The second lecture of a series on law, social values and advocacy, "Law and the Uses of History", will be held this evening at 5.15pm. The Hon Justice Gummow will address the impact of the common law...
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Members are invited to attend a seminar on facial recognition and photo-comparison. e.law Asia Pacific have teamed up with forensic & evidence management consultant, Dr Robin Watt, to host "Looking...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland has spoken at a ceremonial sitting of the Federal Court of Australia to mark the swearing-in of Chief Justice Patrick Keane. Learn more >
**22 March 2010 **
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The 9th Annual Practical Insolvency Conference and Dinner will be held on 29-30 March 2010 at Dockside, Cockle Bay. This year there is a focus on recent regulatory activity, with a review of the...
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The following cases were selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
Euroceanica (UK) Ltd v The Ship Gem of Safaga� [2009] FCA 1467 National Australian Bank Ltd v NSW� [2009] FCA 1066 ...
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The 19th Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon will be held on **Sunday, 16 May 2010. **The Health, Sport and Recreation committee encourage you to register as a member of the Bar Association team. The...
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The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Lee v Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) [2009] NSWCA 347 Sahab Holdings Pty Ltd v Registrar-General and Another [2009]...
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Due to unexpected demand, an extra six places have been added to the fifth ABA Residential Advanced Trial Advocacy Course. Registrations are still open. The course will be held from 17-21 January...
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The Australian Parliament has passed legislation to make trans-Tasman litigation simpler, cheaper and more efficient. The Trans-Tasman Proceedings Bill 2009 implements a treaty between Australia and...
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Back issues of Bar News: The Journal of the New South Wales Bar Association have been scanned and made available on the association's web site. The online collection now includes every edition since...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland announced that Australia had acceded to the Hague Convention on Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil and Commercial Matters 1965. The...
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Last Friday's In Brief included an invitation to join the Bar Book Club. The first meeting will be held in the Bar Library at 6.00pm on** 15 April 2010**, not the date that was given. In Brief...
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Michael Pembroke SC has been appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court of NSW. Mr Pembroke was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in 1981 and was appointed senior counsel in 1995. He was an...
Read more >Attorney General John Hatzistergos has announced the appointments of David Degnan, Alexander Mijovich and Harriet Grahame as magistrates of the Local Court of NSW. Learn more>
**18 March 2010 **
Read more >Peter Deakin QC has been appointed chairman of the Barristers' Sickness and Accident Fund Pty Ltd, replacing Malcolm Craig QC (now the Hon Justice Craig). Soon, a new director will be appointed to...
Read more >The Industrial Relations Commission in Court Session will hold a ceremony on Monday, 22 March 2010 to honour the life of the Hon W K Fisher AO QC.� It will be at 9.30am in Court 4.1, Level 4, 47...
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The Health, Sport and Recreation committee encourage you to register (or join) a Bar Association team in the Oxfam Trailwalker, to be held in Sydney on **27-29 August 2010. **Oxfam Trailwalker is the...
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Registration for the Sydney CPD Regional Conference closes today. Guest speakers include the Hon Justice James Allsop and Bernard Gross QC. Download a conference registration form. For further...
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The Volkswagen Corporate Program offers preferential pricing and a fixed dealer delivery fee for all current models. It is available to all members of the New South Wales Bar Association, subject to...
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In 2009 the Standing Committee of Attorneys General (SCAG) resolved to coordinate state and Commonwealth efforts to target the proceeds of organised crime groups. This report by the Australian...
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The Australian Government has introduced the Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No. 2) 2010, which will eventually replace 17 state and territory laws with a new Australian...
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The Australian Government has released a consultation paper on options for dealing with unfair terms in insurance contracts. Interested parties are invited to comment on the paper. While submissions...
Read more >Attorney General John Hatzistergos has written a letter to the _Sydney Morning Herald _regarding appointments to the Supreme Court.
**16 March 2010 **
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The Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has released Report 110, which recommends that extradition agreements should include a requirement that the requesting country provide...
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ASIC has released Consultation Paper 132 Trustee Companies: Financial Requirement and Conduct Obligations (CP 132) seeking comment on the financial requirements and other conduct obligations for...
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