >The New South Wales Law Reform Commission has released Report 119 (2008): _Young People and Consent to Health Care. _The chair of the inquiry, Professor Michael Tilbury, described the current law in...
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The NSW Bar Association has been a Recognised Mediation Accreditation Body (RMAB) since May 2008. Since this date, the association has accredited 67 members as mediators. To better inform accredited...
Read more >The Bar Library has announced the winners of the 2009 Academy Awards Competition. There was a two-way tie for first place between two members of the Bar Association's staff, Chris D'Aeth and Tess...
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This year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln is an eight-volume set first published in 1953.� The set contains correspondence,...
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Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland delivered an address to the 2009 Constitutional Law Conference at New South Wales Parliament House last Friday evening. The attorney reflected on how...
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Legal Aid NSW is seeking applicants for the position of director, family law (Permanent full-time).� The total remuneration package is valued at up to $159,086 per annum, including salary...
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Legalwise Seminars has organised skills-based seminars to help members of the bar stay abreast of all the latest legislative developments. Join them for Gaming and Liquor Licensing Update a half-day...
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The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History will host a prize-giving ceremony on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 at 10.30am for the winners of the 2008 Legal History Essay Competition. Sir...
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The following two opinions of the lords of appeal are available on the House of Lords web site, the first of which relates to the deportation to Jordan of Abu Qatada.
RB (Algeria) (FC) and another...
Read more >The NSW Council for Civil Liberties and the Law Council of Australia are opposed to some provisions of the Foreign Evidence Amendment Bill 2008, which was introduced into the Federal Parliament in...
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NSW Caselaw was developed in 1999 to provide on-line published judgments and decisions for courts and tribunals in New South Wales. Occasionally, judgments may be removed. For example, an earlier...
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New South Wales Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced that the Circle Sentencing Programme will be widened to include Nambucca, the tenth such location.
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Read more >His Honour Acting Judge Duck has been reappointed as an acting judge of the District Court of New South Wales and as a member of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales, effective 1 March 2009...
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