Following are the cases selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
Telstra Corporation Ltd v Australian Competition and Consumer Commission [2008] FCA 1758 Bamford v Federal Commissioner of Taxation...
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Nominations for the 4th New South Wales Women Lawyers Achievement Awards are still open. Download a nomination form. The closing date is 31 July 2009.
The awards, which celebrate the success and...
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The Australian Government introduced the Access to Justice (Civil Litigation Reforms) Amendment Bill 2009 in June. The objects of the bill, as provided by the explanatory memorandum are to amend the...
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The Jury Amendment (Fees and Allowances) Regulation 2009 has been amended to increase, but not in any way that will threaten the state's credit rating, the attendance fees for jury service and the...
Read more >The New South Wales Government has increased the maximum amount of damages for non-economic loss that may be awarded in proceedings under section 35(1) of the _Defamation Act 2005. _Learn more >
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos has approved a new scale of allowances to witnesses attending criminal trials at the Supreme Court and the District Court, as well as the Local Court, the...
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Have you lodged your practising certificate renewal application but not yet arranged your professional indemnity insurance? As of today, the Bar Association has only received notification from...
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The Winter 2009 edition of Bar News is out now, featuring a special tribute to the Hon Tom Hughes AO QC, an interview with Chief Justice Michael Black AC, and the 2009 Sir Maurice Byers Lecture. It...
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The Australian Bar Association's next Advanced Advocacy Course will be held in conjunction with the Bar Association of Queensland on 17-22 January 2010, in Brisbane.** Registration is now open.**...
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Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this summary of Bar Council business. Bar Council regularly considers requests by the attorney general, the courts and other agencies for...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos will deliver an address to the Sydney Institute on 22 June 2009, in which he will sum up his argument against a bill of rights. The address will be delivered at...
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The Australian Law Reform Commission today released Discussion Paper 74 Review of Secrecy Laws. ALRC commissioner in charge of the inquiry, Professor Rosalind Croucher, said: âThe key focus of...
Read more >The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is inviting the public and interested parties to comment on proposals to release liability insurance data from the National Claims and Policies...
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A ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of David Davies SC as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held on Monday, 29 June 2009 at 9.30am in the Banco Court. Sandy Street SC will...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the appointment of Mr Tim Bugg as chair of the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC). Mr Bugg was president of the Law Council of...
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Peter Cullen of 8th Floor Wentworth Chambers died on 28 May 2009. A funeral service will be held tomorrow at St Joseph's Church, 14 Albert Street Edgecliff at 1:00pm.
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced a range of law and justice measures contained in the 2009-2010 state budget. Crown prosecutors, support staff and solicitors located in three separate...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos has published his submission to the National Human Rights Consultation. New South Wales, he argues, has "a system of parliamentary oversight, independent supporting...
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**Grants Online video tour **
Legal Aid NSW has now developed an online video tour to help barristers to become more comfortable with Grants Online. The tour focuses on the basic information that...
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has lodged its submission to the National Human Rights Consultation and, perhaps not surprisingly, has recommended that the Australian Parliament should enact a...
Read more >At a meeting of Bar Council on 4 June, the persons listed below were accepted as members of the New South Wales Bar Association.
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The Bail Amendment (Authorised Justices) Regulation 2009 has been gazetted. The object of this Regulation, as provided by the explanatory note, is to prescribe certain persons as authorised justices,...
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The following four cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:
Ekermawi v Administrative Decisions Tribunal of NSW and Others _[2009] NSWSC 143 Stapley v Towing Masters Pty Ltd (t/as...
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Members of the bar are invited to attend Laffo's Long Lunch to raise funds for a scholarship in honour of Matt Laffan. The lunch will be held on 26 June 2009 at 12.30pm **- in the Tattersall's Club,...
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The Bar Council last night signed off on its submission to the National Human Rights Consultation. According to that submission, the Bar Association considers that the most appropriate option for...
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