Safe Work Australia has published the latest edition of The Comparison of Workersâ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand. This edition has new sections on permanent impairment,...
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FAST TRACK TO FELLOWSHIP: 17-18 April 2010, Sydney This course is designed for practising lawyers with at least 10 years litigation experience and who have sufficient experience in arbitration. It...
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The 2010 Maurice Byers Address will be delivered by David Bennett AC QC,** tonight, Wednesday, 3 March 2010 at 5.15pm **in the Bar Association Common Room. The title of the lecture will be "Rules...
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The Indigenous Barristers' Strategy Working Party invites you to King Lear, at the Sydney Opera House, Drama Theatre on Friday, 12 March 2010 at 7.30pm. Celebrate the 20th year of Bell Shakespeare as...
Read more >Professor Hilary Astor has been appointed as a full-time commissioner of the New South Wales Law Reform Commission. Learn more >
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The following cases were selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:
Howards Storage World Pty Ltd v Haviv Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] FCAFC 5 Worimi v Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council [2010] FCAFC 3 ...
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A memorial service for Glenn Whitehead will be held **tomorrow, 4 March at 2.00pm at **St Augustineâs Anglican Church, 75 Shellcove Road, Neutral Bay. Afterwards, a wake will be held at Cammeray...
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The Australian Association of Constitutional Law will host a seminar on "The High Court and Aboriginal Land 2008/09 â Constitutional Issues and the Strength of Aboriginal Property Rights", to be...
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NSW Council for Civil Liberties takes great pleasure in inviting members to lunch with NSW Ombudsman Bruce Barbour on Friday, 12 March 2010 at 12:30pm. An independent and well resourced ombudsman is...
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Applications are sought from legal practitioners or persons with skills, qualifications and experience relevant to the resolution of workers compensation disputes. The commission seeks applications...
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The Bar Association assists members to recover unpaid fees from solicitors where the fees have been outstanding for more than three months but less than two years and where� members have...
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The Hon William Victor Windeyer AM RFD ED has been appointed as an acting judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the period commencing on 15 March 2010 and expiring on 28 May 2010.
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The NSW Government is set to increase the number of full-time arbitrators and deputy presidents appointed to the Workers Compensation Commission. Attorney General John Hatzistergos today said the...
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The Bar Association and the Law Society will host a breakfast talk by renowned South African human rights lawyer George Bizos SC, to be held Monday, 8 March 2010 **between 8.00am-9.00am **in the Bar...
Attorney General Robert McClelland has introduced the Anti-People Smuggling and Other Measures Bill 2010 into the Australian Parliament. The Bill amends a number of Acts, such as the Criminal Code...
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The NSW Government has announced it will introduce legislation to create the Relationships Register, making it easier for committed unmarried couples to access legal entitlements and prove they are...
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith have released the 2010 counter-terrorism white paper, Securing Australia, Protecting Our Community.
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It is a long-standing tradition that each yearâs new silks donate a gift to the Bar Association or, particularly more recently, to one or more charities. The 2009 silks have...
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Recent research by the School of Psychology at the University of NSW has found that, after consuming alcohol, experimental study subjects lost the ability to better recognise faces from their own...
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The Family Court of Australia and the Federal Magistrates Court will be holding its regular Family Law Liaison Meetings with the legal profession in 2010. Those meetings provide a valuable...
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Professor Jim Philips of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History will present a public lecture tonight on "Manitoba Fisheries v The Queen: The Origins of Canada's De Facto Expropriation...
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Chief Justice Robert French yesterday delivered at Sydney Law School the inaugural George Winterton Lecture on "The Executive Power". The chief justice commented on "the enduring tension between...
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The Women Lawyers Association of NSW invites members to 'Style Express', a networking cocktail event on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. Spice up your day by learning powerful skills to enhance your...
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Matters reported elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this summary of Bar Council business. Bar Council regularly considers requests by the attorney general, the courts and other agencies for...
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As members may be aware, in April 2008 The Daily Telegraph made certain allegations against Tania Evers, barrister. Among other things, The Daily Telegraph article said that a complaint had been made...
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