Inbrief

Criminal Organisations Legislation Amendment Act 2009

The uncommenced provisions of the Criminal Organisations Legislation Amendment Act 2009 will commence on 7 August 2009. Learn more>

**31 July 2009 **

Fees owed to counsel - Summit Law Pty Ltd

Pursuant to s623(2) of the Legal Profession Act 2004 (NSW), Raymond John Collins has been appointed manager of the�law practice of **Summit Law Pty Ltd, principally situated at Level 3, 255...

Invitation to the Women in Law Dinner

The Women’s College and The Women Barristers Forum invite you to The Women in Law Dinner on Friday, 28 August 2009 at The Women’s College. The guest speakers will be the Honourable Acting...

Recent decisions of the House of Lords

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

Moore Stephens (a firm) (Respondents) v Stone Rolls Limited (in liquidation (Appellants)�...

Media bouquet for Indigenous Barristers Strategy

On 25 July _The Weekend Australian's _careers section (page 2) ran a story on the Bar Association's Indigenous Barristers Strategy, under the heading 'Mentoring ways help indigenous law students'....

Australia to sign up for UN disabilities protocol

Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services Bill Shorten today announced that Australia will accede to the Optional Protocol on the...

Heather Ridout guest speaker at WLA Corporate Lunch

Members are invited to a lunch time seminar hosted by the Women Lawyers Association on Monday, 10 August 2009. The guest speaker will be Heather Ridout, chief executive of the Australian Industry...

Refurbished Courtrooms and facilities on Level 9 Queens Square

The Supreme Court is pleased to announce that following the completion of the refurbishment of Level 9 at Queens Square, the courtrooms and public areas will be **reopened on Monday, 3 August 2009....

Countdown to return match against the Vic Bar

Organisers have announced the touring squad for the New South Wales Bar football team, which will travel to Melbourne this **Saturday, 5 September **to defend the Suncorp Perpetual Trophy. They are...

Jury Directions: the final report by the VLRC

The final report by the Victorian Law Reform Commission on jury directions has been tabled in parliament today. While launching the report, Attorney General Hulls also announced the Victorian...

UK Human Rights report on policing of G20 demonstrations

The UK Parliament's Joint Select Committee on Human Rights has published a report on its review of the policing of the G20 protests. Demonstrating Respect for Rights? concluded that there is "a long...

Life membership presentation for The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG

The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG will be presented with life membership of the Bar Association at a ceremony in the Bar Common Room on Friday, 28 August 2009 at 5.15pm. Refreshments will be served. No...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

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

Suntory (Aust) Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation_� [2009] FCAFC 80 Dura-Post (Aust) Pty Ltd v Delnorth Pty Ltd� [2009]...

Bar Council business for 11 June 2009

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...

Constitutional law seminars for 2009-2010

The Australian Association of Constitutional Law has just released its program of seminars for 2009-2010, beginning with a forum on 22 September on Pape v Commissioner of Taxation of the Commonwealth...

You are invited to the inaugural Common Law Dinner

** It was on 26 August 1928 that Mrs May Donoghue drank ginger beer from a tumbler which, it was claimed, contained the remains of a decomposed snail. To mark the occasion of the 81st anniversary of...

Fast Track Directions in the Federal Court

The chief justice of the Federal Court issued Practice Note No 30: Fast Track Directions (‘the Fast Track Directions’) on 24 April 2009. The aim of the Fast Track Directions is to provide a...

Diarise for next week: address by DPP Nick Cowdery QC

The NSW Council for Civil Liberties invites members to a lunch with an address by Nick Cowdery QC on Friday, 14 August 2009:� "Prosecutors Do Care about Human Rights - Really!" Mr Cowdery will...

Chief justice to head inquiry in the Caribbean

The state government has announced that Chief Justice Spigelman will head a major corruption inquiry in Antigua and Barbuda. In his place, the president of the New South Wales Court of Appeal,...

Tutors and Readers Dinner photos now available online

Photographs from the 2009 Tutors and Readers Dinner are now available for purchase online at: www.murrayharris.com.au� Click on 'client viewing' and follow the link to the Tutors and Readers...

Diarise for next week: swearing in ceremony for John North

A ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of John North as a judge of the District Court of New South Wales will be held on **Wednesday, 29 July 2009 at 9.30am in Court 21A of John Maddison Tower....

ALRC inquiry into family violence

Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the terms of reference for an inquiry to address issues concerning violence against women and their children. The ALRC will focus on a...

Searching the In Brief archive

__Forgotten the date for an important seminar? Do you have that nagging feeling about an important new practice note? In Brief, the Bar Association's news and current awareness bulletin, has...

Caselaw has more appeal

Did You Know?� There is one web site where you can find High Court appeal outcomes for all NSW Court of Appeal and Court of Criminal Appeal judgments since 2007. All judgments that have been...

Diarise for next week: Blackstone at the Bar and Bench

The Francis Forbes Society for Australian Legal History, the Selden Society, Macquarie University and the New South Wales Bar Association are proud to present a lecture by Professor Emeritus Wilfred...