Inbrief

CHOICE wants consumers to be more aware of their rights to help avoid being overcharged by lawyers, and, if they feel they have been ripped off, to know who to complain to try and resolve the issue.... Read more >

QUT and WIPO to launch new IP degree (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Queensland University of Technology's Faculty of Law invites members to attend the launch of its newest degree, the Master of Intellectual Property Law, which will be run as a joint venture with...

Appointment to the Family Court of Australia

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the appointment of Mr Simon Moncrieff SC to the Family Court of Australia. Mr Moncrieff is the president of the Family Law Practitioners Association...

NSW Trustee and Guardian - What has Changed and Issues in Common (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Hon Justice Ian Gzell, chairman of the Sydney branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), invites you to an address by Matt Daley (parter at Clayton Utz) and Mike Hawkins...

Papers to note: mixed results for forum sentencing

New research by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research shows that offenders dealt with under the Forum Sentencing scheme are no less likely to re-offend than offenders dealt with in a...

New advisory board for Migration Agents Registration Authority

The Law Council of Australia will be among the organisations with a representative on the new advisory board of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA). The board, to be...

Public consultation on national security legislation

Attorney-General Robert McClelland has released for public consultation the Australian Government’s Discussion Paper on National Security Legislation. Submissions will be accepted until 25...

New appointments to the Local Court

Ms Ellen Lucy Skinner and Mr Glenn Kevin Walsh have been appointed as magistrates of the Local Court of New South Wales commencing on and from** 24 August 2009.� **View the attorney general's...

NSW Government to review its Charter of Victims Rights

Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced a review of the NSW Charter of Victims Rights. The review, being conducted by the Department of Justice and Attorney General, will examine how the...

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

Following are the cases selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR: _ Victoria v Pacific Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd (No 2)_ [2009] FCA 737 Milne v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2009]...

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 TK [2009] NSWCCA 151 Tzaidas v Child [2009] NSWSC 465 _Hunter and New England Area Health Service v A _[2009] NSWSC...

Invitation to a forum on judicial values (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Sydney Writers' Festival, in conjunction with the Julius Stone Institute, University of Sydney, and Monash University present a forum on "Judicial Values: Should judges just apply the law, or...

New titles in the Bar Library

The Bar Library has added 24 new titles into its collection.

M570.A1/CHO/2008 Abuse of process and judicial stays of criminal proceedings / Andrew L-T Choo, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2nd ed,...

Reminder: Chief Justice Spigelman AC to deliver the 2009 Annual History Lecture (ADVERTISEMENT)

The History Council of NSW invites members to attend its annual lecture, on Friday, 4 September 2009 at 6.00pm in Government House, Macquarie Street, Sydney.� The lecture will be on "The...

Reports to note: No Exit: The Expanding Use of LIfe Sentences in America

Truth in sentencing laws in the United States have resulted in a dramatic increase in the length of time that people spend in prison and a growing number of prisoners sentenced to life without the...

The Obligation to Assist: Model Litigants in Administrative Appeals Tribunal Proceedings Seminar

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the ACT Bar Association will host a full day seminar on "The Obligation to Assist: Model Litigants in Administrative Appeals Tribunal Proceedings". The seminar...

Appointments to the AAT

Attorney-General Robert McClelland today announced the appointment of Anne Britton and Regina Perton to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Learn more >

**7 August 2009 **

Final reminder: fourth annual Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture

The Fourth Tristan Jepson Memorial Lecture will be held **tomorrow, 24 September 2009 **at 6.30pm at Freehills, Level 32, MLC Centre, Martin Place. The guest speaker for the evening will be...

AIJA Conference on adversarial justice

The Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration and Monash University Faculty of Law are calling for papers to present at the conference on Non‐Adversarial Justice: Implications for the...

Supreme Court announces delays in probate grants

The Supreme Court has warned to expect extended delays on receipt of a grant of probate. "Unfortunately, a large number of unexpected staff absences through illness over the last month has reduced...

New president of the American Bar Association

The American Bar Association has a new president, one with strong credentials in international and trade law. Carolyn Lamm is an international arbitration, litigation and trade lawyer and partner at...

Early Bird Extended for 36th Australian Legal Convention

Early Bird registration for the up-coming 36th Australian Legal Convention has been extended, giving delegates extra time to secure their place at the conference at a reduced rate. Delegates now have...

Reminder: conference on rehabilitation and corrective services

The International Commission of Jurists Australia and the Community Justice Coalition invite members to a seminar on "Our Prisons – Human Rights, Mental Health & Privatisation", which will take...

MERIT gets a tick from the NSW auditor

New South Wales Auditor General Peter Achterstraat today called for an expansion of services for Aboriginal defendants in the NSW justice system. The MERIT (Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment)...

NSW Government departmental amalgamations

The New South Wales Government completed its departmental amalgamation with the gazettal of the Public Sector Employment and Management (Departmental Amalgamations) Order 2009, which provides details...