OpenAustralia.org is a non-partisan web site run by a group of volunteers which aims to make it easy for people to keep tabs on their representatives in the Australian Parliament. Debates are...
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Members are reminded that the Internet Law for Professionals, CPD Course, will be held at the Alpen Hotel, Niseko, Japan, on 18-21 January 2010. Speakers include Richard Cobden SC on Internet patents...
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The Law Council has described as "extraordinary" a reported attack on the High Court by Senator Steve Hutchins, the Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission. Law...
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The Family Court and Federal Magistrates Court in Sydney will be holding its next Family Law Liaison Meeting with the legal profession on Wednesday, 9 December 2009 at 5pm at the Sydney Registry....
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NSWLR Volume 73, Part 2, is now available to online and print subscribers. For a list of cases in the part, and other NSWLR parts and volumes, go to www.nswlr.com.au/reports.
**20 November 2009 **
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The annual Solicitors v� Bench and Bar Golf Day is to be held for the second successive year at Elanora Golf & Country on Monday, 18 January 2009. The cost for the day is $160.00 including...
Read more >The Commonwealth Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, today introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009 into the House of...
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The Family Court of Australia will mark the retirement of the Hon Justice Lloyd Waddy RFD by holding a ceremonial sitting at the Commonwealth Law Courts in Parramatta on Thursday, 17 December at...
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The annual bench and bar tennis doubles competition will be held on grass at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, Kent Road, Rose Bay on Tuesday, 22 December 2009. The Hon Susan Crennan Cup will be awarded to...
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Google Scholar now has US case law and law journals. The advanced search page allows users to narrow a search to legal journals, US federal court opinions or particular states, such as California,...
Read more >The National Legal Profession Reform Taskforce has released a discussion paper on proposals for a new National Legal Services Ombudsman.
The first discussion paper outlines a range of functions for...
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Members are invited to the launch of UNSW Law Journal General Issue 32(3) and Forum 15(2) Class Actions, on Monday, 30 November 2009, starting at 6.30pm, at the Sydney office of� Allens Arthur...
Read more >The 12th International Criminal Law Congress will be held at the Sheraton Noosa Heads, Sunshine Coast, Queensland 20-24 October 2010 on the theme "A World without Boundaries - Crime in the 21st...
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The Family Law Courts will maintain limited services throughout the 2009/10 Christmas â New Year period.� The rural and regional registries of Albury, Alice Springs, Cairns, Dubbo,...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Wings-Aus Holdings Pty Ltd trading as Hooters Restaurants Australia and New Zealand (In Liq) [2009] NSWSC 667 _Gett v Tabet by...
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A ceremonial sitting of the Local Court will be held on Monday, 16 November 2009 at 9.00am in courtroom 5.2 of the Downing Centre to mark the swearing in of Albert Sbrizzi as a magistrate. Richard...
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The Law Council of Australia announced today that it is opposed to any blanket ban on advertising by personal injury lawyers. As the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) asks the National...
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The Council of Law Reporting for NSW has published a consolidated index and tables for the _State Reports (New South Wales) _series, cited as the SR(NSW). For more information please go to...
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The Australian Human Rights Centre invites members to its 2009 lecture: "Religious Challenges to Human Rights - Can Secularism Contribute to Peace-Making in the Middle East?", to be delivered by...
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Members are invited to a Sydney Law School seminar on "The Voices of Children in Family Law Disputes", which will take place on **Friday, 20 November 2009. **Using the latest research on these...
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Voting for the 2010 Bar Council closes at 1pm on this Friday, 13 November 2009. If you have not voted please return your ballot papers as soon as possible. The annual general meeting will be held in...
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Legal Aid NSW has made two changes to the way practitioners apply for grants in care and protection matters. These changes involve splitting the Stage 3 ('establishment' stage) grant into two parts,...
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The New Barristers Committee request the pleasure of your company at the Under Sixes Cocktail Party to take place on Thursday, 26 November 2009. The party begins at 5.30pm in the Attic Bar. The cost...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced the appointment of former Liberal attorney general, the Hon Peter Collins AM QC as the chair of the board of Legal Aid NSW. Learn more>
**6 November...
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On 17 September, In Brief reported on the release of initial proposals by the **National Legal Profession Reform Taskforce, **contained in their regulatory framework paper. The taskforce has proposed...
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