Inbrief

2010 Bench and Bar Dinner

Collegiality

The 2010 Bench and Bar Dinner will take place on Friday, 14 May **with the Hon Justice Virginia Bell the Guest of Honour, Angela Bowne SC as Ms Senior and Jeremy Kirk as Mr Junior....

2009 Great Bar Boat Race

****Preparations are underway for the 2009 Great Bar Boat Race which, again, is kindly sponsored by Thomson Reuters. The race will take place on **Monday, 21 December. **The registration process is...

Proposed amendments to the Bar Association’s Constitution

The Bar Council has again considered proposals to further amend paragraph 8.1.3 of the Constitution of the Bar Association concerning resolutions to be put at an annual general meeting. The proposals...

Bar Library hours over Christmas

The Bar Library will be closed from 12.00pm Wednesday, 23 December 2009 to Tuesday, 26 January 2010 inclusive. It will resume normal opening hours (8:00am to 6:00pm) on 27 January 2010. Please return...

Transitional relief from regulation for funded class actions

ASIC yesterday announced its intention to grant transitional relief to lawyers and litigation funders involved in legal proceedings structured as funded class actions. The relief, which will apply...

Election for the Bar Council of 2010

The ballot for the election of the 2010 Bar Council closes at 1.00pm on Friday 13 November 2009. Members are reminded of the need to _complete the ballot paper in accordance with the instructions...

Ceremonial sitting to farewell Ipp JA

There will be a ceremonial sitting of the Supreme Court on **Friday, 13 November 2009 at 9.30am in the Banco Court **to mark the retirement of� the Hon Justice Ipp AO as a judge of appeal.

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Swearing in ceremony for Anna Katzmann SC

Members are reminded that a ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court for the swearing-in of Anna Katzmann SC will be held in Courtroom 18D at 4.30pm tomorrow Tuesday, 2 February 2010. **Barristers...

WLA Golden Girls Lunch

Members are invited to the Women Lawyers' Golden Girls Annual Lunch at the Law Society of NSW, Level 2, 170 Phillip St on Friday, ****13 November between 12:30-2:00pm. It's a golden opportunity to...

Cripps QC appointed as chair of the Sentencing Council

Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced the appointment of the Hon Jerrold Cripps QC as chairperson of the NSW Sentencing Council for the next three years. Mr Cripps will begin as the...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

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

Brookfield Multiplex Ltd v International Litigation Funding Partners Pte Ltd (No 2) �[2009] FCA 449 _Federal Commissioner of...

Cases selected for reporting in Commonwealth Law Reports

The following cases have been selected by JD Merralls for reporting in CLR:

Aon Risk Services v ANU [2009] HCA 27 Jeffery & Katauskas P/L v SST Consulting Services [2009] HCA 43 Spriggs v FCT [2009]...

Appointment to the Local Court

Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced the appointment of Bruce Williams to the bench of the Local Court of New South Wales. Mr Williams will be sworn in as a magistrate on 23 November....

A helping hand for the Solomon Islands: In Brief readers respond generously

In early October _In Brief _published a call for help from the Public Solicitors Office of the Solomon Islands, which was in desperate need of reference materials, such as law reports. The response...

Wanted: vacation employment opportunities for Indigenous law students

As part of the Bar Association's Indigenous Barristers Strategy, all barristers, clerks and chambers are encouraged to identify employment opportunities for December 2009 through to February 2010 for...

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

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

R v Thalari [2009] NSWCCA 170 Ilvariy Pty Ltd trading as Craftsman Homes Northern Rivers v Moss [2009] NSWCA 207 _Naoum v...