Law Council launches legal aid web portal

The Law Council has added to its campaign to seek additional funding to improve Australiaâs legal assistance sector by launching a web portal aimed to garner support for crucial access to...
Read more >The Law Council has added to its campaign to seek additional funding to improve Australiaâs legal assistance sector by launching a web portal aimed to garner support for crucial access to...
Read more >Open Door Productionsâ "Persuasion Power" Workshop Series focuses on how barristers can maximise their persuasive ability. In sessions akin to an âactorsâ workshopâ, participants...
Read more >The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is seeking expressions of interest for the position of deputy senior crown prosecutor, Pos No. 2010/20. The total remuneration package is valued at...
Read more >In response to the recession and cuts to legal aid, the Bar Council of England and Wales has published what it calls "a possible model for barristers to work together and with other professionals by...
Read more >The Queensland Government has announced changes to its WorkCover scheme, but has decided not to impose restrictions on access to common law compensation claims by injured workers. Premiums will rise...
Read more >Members interested in obtaining English specialist and antiquarian law books should be aware that such publications are available on line at Wildy & Sons Ltd in Lincoln's Inn, and LexisNexis United...
Read more >Join the Health, Sport and Recreation Committee for the PILCH 'Walk for Justice' on** 17 May 2010**. The Walk for Justice is the opening event of Law Week in NSW and is held on National Pro Bono Day....
Read more >The Bar Association's Health, Sport and Recreation Committee is organising a team to participate in the Sydney to Wollongong Bike Ride 2010. Whilst the committee welcomes all members of...
Read more >The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library installs and stocks libraries in homeless hostels and community organisations. They currently give away around 1200 books a month to children and...
Read more >The New South Wales Parliament's Committee on the Office of the Ombudsman and the Police Integrity Commission has tabled: _Report on an Inquiry into the Handling of Complaints Against the Police...
Read more >The Hon John P Bryson QC will deliver a lecture on "Richard Anstey and the Sackville Inheritance" on Wednesday, 25 August 2010 at 5:15pm in the Bar Common Room. This Lecture is co-sponsored by the...
Read more >The Bar Association has condemned cynical moves by the New South Wales Government to retrospectively extinguish important property rights of farmers, which were recently upheld by the Supreme Court...
Read more >The Supreme Court of Queensland Library is due to relocate in 2011. But floorspace will be limited in the new premises, so not all of the collection can be accommodated. In response, the enterprising...
Read more >Talking Brief teaches simple and powerful strategies to empower barristers to maximize their communication skills in court. Talking Briefâs learning environment is one of trust, creating an...
Read more >This is the third in a series of five Thursday breakfast talks where Emeritus Prof Edwin Judge explores both the classical and biblical cultural traditions whose interaction have created the...
Read more >The United Nations Human Rights Committee have released their decision in _Tillman v Australia _No 1635/2007.� Tillman was sent to prison in 2007 under NSW legislation, the Crimes (Serious Sex...
Read more >Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the federal government's response to the National Human Rights Consultation Committee Report. _Australiaâs Human Rights Framework _provides for a...
Read more >The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been presented with draft legislation for national regulation of the Australian legal profession. Submissions may be made to the National Legal...
Read more >The Hon Acting Justice Bryson has been reappointed as an acting judge and acting judge of appeal of the Supreme Court for the period commencing on 1 May 2010 and expiring on 30 June 2010.
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Read more >The Law Council and its constituent bodies have urged the Australian Government to address the lack of legal aid funding in the 2010 Federal Budget. Law Council President Glenn Ferguson said the...
Read more >The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be on Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 6.00pm and the book is Ransom by David Malouf. To promote interest in good books, the Bar Library has subscribed...
Read more >The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released NSW Recorded Crime Statistics 2009. It shows that over the 24 months to December 2009 property crime is down and violent crime is stable. None...
Read more >The Commercial Law Association has released its programme of seminars for May - July 2010.� The topics to be covered are: "The Fair Work Act",� "Unjust Enrichment", "Recent Developments in...
Read more >A ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of Andrew Eckhold and David Degnan as magistrates of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held on Monday, 19 April 2010 at 9.00am in Courtroom 5.2. Kate...
Read more >The 12th International Criminal Law Congress will be held at the Sheraton Noosa Resort and Spa between Wednesday, 20 and Sunday 24 October 2010 on the theme "A World without Boundaries - Crime in the...
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