Inbrief

NSW Legislation subscription services to cease

The NSW Parliamentary Counsel's Service has announced that�its subscription service for paper copies of legislation and information publications will cease at the end of 2011. The annual bound...

Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences conference

The Australian Academy of Forensic Sciences will hold�its conference, “Impressions & Expressions: Expert Evidence in Reports & Courts”, on 3-4 December 2011 in Sydney. This conference...

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WEDNESDAY 16 November - The Forbes Lecture 2011

This year’s Forbes Lecture will be presented by Associate Professor Shaunnagh Dorsett. Shaunnagh’s topic is “Adapting Law to the...

Vale Francis Seymour Stevens (1930-2011)

The funeral for Frank Stevens will be held on **Wednesday, 23 November 2011�at 11.00 am **at the�South Chapel, Woronora Crematorium, 121 Linden Street, Sutherland.

10 November 2011

NSW Government announces therapeutic justice measures

Attorney General Greg Smith SC has announced that the government will set up a second drug court in Sydney and establish 300 beds for the treatment of drug-addicted prisoners. Mr Smith said the John...

Listing and registry arrangements for bankruptcy matters in FMC

The Federal Magistrates Court has issued a notice setting out the listing and registry arrangements for bankruptcy matters within the Sydney Registry from 2012. Learn more>

9 November 2011

Victoria set to amend double jeopardy

The Victorian Government is set to introduce legislation to reform the law of double jeopardy. The new law will apply in cases such as where there is fresh and compelling DNA evidence, where the...

Bar Council election and annual general meeting

The ballot for Bar Council elections closes at 1.00pm on Friday 11 November 2012. The Bar Association's annual general meeting will be held at 1.00pm in the Common Room. Ballot papers for the...

Farewell dinner for Magistrate Tony Marsden

Members are invited to a dinner to farewell from the bench his Honour Magistrate Tony Marsden, at the Port Bar Restaurant in Parramatta, on�Wednesday, 21 December 2011 at 7.00pm. Learn more>

Cocktails and canapés to celebrate the appointment of two women senior counsel in 2011

The Women Barristers Forum, in association with The Women Lawyers Association of NSW, invites members of the NSW Bar Association to join them at a cocktail function to celebrate the appointment of...

Next meeting of the Legal History Discussion Group

All members are invited to attend this evening's meeting of the Legal History Discussion Group at 5.30pm to 7pm in the Bar Association Common Room.�John McLaughlin will be making a presentation...

Reforming Australian charity law (ADVERTISEMENT)

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) invites you to an address by Anne Robinson TEP FAICD solicitor director, Prolegis Lawyers and John King, Prolegis Lawyers, on "Protecting the...

Farewell dinner for Judge John O

The organisers of the farewell dinner at the American Club to mark the retirement of his Honour Judge John O’Meally AM RFD have requested that anyone with tickets for the event who is unable to...

Insights into Coronial Law and Practice (ADVERTISEMENT)

The College of Law will conduct a seminar on Insights into Coronial Law and Practice, on Thursday 17 November 2011 between 9.00am to 12.15pm. This seminar aims to offer guidance when operating in the...

Pink and Blue Ribbon Breakfast 2011

Philanthropy

Thank you to all those who attended our Pink and Blue Ribbon Breakfast last Friday! The breakfast raised over $1,500 for both the National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Prostate...

Bar Council business for 27 October 2011

Bar Council held�its meeting on Thursday, 27 October 2011 in the Boardroom of the New South Wales Bar Association at 4.30 pm. Matters reported�elsewhere in In Brief are omitted from this...

Advanced Trial Advocacy Training Course 2012

The president of the Australian Bar Association, Michael Stewart SC, has written an open letter inviting members to enrol in the�Advanced Trial Advocacy Course, to be held in Melbourne between...

NSW Government overhauls police disability scheme

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Michael Gallacher today announced the NSW�Government will introduce legislation to overhaul the Police Death and Disability Scheme.� He said the...

Next meeting of the Bar Book Club

The next meeting of the Bar Book Club will be on Tuesday, 6 December at 6pm in the Bar Library and the book to be reading is Harry Curry: Counsel of Choice, by Stuart Littlemore QC.

28�November...

Three new silks in Queensland

The Bar Association of Queensland has announced the appointment of three senior counsel. Learn more>

3 November 2011

Appointments to note: crown advocate

Natalie Jane Adams of Crown Prosecutors Chambers - Parramatta has been appointed as crown advocate for the period commencing on 28 November 2011 and expiring on 27 November 2018.

3 November 2011

Jane Mathews AO made a life member of the Bar Association

At its meeting on 27 October 2011, the Bar Council resolved unanimously that the Hon Jane Mathews AO be appointed a life member of the New South Wales Bar Association for exceptional service to the...

Papers to note: Senate report on international parental child abduction

The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee has tabled its report, International Parental Child Abduction to and from Australia. The committee received 42 submissions for the...

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

The following case will be published in a forthcoming volume of NSWLR:

Saleh v Romanous [2010] NSWCA 274

For further information, please contact the Council of Law Reporting office:...

The Hon Justice Downes to retire in May 2012

The Hon Justice Garry Downes has announced his intention to retire as a judge of the Federal Court and president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in May 2012. View the announcement by...