The Law Council of Australia has cautioned couples to ensure any financial agreements they enter into before, during or after marriage are legally binding. Law Council President John Corcoran said,...
Read more >A special sitting of the Family Court, at which Chief Justice Diana Bryant will preside, will be held on 27 October at 9.30am in Court 7C, 99 Goulburn Street, for the announcement of the new senior...
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The Women Barristers Forum, in association with the Women Lawyers Association of New South Wales, invite you to join them for cocktails on 12 November to celebrate the appointment of four women...
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The Centre for Law and Economics at The Australian National University is holding a major Conference on Collective Redress and Litigation Funding in connection with a major research program it is...
Read more >The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (Amendment No 29) 2009 were published on the NSW Legislation web site on Friday, 9 October. The object of these Rules, as provided by the explanatory note, is to...
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Members are invited to the Toongabbie Legal Centre's annual fund-raising dinner, to be held on Friday, 13 November 2009 at 6:00 pm (for 7:00 pm). The Hon Justice Virginia Bell of the High Court of...
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Members are invited to attend an address by Chief Justice James Spigelman AC on "The Forgotten Freedom: Freedom from Fear", to be held on Wednesday, 18 November in the Banco Court, between 5.30pm...
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Associate Professor Leighton McDonald (ANU) will present the next Australian Association of Constitutional Law seminar on "The Entrenched Minimum Provision of Judicial Review and the Rule of Law", on...
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**Senior Counsel Protocol **
Members will have received a letter from Greg Curtin concerning the Senior Counsel Protocol.�
Unfortunately, a number of the assumptions Mr Curtin makes are...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland today released the much anticipated report of the National Human Rights Consultation Committee.� The report recommends that:
Australia should adopt a federal...
Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced the appointment of John Chicken to the bench of the NSW Local Court. He will be sworn in on 2 November. Learn more >
**8 October 2009 **
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Yoga classes will resume in the new term, starting on Tuesday, 13 October ****at 7:15am**** **(finishing 8:15am) in the Common Room **when Yogabowl will run a **free trial class. **It's a great way...
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The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has released New South Wales Criminal Courts Statistics 2008, which finds, among other things, that: the percentage of convicted Indigenous...
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NSWLR Volume 73, Part 1, is now available to online and print subscribers. For a list of cases in the part, and other NSWLR parts and volumes, please go to www.nswlr.com.au/reports.
**7 October 2009...
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Members are reminded that nominations for the 2010 Bar Council must be received by the returning officer by** 4.00pm on Monday, 19 October 2009. **Nomination forms have been posted to all members....
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His Honour Judge John Goldring died last night. A funeral service will be held at **12.00 noon on Friday, 9 October **at the Wollongong Memorial Garden and Crematorium, Berkely Road, Unanderra.
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Read more >The Bar Association's Legal Assistance Referral Service (LARS) received a high commendation for its pro bono work when the 2009 Justice Awards were presented on 1 October at Parliament House, Sydney....
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The _Federal Court (Corporations) Amendment Rules 2009 (No.1) _have been published on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The Rules amend the Federal Court (Corporations) Rules 2000 by...
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The Public Solicitors Office of the Solomon Islands is in desperate need of reference materials, particularly in the areas of family and criminal law, and has asked all members of the New South Wales...
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Papers delivered at the 36th Australian Legal Convention in Perth are now available from the Law Council's web site. Papers were presented on a wide range of topics, such as: carbon trading in...
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