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Quarterly crime statistics either steady or trending down: BOCSAR

The latest quarterly crime report released by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows that, over the 24 months to June 2009, one of the 17 major offences showed a...

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LCA supports independent monitor of anti-terror laws

The Law Council has welcomed the release of a Senate report which supports its calls for an independent person to review the nationâs anti-terror laws. The report, released yesterday by the...

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LexisNexis Professional Development would like to invite members of the Bar Association to attend the upcoming Personal Property Securities Act workshop day. Co-presented by Robert Patch, Principal...

Unelected judges do not cause a democratic deficit: French CJ

Chief Justice Robert French has delivered a speech on "The Common Law and the Protection of Human Rights" at a breakfast function of the Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society today, 4 September 2009. In...

New District Court Practice Note to commence on Monday

The chief judge of the District Court, the Hon Justice R O Blanch AM, has issued Practice Note DC (Civil) No.1 Case Management in the General List. Issued under sections 56 and 57 of the Civil...

Book launch: Bench Book For Children Giving Evidence in Australian Courts

The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) invites members to attend the official launch on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 at 5.30pm of the _Bench Book for Children Giving Evidence in...

Papers to note: An Evaluation of the NSW Court Liaison Services

The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released a report which found that the State-wide Community and Court Liaison Service (SCCLS) reduces the frequency with which people with a mental...

Government strengthens law on DNA samples from child sex offenders

The minister for police, the Hon Tony Kelly, has introduced legislation that will empower police to forcibly override the objections of any person on the Child Protection Register who has refused to...

Letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

**The following is a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald from President Anna Katzmann SC, in response to yesterday's opinion piece by Bob Carr, "As you give Della a kick, remember his...

Book launch: A Social History of Company Law

Chief Justice JJ Spigelman AC will officially launch _A Social History of Company Law: Great Britain and the Australian Colonies 1854-1920. _The launch will be held **in the Banco Court, Queens...

Courts given greater say in sentences on appeal

The New South Wales Government has introduced the Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Bill 2009, which will withdraw the principle of 'double jeopardy' as it applies to sentencing...

Appointment of commissioner at the Land and Environment Court

Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced the appointment of Judy Fakes as a commissioner of the Land and Environment Court. Ms Fakes has been an Acting Commissioner of the court since early...

Today is Indigenous Literacy Day

Today is Indigenous Literacy Day, the major fundraising project of the Indigenous Literacy Project.ï¿½ The aim is to raise urgently needed funds to address the literacy crisis in remote Indigenous...

The Hal Wootten Lecture 2009

The 2009 Hal Wootten Lecture will be delivered by Pakistani human rights lawyer Hina Jilani on **17 September 2009 at 6.15pm at the Law Theatre, UNSW. **The topic will be "Human Rights and...

ABA condemns latest attack on the rule of law in Fiji

The president of the Australian Bar Association, Mr Tom Bathurst QC, has condemned moves by the military government in Fiji to terminate the appeal in Bainimarama v Qarase, in which the Court of...