The United Nations Human Rights Committee have released their decision in _Tillman v Australia _No 1635/2007.� Tillman was sent to prison in 2007 under NSW legislation, the Crimes (Serious Sex...
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Attorney-General Robert McClelland has announced the federal government's response to the National Human Rights Consultation Committee Report. _Australiaâs Human Rights Framework _provides for a...
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The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been presented with draft legislation for national regulation of the Australian legal profession. Submissions may be made to the National Legal...
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The Hon Acting Justice Bryson has been reappointed as an acting judge and acting judge of appeal of the Supreme Court for the period commencing on 1 May 2010 and expiring on 30 June 2010.
**21 April...
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The Law Council and its constituent bodies have urged the Australian Government to address the lack of legal aid funding in the 2010 Federal Budget. Law Council President Glenn Ferguson said the...
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The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be on Thursday, 20 May 2010 at 6.00pm and the book is Ransom by David Malouf. To promote interest in good books, the Bar Library has subscribed...
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The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released NSW Recorded Crime Statistics 2009. It shows that over the 24 months to December 2009 property crime is down and violent crime is stable. None...
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The Commercial Law Association has released its programme of seminars for May - July 2010.� The topics to be covered are: "The Fair Work Act",� "Unjust Enrichment", "Recent Developments in...
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A ceremonial sitting for the swearing-in of Andrew Eckhold and David Degnan as magistrates of the Local Court of New South Wales will be held on Monday, 19 April 2010 at 9.00am in Courtroom 5.2. Kate...
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The 12th International Criminal Law Congress will be held at the Sheraton Noosa Resort and Spa between Wednesday, 20 and Sunday 24 October 2010 on the theme "A World without Boundaries - Crime in the...
Read more >Over five breakfasts, Emeritus Prof Edwin Judge will explore both the classical and biblical cultural traditions whose interaction have created the distinctive dynamic mix forming Western...
Read more >The Hon Sir Edward Woodward AC QC, judge of the Federal Court 1977 - 1990 and head of the Aboriginal Land Rights Royal Commission of 1973-1974, died this morning.
**15 April 2010 **
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The Federal Court of Australia is compiling a list of suitably qualified mediators to assist in the management of its native title work. The court has drafted an expression of interest document,...
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A Bench and Bar Lunch will be held **tomorrow at 1.00pm **in the newly-renovated Hellenic Club, 251 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. The lunch will be banquet style, including tea or coffee,...
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The president of the New South Wales Bar Association, Tom Bathurst QC, has paid tribute to Director of Public Prosecutions Nick Cowdery QC for his dedicated service since 1994.
âMr Cowdery will...
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The Queensland Law Reform Commission has published its report into the directions and instructions given to juries. Two of the key recommendations are: the provision of written material to the jury...
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Daryl Dellora's documentary, Michael Kirby: Don't Forget the Justice Bit, will make its Australian television premiere on ABC1 at 10.20pm on Sunday, 27 June 2010. Filmed before, during and after his...
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The NSW Bar Football Team will play its first game in the 2010 Domain Soccer League tomorrow, Tuesday, 20 April at 1.15 pm against Reserve Bank âBâ. Members are invited to come down to the...
Read more >The Supreme Court has issued a notice regarding new civil registry arrangements, which take effect from today, 13 April 2010. Among the changes, which are designed to reduce waiting times, is the...
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Chief Justice Spigelman AC yesterday issued Practice Note SC Eq 4, regarding the new structure and operation of the Corporations List in the Equity Division. All proceedings and applications in the...
Read more >Beginning today, 12 April 2010, the NSW Industrial Relations Commission will substantially adopt the Identity Theft and Anonymisation Policy promulgated by the Supreme Court earlier this year.�...
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The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law invite members to attend a seminar, "Fear of Crime and Its Political Purposes", by Professor Sophie Body-Gendrot, on...
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Working in legal services isnât just hard on your brain; itâs hard on your body too. Sitting all day weakens and tenses up the body and dulls the mind. Combine it with the competing demands...
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The Health, Sport and Recreation committee is calling all skiers and snowboarders to the Lawyers Ski & Snowboard Race Weekend, to be held in Thredbo from Friday, 30 July to Sunday, 1 August.� To...
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Following are the cases selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:_
Santo v David_ �[2010] FCA 42 Clifford v Vegas Enterprises Pty Ltd (No 2) �[2010] FCA 36 _Anderson v Minister for the...
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