David Day and Caleb Franklin have been appointed as magistrates of the Local Court of New South Wales. They will be sworn in on 11 October 2010. In Brief will provide further details of the...
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Sydney Law School is introducing a Juris Doctor (JD) as its graduate entry law degree from 2011. The Sydney JD will have an unrivalled international focus, where graduates will receive a...
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The Red Cross Blood Service's Elizabeth Street Donor Centre needs to collect more than 80 blood donations every day. The Health, Sport and Recreation Committee has organised a Blood Drive for...
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Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat today released his report on home detention in NSW. He found that home detention is "tough on offenders [and] cheaper than fulltime prison".
Paradoxically, though,...
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The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research will host a seminar by Professor David Tait from the Justice Research Group, University of Western Sydney, on "Respecting 'terrorists' in a jury trial: how...
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The first Tri-State Bar Football Competition will take place **tomorrow, 11 September 2010 **from 1.00pm at St Andrews Oval, University of Sydney. Presentations will follow in the Grandstand Bar from...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos is seeking expressions of interest from qualified persons for appointment as a deputy senior public defender under the Public Defenders Act 1995 for a fixed term of...
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The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has published the results of its study into the incidence of robbery, property crime and drug offences in the vicinity of King Cross's Medically...
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The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Robert Angyal SC on "Fiduciary relationships in commercial arrangements following the High Court's White City...
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The Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2010, _which was introduced by Clover Moore MP, _has passed the state's upper house. View the second reading debate in the Legislative Council.
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Acting Justice Bryson and Mr Malcolm Levy, project director in the Department of Justice and Attorney General have graciously allowed the Bar Association to display architectural drawings and...
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Legal Aid NSW has made a number of amendments to its Civil Law Consumer Protection Policy to accommodate the introduction of the new national consumer protection framework introduced on 1 July 2010....
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The New South Wales Bar Association will hold five regional conferences throughout February and March 2011, to assist members in meeting their annual CPD requirement. All conferences run from 8.00am...
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The Bar Association will upgrade the Common Room and general offices over the 2010/2011 Christmas period. Bar Council decided to carry out work at that time so that it would coincide with a Building...
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Attorney General John Hatzistergos has launched an advisory committee and code of conduct to govern the role of representatives of children and other vulnerable people in legal proceedings. Many of...
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The rule of law: everyone supports it. But what are the challenges confronting it in Australia and how should the legal profession, legislators, judicial officers and law reform commissioners...
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The following cases were selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
Murray v Western Australia� [2010] FCA 595 Sports Warehouse Inc v Fry Consulting Pty Ltd� [2010] FCA 664 Keynes v Rural...
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