Inbrief

Practising Certificate Renewals Update No.4

There are presently some 800 barristers who have yet to lodge their practising certificate renewal documentation. The statutory deadline for lodgment of all practising certificate renewal...

Amendments to the Senior Counsel Protocol

The Bar Council has agreed upon amendments to the Senior Counsel Protocol in the course of considering the Review of the Protocol conducted by the Hon R V Gyles AO QC. A copy of the revised protocol...

Seminar on contemporary federal and state approaches to family violence (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law invite members to attend a seminar, Family Violence: Contemporary Federal & State Approaches on Monday, 28 June 2010,...

Slater QC wins Indigenous Barristers Trust art raffle

Anthony Slater QC, from Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers, is the winner of last night's Indigenous Barristers Trust raffle of an original indigenous artwork - ‘Pukara’ by Iyawi Wikilyiri....

E-mailing proposed orders to the judicial registrar

Judicial Registrar Craig Smith has asked practitioners to email any proposed orders to the judicial registrar so that orders can be entered electronically into the new JusticeLink computer system...

@LCA: The monthly newsletter of the Law Council

The May 2010 issue of the Law Council’s e-newsletter @TheLCA is now available. It features the president's message as well as reports on legal aid funding, military courts and National Law Week.... Read more >

Government introduces Bill for a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights

Commonwealth Attorney-General Robert McClelland has introduced legislation to enhance parliamentary scrutiny of laws for consistency with Australia's international human rights obligations._ The...

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

The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Welzel v Francis [2010] NSWSC 75 Kernahan v ACN 003 134 475 Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 51 Air Tahiti Nui Pty Ltd v McKenzie [2009]...

Papers to note: bail law in NSW

The NSW Parliamentary Library has issued Briefing Paper 5/2010, Bail Law: Developments, Debate and Statistics. This paper reviews recent changes to bail laws and it outlines certain criticisms of...

WTO Law at Sydney University (ADVERTISEMENT)

Sydney Law School has announced a new post-graduate course on World Trade Organization (WTO) Law I. Professor Gillian Triggs examines the role of the WTO within the international legal system and its...

Swearing-in ceremony for Peter Garling SC

A ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of Peter Garling SC as a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales will be held on Monday, 7 June 2010 at 9.30am in the Banco Court, Queens Square....

TONIGHT - Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration: What the Bar Needs to Know

Following a joint announcement on 3 March 2010 by the Commonwealth and NSW Attorneys General of the establishment of Australian International Disputes Centre and the fact that the governments are...

Tonight: seminar on Law, Justice and Human Rights

Edward Santow, (University of New South Wales) and Julian Leeser (Executive Director, Menzies Research Centre) will present the penultimate seminar in the series “Constituting Law”. The...

World cup tipping competition

"Amongst all unimportant subjects, football is by far the most important." Pope John Paul II

Distract yourself from June 11 by entering the Not The NSW Bar Association World Cup Tipping Competition....

Cases selected for reporting in FCR by V Kline

The following cases were selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:

Hasran v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship� [2010] FCAFC 40 Minister for Immigration and Citizenship v SZNVW�...

Bar Library catalogue available online

The Bar library catalogue is now available on your desktop. To search for holdings, reserve and renew loan items:

Go to http://library.nswbar.asn.au. Click on Catalogue to login. User id = Bar...

Reminder: silk selection seminar in the Common Room

Applications for appointment as senior counsel will open at the beginning of 1 July 2010 and will close on 31 July 2010. Tonight at 5.00pm in the Bar Association Common Room, President Tom Bathurst...

Practising Certificate Renewals Update No.3

Over 2150 barristers were sent practising certificate renewal notices on 12 May, but just over a quarter of that number have so far been returned for processing. Learn more>

**31 May 2010 **

New property law journal - a call for articles

In September 2010 Thomson Reuters is due to launch a new peer-reviewed journal, Property Law Review. The editors are now inviting members of the bar to submit articles, comments, reviews or notes for...

Notice to Practitioners - interlocutory matters in the General Equity List

From 31 May 2010 the practice of referring interlocutory matters to associate judges for the fixing of a hearing date will cease. The registrar in equity will case manage all interlocutory matters...

Peter Garling SC appointed to the New South Wales Supreme Court

Peter Garling SC has been appointed as a Supreme Court judge. In making his announcement, Attorney General John Hatzistergos cited highlights of Mr Garling's distinguished 32-year career.� Mr...

Corporate Law in Focus: Takeovers Panel Conference

The Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School will host a one day conference on **4 June 2010 **commemorating the 10th anniversary of the reconstituted and reinvigorated Takeovers Panel.� The...

Federal Court administrative notice

The Federal Court has issued Administrative Notice NSW 2 regarding listing and case management arrangements for all Corporations matters in the New South Wales Registry. It clarifies which types of...

New Barristers Committee Cross Examination Workshop: June-July 2010

The New Barristers Committee is conducting another workshop for juniors to further hone their advocacy skills. The (free) ‘Cross-Examination of Experts’ workshop will be held in June-July...

TONIGHT - Second Seminar on Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW

Tonight the Administrative Law and Constitutional Law Section will present a CPD seminar on the impact of the High Court judgment in _Kirk v Industrial Relations Commission of NSW _(2010) 239 CLR...