Inbrief

Generous crown prosecutors come to the aid of the Myanmar Eye Care Programme

The New South Wales Crown Prosecutors have responded to Gary Gregg's recent call for financial assistance by collecting and donating to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of...

Lunch Time Walking Group

The Health, Sport and Recreation committee has set up a regular lunch time walking group for members of all levels of fitness.� Sports gear not essential, just a pair of sneakers.� The...

4th Regional Conference on Cybercrime and International Criminal Cooperation (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Fourth Regional Conference on Cybercrime and International Criminal Cooperation (CICC) will be held at the Swissotel Sydney on 19-20 May 2011. Titled "Security and Law in the Information Age",...

10th Annual Special Celebratory Practical Insolvency Conference (ADVERTISEMENT)

It's a high-calibre insolvency conference with over 400 solicitors, accounting and banking clients. Traill’s 10th Anniversary Practical Insolvency Conference will be held on 28–29 March...

A fair go for the DPP

Attorney General John Hatzistergos has written a letter to the editor of the _Sydney Morning Herald _in response to an article by Richard Ackland on Friday, 18 March.� The text of that letter is...

Lifetime Care & Support Authority newsletter

The Lifetime Care & Support Authority publishes a newsletter, LTCS E-News. Issue 53 is now available and includes articles on: the Approved Attendant Care Provider Launch 2011, 'Red flag management...

Bar Association pays tribute to Chief Justice Spigelman

Tom Bathurst QC, President of the New South Wales Bar Association, this morning paid tribute to Chief Justice James Spigelman AC, who has announced he will retire on 31 May. Mr Bathurst said...

Chief Justice launches BarADR

‘BarADR’, an initiative of the Bar Association’s ADR Committee was launched yesterday by The Hon JJ Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of NSW, in the newly refurbished Bar Association Common...

Flu shots and health testing - cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure - on 24 March

The Health, Sport & Recreation Committee has organised for members to receive flu shots and get their cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure tested between 4.00 and 6.00 pm next Thursday, 24 March...

Fabricating data - dates, times & emails (ADVERTISEMENT)

Allan Watt, head of e.forensics at e.law will be presenting a�one hour seminar on "Fabricating Data - dates, times and emails" on** 30 March 2011.**�Presentation to start at 6.00pm,...

Something for runners and walkers at the NSW Bar

**Sydney Morning Herald Half-Marathon **

Attention all runners!� Please join the Bar Association Team in the SMH half-marathon on Sunday 15 May 2011!� Early Bird prices are available up...

Next meeting of the Bar Book Club

The next meeting of the Bar bookclub will be held tomorrow at 6pm in the library. The book is Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. For those eager to get a head start, the next book to be read will be...

Temby QC appointed acting DPP

Attorney General John Hatzistergos today announced that Ian Temby AO QC would be appointed acting director of public prosecutions for two months, commencing 19 March 2011. Mr Hatzistergos thanked...

Cases selected for reporting in Federal Court Reports

Following are the cases selected by V Kline for reporting in FCR:_

Leveraged Equities Ltd v Goodridge_ [2011] FCAFC 3 Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Clark [2011] FCAFC 5 CSL Ltd v Novo Nordisk...

Mother's Day Classic and the PILCH Walk for Justice

The Health Sport and Recreation committee would like to bring the following events to members’ attention and encourage participation: � Mother’s Day Classic Fun Run & Walk � This...

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

The following cases will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR: Sturesteps v A G McGrath and Others [2010] NSWSC 903� R (Cth) v Baladjam and Others [No 39] [2008] NSWSC 1459� R...

TONIGHT - Tuesday 15 March: Understanding Financial Reporting Evidence

This seminar, which will be presented by Professor Tyrone Carlin of the University of Sydney Business School, will focus on a fundamental skill required in commercial practice - the ability to...

Lunch time walking group

The Health, Sport and Recreation committee has set up a regular lunch time walking group for members of all levels of fitness.� Sports gear not essential, just a pair of sneakers.� The...

Lunchtime yoga classes start tomorrow

Weekly lunchtime yoga�classes will�start�in the Bar Association Common Room�tomorrow, 1 March 2012. Learn more>

**29�February 2012 **

UCPR changes

Uniform Civil Procedure Rules (Amendment No 42) 2011 has been published on the NSW Legislation web site and takes effect from today. Schedule 1 amends omits rules 29.2 and inserts rule 29.2...

Wanted: volunteer judges for the UTS Senior Witness Examination Competition

The UTS Law Students' Society is looking for legal practitioners who are willing to volunteer as judges in its witness examination competitions. The advice practitioners provide to students is...

Wanted: barristers for a TV studio audience

SBS Television's Insight show is inviting members of the bar to join their audience. Each week the show brings together around 50 people from all walks of life to debate a particular topic. The SBS...

Sydney CPD Conference - election information

The Sydney CPD Conference will take place on election day, 26 March 2011. The Bar Association has received a number of enquiries regarding opportunities for conference attendees to vote. Members are...

More news on Crown rates for junior and senior counsel

Last year, In Brief reported that Attorney General Hatzistergos had approved increases in Crown rates for junior and senior counsel, effective 18 October 2010. In a letter to President Tom Bathurst...

Reminder: retirement ceremony for Tobias JA is tomorrow

The Hon Justice Murray Tobias AM RFD will retire as a judge of the Court of Appeal on Friday, 25 March 2011. A formal ceremony to mark this occasion will be held in the Banco Court at 9.30am...