Inbrief
ABA Advanced Trial Advocacy Course
The Australian Bar Associationâs fifth Advanced Advocacy Course is being held in Melbourne from 23-27 January 2012. This is a five day residential course run by the profession for the...
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Salvos Legal Inaugural Lecture
The Salvation Army is undertaking an exciting new initiative in Australia â Salvos Legal.� Salvos legal will operate as a full-time self sustaining legal service, dedicated to providing...
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Results of the LCA pre-election survey of key legal issues
_In Brief _reported on 21 July that the Law Council of Australia had invited political parties contesting the 2010 federal election to provide their views on key national issues of relevance to the...
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ABA response to the draft Legal Profession National Law
The Australian Bar Association has written to Attorney General Robert McClelland with its response to the consultation draft of the Legal Profession National Law. The ABA supports the principle of...
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Upcoming CPD events for September - Legalwise Seminars (ADVERTISEMENT)
Make sure you are CPD compliant and earn your CPD points at the Hilton Sydney from 15 â 17 September 2010. We have a range of 11 fascinating and topical events for you to choose from. Each...
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Fundraising Dinner for the Martin Place Homeless Artwork Auction
Philanthropy
The Displaced by artist Elizabeth Durack has been donated to the NSW Bar Association to auction at tomorrow's Fundraising Dinner for the Martin Place Homeless. All proceeds from the...
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Factors influencing sentencing in domestic violence offences
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has published the results of its study on Factors Which Influence the Sentencing of Domestic Violence Offenders. The first such Australian...
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Stop At Nothing: Crabb and Turnbull share the podium in the Bar Common Room
Malcolm Turnbull, the newly re-elected member for Wentworth, will be a special guest at Annabel Crabb's post-election round-up at **5.00pm tomorrow, 9 September, **in the Bar Common Room. Mr Turnbull...
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High Court decision in Rowe & Anor v Electoral Commissioner & Anor
In today's decision in Rowe & Anor v The Electoral Commissioner & Anor, the High Court has declared that certain provisions of the Commonwealth Electoral Act introduced by the Electoral and...
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The Great (Law) Debate
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Shadow Attorney-General George Brandis SC will take part in an election debate on Friday, 13 August between 11.00am and 12.00 noon in the offices of Gilbert +...
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TONIGHT: Tuesday 10 August - Recent Updates in Home Warranty Insurance
The Home Warranty Scheme recently changed, with the Government becoming underwriter for the Scheme on 1 July 2010. Although that in itself is not anticipated to have any impact on the rate and volume...
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Book your seat at the Industrial Law Section Dinner
Industrial Law Section Dinner will be held at Parliament House on Wednesday, 22 September 2010 at 6:30 p.m. The speaker for the evening will be Justice Gray of the Federal Court. For further...
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The Berenice and Ken Buckley Dinner 2010 (ADVERTISEMENT)
Members are invited to attend the Berenice and Ken Buckley Dinner 2010 - A fundraiser for the NSW Council for Civil Liberties - on Wednesday, 25 August at 6.30pm for 7.00pm at the Marigold...
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AFP High Tech Crime Conference (ADVERTISEMENT)
On 7-9 September 2010 the High Tech Crime Operations portfolio, within the Australian Federal Police (AFP), will hold its second annual High Tech Crime Conference in Sydney. It will be held over...
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IP & patent professional user group meeting
The Federal Court of Australia, NSW Registry, invites practitioners interested in intellectual property and patent law to attend a professional liaison meeting to discuss current issues relating to...
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Include your photo in Find a Barrister
President Tom Bathurst QC and Executive Director Philip Selth jointly request that all members of the Bar Association give consideration to having their photograph included next to their details on...
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Swearing in ceremony for Ross Letherbarrow SC
Ross Letherbarrow SC will be sworn in as a District Court judge on Wednesday, 11 August 2010 at 9.30am in Court 21A John Maddison Tower. Tom Bathurst QC will speak on behalf of the New South Wales...
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Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline
The following cases were selected by V Kline for reporting in the FCR:
AA Shi Pty Ltd v Avbar Pty Ltd (No 3) [2010] FCA 440
Sainju v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship [2010] FCA 461
Primary...
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Who Owns Your Genes? Is the Patenting of Genetic Discoveries in the Public Interest?
Members are invited to attend Who Owns Your Genes? a lecture by Professor Peter Cashman on the legal, policy and public interest questions arising out of the patenting of human genetic discoveries....
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Amendments to the Family Law Rules came into effect yesterday
The Family Law Amendment Rules 2010 (No. 1) was registered on 30 July 2010 and came into effect on 1 August 2010.�
**2 August 2010 **
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Wanted: contributors to AIJA research project
The Australian Institute of Judicial Administration is inviting expressions of interest from those who are interested in contributing to a new research project, Australian Courts: Serving Democracy...
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Cases selected for reporting in Commonwealth Law Reports
The following cases were selected by JD Merralls for reporting in CLR:
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Health World Ltd v Shin-Sun Aust Pty Ltd_ [2010] HCA 13
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZMDS [2010] HCA 16...
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New practice note for the Land and Environment Court
On 28 July 2010 the chief judge of the Land & Environment Court, the Hon Justice Brian Preston, issued a new practice note for Class 2 Tree Applications, effective the same date. This practice note...
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CPD Seminars This Week
The following three CPD seminars will be taking place this week:
TONIGHT: Views of the âHot Tubâ from the Bar and the Bench, presented by The Hon Justice Rares and Bernie Coles QC â...
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Football teams from Qld, Vic & NSW bars to take part in a festival of the boot
On Saturday, 11 September 2010 the New South Wales Bar Football Team will defend the Suncorp Perpetual Trophy when they play the Victorian Bar at St Andrews Oval, University of Sydney. **Kickoff will...
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