Inbrief
Mock Trial Competition: feedback and contributions from the bar are welcome
The Law Society's Interschool Mock Trial Competition was launched in 1981 to foster an understanding of legal principles in high school students. Robyn Cross, the programme co-coordinator, is keen to...
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Cases selected for reporting in Commonwealth Law Reports by J D Merralls QC
The following cases have been selected by JD Merralls for reporting in CLR:
DCT v Broadbeach P/L [2008] HCA 41
ACQ P/L v Cook _[2009] HCA 28
_Pape v FCT [2009] HCA 23
Vale v Sutherland [2009] HCA 26...
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Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline
The following 18 cases have been selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
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Keo v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship�_ [2009] FCA 676
JMB Beverages Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of...
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Internet Law for Professionals, Niseko, Japan
Internet Law for Professionals is a six point CPD course run at Niseko, Japan between 18-21 January 2009.� Richard Cobden SC and Matthew Sulman will speak on business innovation patents, Scott...
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Call for submissions on draft bankruptcy legislation
Attorney-General Robert McClelland has released an exposure draft of the Bankruptcy Legislation Amendment Bill 2009. Members who would like to make a submission should send their written comments to...
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Diversity on the menu at the next WLA corporate lunch
Members are invited to the next Women Lawyers corporate lunch on **Monday, 7 September 2009. **The guest speaker, Lori Callahan, general manager of liability & third party claims at Allianz...
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The annual Supreme Court Concert
All members of the legal community are invited to an evening of music in the Banco Court, Queens Square, on **Monday, 18 October 2010. **Under the title "Baroque and Beyond", this year's concert...
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Memorial service for John McKenna
A memorial service will be held for John McKenna on Wednesday, 2 September 2009 at 11.00 am at St Marys Anglican Church, 240 Birrell Street, Waverley.
26 August 2009
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Things you wanted to know about Tasers but were too afraid to ask
Tasers are sometimes described as a "less-lethal", or "less-than-lethal" weapon. The New South Wales Government, Opposition and Police support their deployment, but what are some of the concerns...
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Amendments to child-related employment screening
Minister for Home Affairs Brendan OâConnor today introduced amendments to the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) to expand the range of criminal history information that can be exchanged between...
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15 Bobber: the Hon Justice David Davies and his Honour Judge Michael Bozic SC
The 15 Bobber to celebrate the appointment of the Hon Justice David Davies to the Supreme Court and his Hon Michael Bozic SC to the District Court a 15 Bobber will be held on Friday, 25 September...
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President's interview on Sky News
The President of the New South Wales Bar Association, Anna Katzmann SC, was interviewed yesterday on the the Law TV programme on Sky News Business Channel. In the second segment of the programme, the...
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Calling all participants in the Law Society Interschool Mock Trial Competition
In 2010 the� Interschool Mock Trial Competition will celebrate its 29th year. Robyn Cross, the programme coordinator, is keen to hear from any practitioners who have had experience with the...
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Book your place at the 36th Australian Legal Convention
Members are invited to attend the 36th Australian Legal Convention, which will be held in Perth at the Burswood Entertainment Complex from 17 to 19 September 2009. The convention will showcase...
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David Ipp nominated to be next ICAC commissioner
New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has announced that the Hon David Ipp AO will be the governmentâs nominee to become the next commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption...
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Cases selected for reporting in NSWLR by the editor, Bret Walker SC
The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:
Chief Commissioner of State Revenue v Qantas Airways Ltd [2009] NSWCA 163
Oates v Consolidated Capital Services Pty Ltd and...
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Parliamentary committee report on organised crime groups
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission has issued a report on legislative and administrative approaches adopted in a number of jurisdictions to tackle both domestic and...
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Full Court of the Federal Court sitting dates for 2010
The chief justice of the Federal Court has approved the dates for the sitting of the full court in 2010. Subject to there being sufficient business, sittings of a full court of the Federal Court of...
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ALRC releases discussion paper on royal commissions and official inquiries
Executive inquiries, such as the Clarke Inquiry into the case of Dr Mohamed Haneef and the AWB Food-for-Oil Inquiry, have become a prominent feature of federal political and legal affairs and an...
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Latest report on PI and PL claims from the National Claims and Policies Database
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today released the latest set of annual reports on policies and claims for public and products liability (PL) and professional indemnity (PI)...
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Latest part of the NSWLR
_New South Wales Law Reports _Volume 72, Part 3, 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 ...
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Prosecutors do care about human rights - Cowdery AM QC
Last Friday, the director of public prosecutions, Nick Cowdery AM QC, was the special guest speaker at a lunch hosted by the New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties. Under the title� "...
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NSWLRC hands down new report on privacy
The NSW Law Reform Commission released a report on Invasion of Privacy (Report 120), which recommends that, as part of a uniform law initiative in Australia, New South Wales should amend the Civil...
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Commonwealth Public Interest and Test Cases Scheme
How many test cases has the Commonwealth Government funded during the past 10 years? In response to an Opposition question on notice in the Senate, the Attorney General's Department's Legal...
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Web watch: the Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS)
The Sydney Electronic Text and Image Service (SETIS) is a scholarly electronic publishing and digital library service, which contains, among other things, important texts, images and digital theses....
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