Inbrief

The Fifth National Indigenous Legal Conference

The Fifth National Indigenous Legal Conference will take place on **1-2 October 2010 **at the Australian National University, Canberra. This conference will bring together a diverse group of speakers...

MAA survey – assessment of permanent impairment

The Motor Accidents Authority is planning its training and education programme for 2011. They would like to hear from members of the New South Wales Bar about training, education and resource needs...

Martin Place Homeless Dinner exceeds its fundraising target

Philanthropy

The Bar Association's fundraising dinner for the Martin Place Homeless, held on 19 August 2010 at Parliament House, surpassed expectations and raised a total of $47,984. Photos are...

Hot Topics in Commonwealth Compensation seminar

The Law Council's Commonwealth Compensation and Employment Law Committee will be hosting a seminar session on 12 November 2010 at the offices of DLA Phillips Fox at Level 38, 201 Elizabeth Street,...

Positions vacant in the RAAF Legal Reserve (ADVERTISEMENT)

The RAAF Legal Reserve has vacancies for reserve legal officers who reside in the Sydney area to provide legal support primarily to RAAF Glenbrook and RAAF Richmond. RAAF Specialist (Legal) Reserve...

Positions vacant - in Nauru

The Government of the Republic of Nauru is looking to employ suitably-experienced lawyers in senior full-time positions within the judiciary and the Department of Justice and Border Control. Learn...

Bar Book Club meets on 27 October

The Bar Book Club will hold its next meeting at 6.00pm on **Wednesday, 27 October 2010 **in the Bar Library. The selected book is Treason on the Airwaves by Judith Keene.

The book was shortlisted...

Applications for approval as an arbitrator and appointment to the District Court arbitration panel

Following the recent series of Arbitration Workshops conducted by the ADR Committee, applications are now open for members seeking approval as arbitrators and for appointment to the District Court...

Annual John Marsden Lecture (ADVERTISEMENT)

NSW Council for Civil Liberties invites members to the annual John Marsden Lecture on Tuesday, 9 November, 2010 commencing at 6:30pm at the Grand Lodge Room, Sydney Masonic Centre, 66 Goulburn...

Cases selected for reporting in NSWLR by the editor, Bret Walker SC

The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:_ Richards v Cornford_ [2010] NSWCA 99 _Forster v Hunter New England Area Health Service _[2010] NSWCA 106 Ace Woollahra Pty...

2010 Pink Ribbon Breakfast

Philanthropy

The NSW Bar Association Pink Ribbon Breakfast is returning in 2010, bigger and better than ever. The breakfast is on **Friday, 15 October **and will be held in Silks Coffee Lounge, 170...

NSW Government to legislate for permanent injecting room

The Premier has announced that� the NSW Government will remove the 'trial status' of the Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and formalise the facility. Legislation to be introduced during the...

The Contribution of Women to Environmental Law in Australia - 29 September, 5.30pm

The Women Lawyers Association invites all members to an evening of networking with colleagues� to hear guest speaker� the Hon� Justice Rachel Pepper of the Land and Environment Court...

Administrative arrangement orders

Governor-General Quentin Bryce has issued an Administrative Arrangements Order listing the schedule of legislation falling under the administration of each minister and the matters dealt with by...

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (ADVERTISEMENT)

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration from 2 – 10 October 2010 in Malaysia, presented by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (‘CIArb’) in conjunction with the University...

Criminal Defence Lawyers Association Annual Dinner (ADVERTISEMENT)

The NSW Criminal Defence Lawyers Association cordially invites you to their Annual Dinner on Friday, 1 October at 6.30pm. The dinner will be held at Dockside, The Balcony level, Cockle Bay Wharf....

Costs recovery restrictions under the UCPR

The attention of practitioners is drawn to recent amendments to the UCPR (Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (Amendment No 36) 2010) which introduce new restrictions on recovery of costs. The new rules...

Web watch: piracy trials online

In June 2010 the Rotterdam District Court sentenced a group of Somali pirates to five years in prison for hijacking a cargo ship registered in the Netherlands Antilles. The five men were arrested by...

NSW Bar Football team overcomes all challengers

The New South Wales Bar team was rampant at the inaugural Tri-State Bar Football Competition, held on Saturday, 11 September at St Andrews Oval. The NSW Bar maintained its grip on the Suncorp Cup,...

Barristers, Bonobos and charity in the Heart of Darkness

Philanthropy

One of the many examples of philanthropy at the New South Wales Bar will be recognised tomorrow night on the ABCTV current affairs programme, Foreign Correspondent. In 2005, 2006 and...

Vale Lord Bingham

Lord Thomas Bingham, former senior law lord of the United Kingdom, died at his home in Wales on Saturday, 11 September (local time). Lord Bingham visited Sydney in December 2008, when he delivered an...

Crime (still) not out of control

The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published the June quarterly update of Recorded Crime Statistics. The report found that in the 24 months to June 2010, 12 of the 17 major...

@LCA: the newsletter of the Law Council

The August-September 2010 issue of the Law Council's newsletter, @theLCA, is now available online. This edition features stories on the federal election, asylum-seeker policy, the 3rd National Access...

Legislation to note: amendments to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005

The Uniform Rules Committee has approved amendments to the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules, (Amendment No 35) and (Amendment No 36), which **take effect today, 10 September 2010. **** **

10 September...

Historic Bill introduced in Legislative Assembly

The Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill 2010 (NSW) was introduced into the Legislative Assembly yesterday, 8 September. The object of the Bill, as provided by the...