Mediation & Arbitration Chambers is a new "virtual" chambers for members of the Bar who want to make themselves available for work as a mediator or arbitrator. It is Australia's first specialist...
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Former Law Council of Australia president John North has been appointed a judge of the District Court of NSW, Attorney General John Hatzistergos announced today. In 2000, Mr North served as president...
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The 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours list included the Hon Justice D H Hodgson, who was made an officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for service to the judiciary and to the law, particularly through...
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The following two opinions of the lords of appeal are available on the House of Lords web site:�
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) v AF (Appellant) (FC) and another...
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In June 2009 the state's justice agencies will officially launch their new online system for booking videoconferences in the justice community, known as the Video Conferencing Scheduling System...
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Nominations for the 2009 Justice Awards are open until 10 July 2009.�The Bar Association sponsors the Law and Justice Volunteer award, which is presented to an individual or group who, in a...
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Following are the cases selected by JD Merralls for reporting in CLR:
FCT v Futuris Corp [2008] HCA 32 _Macedonian Orthodox v His Eminence Petar _[2008] HCA 42 WR Carpenter Holdings v FCT [2008] HCA...
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Following are the cases selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
Ann Street Mezzanine Pty Ltd v Beck [2009] FCA 333 Jemena Asset Management (3) Pty Ltd v Coinvest Ltd [2009] FCA 327 Suntory (Aust)...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:
DC v State of NSW [2009] NSWSC 297; TB v State of NSW [2009] NSWSC 326 Buzzle Operations Pty Ltd (In Liq) and Another v Apple...
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A free seminar on people trafficking will take place on** Monday, 15 June 2009** in Sydney at 4.30pm. The seminar will look at the increasing number of people trafficking cases coming before the...
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The _NSW Trustee and Guardian Bill 2009 _was introduced into the Legislative Assembly today, 5 June 2009 and its "Agreed to in Principle" speech has been delivered. The objects of the Bill, as...
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Consumer Affairs Minister Chris Bowen today outlined the details of the unfair contract terms law. "This is the first stage of the implementation of a new Australian Consumer Law, which will for the...
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Dr Eric Ghosh, the coordinator of jurisprudence at the University of New England, is looking to hire readers or barristers as casual markers for the July exams. Interested members would need around...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced the appointment of Justice Nye Perram as a deputy president of the Copyright Tribunal of Australia. Justice Perram will take up the appointment on 8...
Read more >The Drug Misuse and Trafficking Amendment (Prohibited Drug) Regulation 2009 _will commence on 5 June 2009. The object of the Regulation is to amend Schedule 1 to the _Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act...
Read more >The Succession Amendment (Intestacy) Bill 2009 has passed both houses of the New South Wales Parliament. The objects of this Bill, as provided in the explanatory notes, are:
(a) to amend the...
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Australian Women Lawyers (AWL) and the Law Council of Australia have launched the Court Appearance Survey to obtain information on the rate at which women advocates appear in superior courts, the...
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Howard Insall SC of Tenth Floor St James' Hall Chambers has been appointed deputy chairman of the Companies, Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board. The CALDB is a disciplinary body which...
Read more >After 18 years in the Downing Centre, the Office of the Sheriff's is moving its headquarters to Parramatta. Attorney General John Hatzistergos said eighteen staff, including the executive and jury...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos announced he would recommend to the governor of NSW the appointment of Donna Woodburne SC as the new deputy director of public prosecutions. Mr Hatzistergos said...
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The New South Wales Government has announced that it will spend $1.3 million on new forensic laboratory equipment, which will boost the number of DNA samples processed from about 28,000 to 62,000...
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New procedures will ensure important recommendations from coronial inquests are followed up promptly as part of a more open and transparent process, NSW Attorney General John Hatzistergos said today....
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The Commercial Law Association has two seminars remaining in its June-August series: Current issues in insolvency 9.30am to 5.00pm, Friday, 31 July 2009, Dixson Room, Mitchell Wing, NSW State...
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The executive director of the Bar Association, Mr Philip Selth, has issued an urgent reminder to practising barristers that all PC renewal documentation and payment should be received by **this...
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The Legal Representation Office (LRO), a business centre of the Attorney Generalâs Department of NSW, seeks tenders for the supply of legal services. The primary objective of this tender is to...
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