Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced the appointment of Philip Hallen SC as an associate judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. A formal ceremony for his swearing-in will be held in the Banco...
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Read more >The Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia has issued a new version of Practice Note IP 1 - proceedings Under the Patents Act 1990 (Cth). Read the new version of the Practice Note.
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Read more >The following Bills have passed both houses of the New South Wales Parliament:
�Jury Amendment Bill 2010. Read the Legislative Council debate and Committee and final stages ;
The NSW Attorney General, the Hon John Hatzistergos MLC, has announced the following statutory appointments, which include a number of the Association's members:
Mr Brett Anthony Batchelor, Ms...
Read more >The Lieutenant Governor-in-Council has approved of the appointment of Mr Philip Hallen SC, as an Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales commencing on and from 5 July 2010. See the...
Read more >Members are invited to hear Malcolm Turnbull MP deliver "And Something for the Grandchildren... Intergenerational Fairness" the second annual address in the UNSW series on Law, Governance and Social...
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On 16 June 2010 Chief Justice James Spigelman AC issued four Practice Notes: SC Gen 3 - Copying of Court Documents, replaces the previous version issued on 17 August 2005. SC Gen 13 - Search Orders...
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Malcolm Broun QC is to retire from practice at the New South Wales Bar on 30 June 2010. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the practice of family law the Family Court will hold a...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Brown and Anor v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd; Alcorn and Anor v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 143 Director...
Read more >Attorney General John Hatzistergos and Minister for Community Services Linda Burney have announced a series of initiatives that will see new dispute resolution measures introduced in the...
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Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls has heralded the introduction of what he calls "the most significant civil procedure reforms in more than 20 years". In a spirited media release, Mr Hulls...
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The Bar Association will hold its Criminal Justice Reform Conference on Friday, 10 September 2010. Members are invited to submit one-page outlines of proposed reforms in the areas of criminal justice...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced that the New South Wales Government will introduce the Drug Court program to the Hunter region. Mr Hatzistergos said the Hunter Drug Court would be...
Read more >Treating prisoners who have both mental health and drug problems could help reduce the risk of re-offending, according to new research released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and...
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A ceremonial sitting of the New South Wales Local Court will be held on Friday, 2 July 2010 to mark the retirement of his Honour Deputy Chief Magistrate Paul Cloran. The sitting will take place at...
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On 18 March 2010, the Senate jointly referred the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 and the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 to the Legal and Constitutional...
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The Law Council has congratulated the Hon Michael Kirby who has become the first Australian to win the internationally renowned Gruber Justice Prize. The announcement was made by the Gruber...
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The Human Rights Committee, in cooperation with the Diplomacy Training Council, would like to invite you to an address by Raja Devasish Roy, the traditional Raja, King of the Chakmas of the...
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Senator the Hon George Brandis SC, shadow federal attorney-general, will speak on the role of lawyers in public life in the inaugural Sir Garfield Barwick Address. The address will take place at a...
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The Australian Government has introduced the Civil Dispute Resolution Bill 2010. The object of the Bill, as provided by the explanatory memorandum is "to ensure that, as far as possible, parties take...
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The New South Wales Parliamentary Counsel's Office is currently capturing Acts as originally assented to from 1824 - 1989 as PDFs and adding them to the NSW Legislation database. Over the coming...
Read more >Attorney General John Hatzistergos has approved a new scale of allowances to witnesses attending criminal trials at the Supreme, District, Local and other courts. The new rates take effect from 1...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Lim v State Parole Authority and the Attorney General for New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 93 In the matter of OPEL Networks Pty...
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