Online directions hearings through JusticeLink will be introduced in the Family Provision List from May 2009. At this stage, only legal practitioners will be eligible to participate in online...
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The Law Council of Australia has formed an Anti-Money Laundering Information Working Group to inform the profession about changes to Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing...
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Cabinet Secretary and Special Minister of State Senator John Faulkner today released exposure drafts of two Bills to amend the Commonwealth Freedom of Information Act 1982. Submissions can be made on...
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A new web site, www.nixontapes.org, has digitised 2,150 hours of President Nixon's phone calls and meetings between February 1971 and July 1973. Its purpose is to "make freely available the...
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The Federal Court (Bankruptcy) Amendment Rules 2009 (No. 1) have been added to the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The principal object of Rules, as provided by the explanatory...
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A ceremonial sitting of the full Federal Court will be held to farewell the Hon Justice Tamberlin on Friday, 27 March 2009 at 9.30am in Court 18D, Queens Square.
President Anna Katzmann SC will...
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The Australian Government is seeking expressions of interest or nominations from suitable persons to be considered for appointment to the full-time statutory position of Aboriginal and Torres Strait...
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Tuesday 24 March 2009 â Sofitel Sydney Wentworth
Join Australiaâs leading lawyers, academics, journalists, politicians and public servants for an important debate on our freedom of speech....
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Less than a week before the Freedom of Speech Conference, Attorney-General Robert McClelland has introduced the Evidence Amendment (Journalistsâ Privilege) Bill 2009 in the House of...
Read more >Attorney-General Robert McClelland today introduced the Native Title Amendment Bill 2009. The attorney says the Bill will "give the Federal Court control of the management of native title claims from...
Read more >Attorney-General Robert McClelland and New Zealand's justice minister have been meeting in Canberra to discuss the implementation of the Trans-Tasman Court Proceedings and Regulatory Enforcement...
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Members are invited to attend the penultimate Breakfast Talk Series on Law and Judgment in History: Classical and Biblical Canons of Truth, given by Emeritus Professor Edwin Judge,...
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Belinda Lyus has created Australia's first online clerking service. Lyus LeGal P/L provides tailored clerking to top mediators and barristers throughout Australia, as well as arranging specialist...
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The following five cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:
Lift Capital Partners Pty Ltd v Merrill Lynch International [2009] NSWSC 7 _ID, PF and DV v Director General, Dept of...
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The Australian Institute of Criminology has published a paper entitled: Gauging Public Opinion on Sentencing: Can Asking Jurors Help? According to the report, " the opinion of jurors towards...
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The Law Council hopes a survey commencing this week will help identify issues affecting the recruitment and retention of legal practitioners in country Australia. The online survey, being sent by law...
Read more >Victoriaâs Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities has been a resounding success and provides a proven model for consideration by the Australian Governmentâs charter consultation...
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The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs has published a report on the Federal Court of Australia Amendment (Criminal Jurisdiction) Bill 2008. The purpose of the Bill is to...
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On Saturday, 14 Mach 2009 two new members were elected to the Law Council Executive. The first resulted from a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mr Ken Martin QC on his appointment to the...
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The New South Wales Parliament's Legislation Review Committee has expressed its grave concern that the government's new covert search warrant powers "significantly trespass on personal rights and...
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The chief of the Australian Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, has released the report of the Independent Review on the Health of the Reformed Military Justice System, conducted by,...
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On 11 March 2009, Chief Justice J J Spigelman AC issued Practice Note SC Eq 6 (Cross-Border Insolvency: Cooperation with Foreign Courts or Foreign Representatives). The Practice Note commenced on 11...
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The Law Council has welcomed the release of figures which show that Australiaâs international legal services market has grown by nearly 25 per cent in two years. According to a survey,...
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Victorian Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls has called for a national regulator for the legal profession. Mr Hulls said a national regulator would promote more consistent regulatory...
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Three outstanding Indigenous law students will today receive the Law Councilâs John Koowarta Reconciliation Law Scholarship. This yearâs recipients are Rebecca Martin, 20, from Melbourne...
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